Deny, Delay, Defend: How Insurance Companies Avoid Paying Claims
Insurance companies will seek to decrease or eliminate payments for injuries caused by an insured person’s actions. After becoming injured, victims of accidents want nothing more than to move on from the traumatizing experience. Unfortunately, due to the tactics of insurance companies, accident victims are faced with excessive paperwork, lengthy phone calls, and repetitive interrogations…. Read more »
8 Signs of a Safe Daycare
Choosing a daycare for your child can be a tough decision. The best daycares meet these signs of a safe daycare. Nothing is more important to parents than their children’s health and happiness. As a parent, you want to be absolutely sure your children are in the best hands when you can’t be with them… Read more »
How a Spinal Cord Injury Can Change Your Life
Spinal cord injuries not only affect accident victims physically, but also emotionally and financially. Managing your personal life, career, and finances is often a tough balancing act in the best case scenario. Living with a spinal cord injury only makes it more difficult. These injuries not only cost a fortune to treat. They also change… Read more »
Why Construction Accidents Are So Common and How to Prevent Them
Construction workers are at a higher risk for injuries on the job, including even fatal injuries. Members of the workforce know that all careers come with their own set of drawbacks. Without a doubt, some are inherently more dangerous than others. Construction workers spend their days using heavy tools and machinery, often at intimidating heights…. Read more »
Who Can Be Held Responsible for Injuries from a Truck Accident?
Unlike car accidents, truck accidents have many involved parties that can contribute to who’s liable for injuries caused by the accident. In 2017 alone there were 450,000 police-reported crashes involving large trucks. In 2018, there were 4,136 deaths because of truck accidents. Because a commercial truck weighs 20-30 times more than a passenger car, these… Read more »
Traumatic Brain Injury Caused by Slip and Fall
Slip and Fall Incidents Can Cause Many Different Injuries, including Traumatic Brain Injuries Slip and fall accidents can occur almost anywhere and at any time. They can occur while at work, during a trip to the grocery store, or while visiting a friend’s house. Wherever they occur, slip and falls are no laughing matter and… Read more »
Most Common Emergency Room Mistakes
Going to an emergency room can be an incredibly stressful experience. But when something goes wrong while you are there, that stress can be severely heightened. Depending on the severity of your injury, you could be waiting for a long time to be treated. Or you could be the victim of an ER mistake or… Read more »
Liability for Accidents Caused by Uber or Lyft Drivers
When an accident is caused by an Uber or Lyft driver, who is liable for property damage and physical injuries? Explaining the Ridesharing Business Model Accidents involving ridesharing apps, like Uber and Lyft, can be much more complicated than regular car accident claims. There are a lot of variables involved in ridesharing accidents, like whether… Read more »
How Much is My Car Accident Claim Worth?
When calculating a settlement after an auto accident, it’s important to consider various elements that impact the value of a claim. What damages can I collect from a car accident? If you’ve been in a car accident, you may be able to recover money for the damages to your vehicle and any injuries that you… Read more »
Motor vehicle accidents involving commercial vehicles
Minnesota Truck and Other Commercial Vehicle Accidents According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) 3,986 people were killed in crashes involving large trucks in 2016. Additionally, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, approximately 83,000 people were injured in accidents with large trucks. Unfortunately, these numbers have been trending higher since 2009. In fact,… Read more »