If a car crashes into me, can they blame someone else for cutting them off?
The short answer is yes.
The short answer is yes.
I hope the answer to this question is no. Nearly twenty years ago, Robert Redford starred in a movie about hackers. One scene in the movie shows them decrypting the phrase “No more secrets.” The recent Pennsylvania case Largent v. Reed (Pa. Common Pleas Nov. 8, 2011) proves this is a reality of the Read more…
The Tri-Cities (Kennewick, Pasco, & Richland, Washington) is one of the safest places to drive in the country.
Whether or not you need to file a lawsuit depends on whether the party who injured you, through its insurance company, offers you a fair settlement. Sure, you could accept an unfair settlement and you avoid filing, but we encourage all of our clients who are not being treated fairly to assert their right to have their claim value assessed by a judge or jury.
Many plaintiffs are not being treated fairly. In fact, I got off the phone with an adjuster yesterday who said…
I am frequently asked about the cost of medical negligence claims. The questions usually revolve around why so many people are suing doctors (they aren’t) and why these same people are driving up the cost of health insurance (they aren’t, either). Occasionally, someone will ask me why it is so Read more…
Whether or not you have to reimburse your health insurance depends largely on whether or not your insurance is governed by state or federal law.
I was curious to see how my insurance company rated against other insurance companies in customer satisfaction and I found a helpful link. The Washington State Office of the Insurance Commissioner posts the number of complaints an insurance company has compared with the number of policy holders @ https://fortress.wa.gov/oic/consumertoolkit/Search.aspx. I Read more…
Valuing a claim is a complex process. Many insurance companies use a software program named Colossus to help them determine the value of your claim.