A 30-year-old woman from Grand Ledge was driving northbound on
Keefer Highway
Thursday night when she spun across the center line into oncoming traffic.An oncoming car slammed into her vehicle on the passenger side killing her passenger Scott Schafer, 40, from
Portland
.The female driver was also injured and was taken to
Lansing's
Sparrow
Hospital
.The driver of the second car refused medical care.
Losing a loved one in a fatal accident can leave a family feeling not only helpless and devastated, but frustrated and angry. Knowing that the incident could have been avoided altogether makes it that much more difficult to deal with. Fortunately,
Michigan
law offers legal recourse to family members of those who have lost their lives due to the negligence, recklessness or wrongdoing of others.
Freedman & Freedman takes on wrongful death cases throughout
Michigan and the surrounding areas, including in
Livonia,
Canton, Northville,
Plymouth,
Detroit,
Southfield,
Troy
and Rochester Hills. We offer a free, no obligation case evaluation with an experienced attorney to discuss your rights and your legal options in regards to your loss.
If you have lost a loved one in a fatal accident, contact a Michigan wrongful death attorney at Freedman & Freedman today.
