Insurance bad faith is when an insurance company refuses to cover damages from an incident that the policy apparently promised to cover. The LoMastro v. American Family case involved a car accident resulting in a fatality, and the insurance company refused the claim of the…
According to a June 2017 article in The Record-Courier, a high school student reached a milestone achievement by graduating after sustaining a traumatic brain injury, or TBI. In 2010, while attending a local Ely high school as a freshman, the now 22-year-old was attacked by…
Any time an accident does not result in a serious injury, the worst-case scenario has been avoided, but you could still be in for a long ordeal when it comes to getting your insurance company to reimburse you for damaged or destroyed property. In 1987, when…
Insurance policies consist mostly of fine print; even if you did decide to read your car insurance policy cover to cover, you would probably fall asleep before you even made it halfway through. Most of the time, this does not cause any problems. If you…
There is a lot of truth to the saying that your real friends are the ones who are there for you even on your worst days. If you are injured in an accident or because of a medical error, you will certainly appreciate the support…
The first thing that visitors to Nevada often notice is the beautiful scenery that can be seen from our state’s highways. The second thing they notice is the sheer number of trucks on the highways. According to the Department of Transportation, there are nearly as…
Go to any late-night drinking party, and you will probably hear tall tales of someone’s friend-of-a-friend who became rich from receiving a huge settlement from his insurance company after a minor injury, or perhaps even an entirely fake injury. These stories belong to the realm…
A catastrophic injury is an injury that results in a permanent physical disability; these can include brain or spinal cord injuries and loss of limbs. If someone sustains a catastrophic injury because of an accident, and it can be proven that the accident resulted from…