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How To Find the Best Insurance Fraud Attorney in Brookings
Trying to find the best insurance fraud attorney? You’re not alone. Insurance has become a trillion-dollar industry. According to the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud, over $80 billion in fraudulent insurance claims are filed annually in the United States. The impact for consumers is tighter scrutiny, higher premiums, and wrongfully denied claims. Unfortunately, valid claims are denied all too … [Read more...] about How To Find the Best Insurance Fraud Attorney in Brookings
Insurance Companies Refusing to Pay Claims. Can I Take Legal Action?
When insurance companies are refusing to pay claims, you have the right to take legal action. This is especially true if the insurance company is acting in bad faith. If your insurance claim has been denied by your insurance provider in South Dakota, don’t waste any time following up on it. This article walks you through which steps to take when your insurance company has denied your claim and how … [Read more...] about Insurance Companies Refusing to Pay Claims. Can I Take Legal Action?
Semi-Truck Accident Attorney Near Brookings
Hundreds of thousands of semi-truck accidents happen every year in the United States. These trucks can cause a lot of damage when they hit regular vehicles, especially when drivers don’t take the right safety precautions. Here’s a closer look at semi-truck accident causes, what to do if you’ve been in an accident, and how a semi-truck accident attorney near Brookings can help you.What causes big … [Read more...] about Semi-Truck Accident Attorney Near Brookings
What To Do If The Insurance Company Is Stalling
When an accident occurs, one of the last things you want on your mind is dealing with an insurance company stalling your payment. Insurance companies are supposed to work with you — not against you — to determine your claim with fairness and in a timely manner.Unfortunately, many insurance companies will try to stall the resolution of your case to avoid paying you the proper amount. What should … [Read more...] about What To Do If The Insurance Company Is Stalling
Injury Lawyers near Aberdeen, South Dakota
“Accident” may be the term used most often in personal injury cases, but the term can be misleading. Someone is still generally judged as “at fault” in these scenarios. If the accident resulted in personal injury due to someone else’s negligence, you may be entitled to compensation for damages. Whether the accident was a slip and fall, a work injury, or a car accident, Turbak Law, injury lawyers … [Read more...] about Injury Lawyers near Aberdeen, South Dakota
4 Signs of Bad Faith Insurance
Insurance companies have a legal duty to act fairly when dealing with compensation claims. As an equal party in an insurance contract, your provider has an obligation to fulfill their promise of protecting you from losses that result from personal injury or property damage. Unfortunately, some insurers may try to engage in techniques designed to subvert justice, giving rise to bad faith … [Read more...] about 4 Signs of Bad Faith Insurance
How to Find the Best Insurance Fraud Attorney in Brookings
According to The Coalition Against Insurance Fraud, over $80 billion is lost to fraudulent insurance claims. This is bad news for both insurance companies and consumers alike as increased premiums and scrutiny of claims affect your insurance policies. However, increased scrutiny and vigilance meant to discourage insurance fraud sometimes means that your incredibly valid claim is denied. That’s … [Read more...] about How to Find the Best Insurance Fraud Attorney in Brookings
Sucker Buys: Know What You Are Buying
Clients often bring us insurance-related problems that end up having more to do with the quality of the insurance product than with an insurance company misapplying its own policy provisions or not paying claims under a policy. Whether the policy does not cover a lot because the “grant of coverage” is narrow or there are exclusions that take away most of what the grant of coverage does allow, the … [Read more...] about Sucker Buys: Know What You Are Buying
The Collateral Source Rule as Compared to the Evidentiary
We have previously written about how evidence of liability insurance is excluded from most civil jury trials. However, there is another exclusion in South Dakota law for other types of insurance that can apply to your personal injury claim. If you choose, you can exclude evidence of health insurance, Medicare, or other help you have received after an injury. For example, let us say that a child … [Read more...] about The Collateral Source Rule as Compared to the Evidentiary
Property Damage as Compared to Injuries
“My car was not damaged, but I still hurt almost every day.” We at Turbak Law Office hear this often. And in other instances, vehicles are totaled, and everyone walks away and is at work in a few days. Yet many people think that low property damage means no injury. Nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, hundreds of thousands of people sustain neck, back, and brain injuries every year … [Read more...] about Property Damage as Compared to Injuries
