Peg and Skip Wieland devoted themselves to becoming son Shawn Wieland’s full-time caregivers and advocates, following a devastating car crash in 1997. State Farm paid them for it, a benefit to which the family was entitled under Michigan’s no-fault system.
But when no-fault reforms took effect, State Farm reduced payments.
That’s despite court rulings that found changes to no-fault do not apply to those injured before the reforms’ passage in 2019.
“When the amendments to the no-fault law came, (State Farm) cut benefits to just ridiculous levels,” said Liss & Andrews Partner Nick Andrews, in a Zoom interview with Target 8. “They told the family they couldn’t provide more than eight hours of care a day. Of course, Shawn needs 24/7 care.”
