How We Negotiate Your Auto Accident Settlement
At that point the insurance company usually will lowball a counteroffer and try to avoid paying you what you deserve. Sometimes they’ll say you’re partly to blame for the accident and your injuries. Or they’ll say you had preexisting medical conditions just like injuries you suffered in the car accident.
Then the negotiations begin. Your...
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Keeping Your Medical Records Private
Do you have to share your whole medical history with an insurance company? Not if you have the Law Offices of Dianne Sawaya on your side.
The other party’s insurance company does, in fact, have a right to your medical records. But the only part...
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Compensation for Your Motorcycle Accident Injuries
Statistics show that most accidents involving motorcycles, scooters, mopeds and even bicycles happen on trips of five miles or less. Statistics also show that many happen at low speeds.
Unfortunately, motorcyclists who get in an accident almost always get the worst of it. Our Denver motorcycle accident lawyers have found that about one-fifth of...
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How Much Money You Deserve For Your Car Accident?
There are as many different ways of valuing a case as there are attorneys, insurance companies and armchair adjusters. Let me tell you about two very important ways of assigning value.
First is the insurance company’s way. You file a claim with the at-fault driver’s insurer, and they will offer you a sum of...
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Tiny Little Checks Mean Big Loss For You
As a Denver car accident attorney, I can tell you that a quick settlement of your case may sound like a good way to avoid a hassle. But it’s almost never your best move.
The biggest reason not to make a quick settlement of your case is...
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Motorcycle Accident Season Just Around the Corner
Early in the season can be a dangerous time for motorcyclists. While it may be a skill you never forget once you learn it, riding still takes some time to get back into, just like it takes some time on the slopes for a skier to get their legs back in winter. Motorcyclists...
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You vs. Shareholders = You Lose
Insurance companies are big corporations and they answer to no one but their shareholders. They have one goal: making big profits. When insurance companies collect your premiums, it isn’t so they can turn around and give money back to you.
Insurance is a big business and the profits are big –...
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Avoid the Danger of Uninsured Drivers
Colorado law requires every driver in the state to have a minimum amount of auto insurance. That means $25,000 to cover damage and injuries to another individual and their vehicle, and a total of $50,000 to cover damage and injuries to all other vehicles and persons involved in the car accident. But a...
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Same Story, Different Day
One of my clients was in an auto accident in January. The at-fault driver’s insurance company called my client to “take a recorded statement.” During the course of the friendly conversation, the helpful adjuster asked my client if she was injured. She said yes, she was. The adjuster offered to send her $150...
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Be Careful Out There—They’re Watching You
This is a hugely important issue. Consider that Google announced two days after the Supreme Court ruling that its new privacy policy will allow the social media giant to access and use your information across several of the company’s platforms like Gmail, Google+ and YouTube. There will be no option for you to...
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