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Michigan motorist wins appeal over tickets

August 26, 2021

A woman with 14 tickets has won a major decision in a dispute over whether Saginaw violated the U.S. Constitution by chalking her car tires without a search warrant.

Read more at The Detroit News

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OSHA Releases Guidance for Employers Considering Vaccine Requirements

August 23, 2021

With today's FDA approval of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, employers should be aware of the (current) OSHA reporting requirements if such vaccines are mandated by employers and negative reactions occur to the vaccine:

"If an employer requires its employees to be vaccinated, adverse reactions to the vaccines are considered “work-related” by OSHA. Employers who require COVID-19 vaccines must notify OSHA within 24 hours of an employee’s inpatient hospitalization (or within eight hours of an employee’s death) resulting from an adverse reaction.

For employers subject to OSHA’s recordkeeping requirements, if the adverse reaction meets other general recording criteria (e.g., days away from work, restricted work or transfer to another job, or medical treatment beyond first aid), the reaction must be recorded on the employer’s OSHA 300 log, even if it does not lead to hospitalization. For example, if an employee uses a sick day because of fever and chills following administration of the vaccine, the reaction must be recorded. On the other hand, if an employee merely requires over-the-counter medication to ease soreness at the injection site, the action need not be recorded.

Employers who merely recommend vaccination do not need to record adverse reactions or report hospitalizations due to those adverse reactions, even if the employer facilitates employees’ access to the vaccine."

Learn more at The National Law Review

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Gov. Whitmer to lift barrier prohibiting drunken drivers ability to clear record

August 18, 2021

To be eligible, they can have only one offense and it cannot have caused another person's death or injury.

Read more at Detroit Free Press

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State reaches settlement on no-fault auto reform law

August 17, 2021

An agreement that ensures unlimited Personal Injury Protection medical coverage for uninsured vehicle occupants and pedestrians who were injured in car crashes before the July 2020 implementation of the state’s new auto insurance law.

Read more at Fox17

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