Category: Insurance
If your vehicle is totaled in an accident or stolen, your collision and comprehensive insurance coverage will only cover the car’s current fair market value.
This is a commonly asked question in personal injury law due to a car accident being a stressful and overwhelming experience. Oftentimes, it can be difficult to think clearly and make the right decisions in the aftermath of a crash. However, what you do immediately after a car accident can have a significant impact on […]
The Missouri Court of Appeals upheld a $5.2 million judgement on Tuesday June 9, 2022, against GEICO. The case involved a woman who said she unknowingly caught HPV, the human papillomavirus, during unprotected sex in her then-boyfriend’s GEICO-insured car. A Jackson County Circuit court held that the man was liable for not disclosing his infection […]
In the case of Estate of Robert Curtis, Sr., by its Personal Representative, Theresa Brade v. GEICO General Insurance Company, Drake Matovich and Robert Curtis were involved in a fight in a grocery store parking lot. Curtis was severely injured and would die as a result of the fight. Matovich and Curtis’ estate entered into […]
In the case of Watts Water Technologies, Inc. v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. a/s/o Richard Lucka, Lucka sustained damage to his home for an alleged faulty water heater sold by Watts in November of 2014. Lucka was insured by State Farm Insurance and State Farm paid damages for the property damage to his […]
In the case of State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company v. Woodgett, Woodgett was rear-ended by Storms. Woodgett was insured with State Farm. After he reached a settlement with Storms’ insurer, Woodgett pursued an underinsured motorist claim against State Farm. After the case went to trial, the jury found a verdict in favor of Woodgett […]
Medical bills can be a stressful occurrence in someone’s life. Money can be tight for a lot of people and if the bills are unexpected, then the stress would only magnify. We see this happen all the time in cases we handle like semi-truck accident claim. It looks like the government is going to try […]
Settlement agreements have fine print. They can be complicated, and sometimes they can add extra hoops for a plaintiff’s attorney to jump through when it comes to a personal injury case. However, there can be other concerning things in the fine print of a settlement agreement, the most of which is a potential confidentiality statement […]
If you have ever driven or even sat in a car for a while during the summer, then you realize that the temperature inside can increase dramatically. It is dangerous to leave living beings such as children inside the car during these warm weather months. In the year 2021, 17 children have already died after […]
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, driving has become worse and worse. It was assumed that with a decrease in traffic that the roads would be safer, but they were just getting more and more dangerous. People developed a lot of bad driving habits during the pandemic and they’ve continued to have those habits […]