Attorney Mike Morse (Facebook photo)
Attorney Mike Morse (Facebook photo)
Mike Morse, the seemingly omnipresent Southfield lawyer in TV commercials who emphasizes that "Mike Wins," could lose a battle if allegations lodged by State Farm Insurance prove true.
JC Reindl of the Detroit Free Press writes:
Metro Detroit attorney Mike Morse accepted payments from medical clinics for his private jet and an addition to his house and had secret ties to an MRI center where his law firm referred clients, according to claims made in federal court by State Farm insurance company.
State Farm leveled the allegations last week against Morse, one of Michigan's most visible personal injury lawyers, as part of the insurer's broader lawsuit against more than a dozen area clinics, doctors and businessmen it alleges were involved in no-fault auto insurance patient mills.
State Farm claims that Morse likely had secret financial ties to an MRI center in a Detroit suburb that was run through his now brother-in-law Mark Radom. The MRI center also treated some Mike Morse Law Firm clients.
The claims, if true, could violate attorney conduct rules, the Freep notes, adding that Michigan lawyers are prohibited by professional conduct rules from allowing any separate business interests to influence how they represent clients, unless those interests are fully disclosed.
If an attorney does have ties to an MRI center, that could potential taint and compromise the validity of medical evidence in a claim or lawsuit.
