Do I have to reimburse my health insurance even though the injury was not my fault?
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.
How does your insurance company rate?
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…
What is the value of my claim?
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.
Slip and Fall Season
Just in case you take a bad fall this winter… I think you ought to know what your rights are. I reviewed some of the cases in Washington State, and this is what I came up with:
Since 1975, landowners have been required to "exercise reasonable care [toward invitees] to prevent the occurrence of defective or dangerous conditions" regardless of whether the dangerous condition was a "natural" accumulation. (See Washington case Geise v. Lee, 84 Wn.2d 866, 529 (1975)).
An uninsured driver caused an accident that injured me and my spouse. What should I do?
When the at-fault party is uninsured, you have the option to file a civil lawsuit against their personal assets or file a claim with the crime victims compensation fund.
Top Ten Worst Insurance Companies
The American Association for Justice, a national trial lawyer association, released its list of the ten worst insurance companies earlier this year. The top ten is as follows: 1.Allstate 2.Unum 3.AIG 4.State Farm 5.Conseco 6.WellPoint 7.Farmers 8.United Health 9.Torchmark 10.Liberty Mutual What does the list mean? To me it means Read more…
Can I make a claim for personal injury if I am not a U.S. citizen?
If you were injured in the U.S., you may make a claim in the U.S. regardless of legal status.
Husband awarded $2.4M in wrongful death lawsuit
John Gerrity has disclosed that he has settled a wrongful death lawsuit with the city of Menlo Park and the city has agreed to pay him a $2.4 million settlement. Gerrity’s wife, Deborah Johnson, was critically injured in a bicycle accident in July 2007 and she died several days later of a Read more…
How is my lawyer paid? What if I cannot afford a lawyer?
In a personal injury lawsuit, your attorney will be paid a percentage of your recovery.
"No Recovery No Fee"….