Think the Insurance Company is There to Help You? Think Again. | Newsletter March 2011
When you're hurt from injuries you suffered in a car accident, you want to get better - and fast. You want your claim handled fairly and you want a reasonable settlement. Unfortunately in many cases that's not easy, and there's a big reason: Insurance companies are not your friend.
Their warm and fuzzy (and even...
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Why You Need A Personal Injury Attorney
This is a true story, one that just happened.
Our client was involved in a car accident. He was driving southbound in the far right lane on Broadway in Denver, when someone ran a red light and plowed into the right side of his car. Our client was pretty banged up - getting tossed...
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We Get Paid When You Get Paid
If you've been in a car accident, you need a Denver personal injury attorney to take on the other driver's insurance company, for two simple reasons:
· Insurance companies have lawyers on staff or on retainer, and they do whatever it takes to pay you as little...
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Winter Can Mean a Bump Up in Workplace Injuries
The next few months can be a time when workplace accidents happen. If you work outside, snow and ice can make a worksite a dangerous place. Slipping and hurting yourself are a real possibility. Many people don't realize it, but if you slip and injure yourself while you're at work - even in...
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Dealing With a Hit-and-Run Driver
That's technically a hit-and-run accident, but often as not a Denver hit-and-run car accident occurs out on the streets and many times someone is injured. The driver has fled, no one got the license plate and it may seem that the perpetrator has gotten away with it.
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Motorcycle Accidents: Phantom of the Operator
But in a significant number of motorcycle cases, the Denver motorcycle accident isn't caused by a car hitting a cycle but by a "phantom" vehicle. That's a car or truck that pulls out in front of the cycle rider, or a car that drifts across the centerline and into the motorcyclist's lane, or...
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Slip and Fall Season is Around the Corner
Slip and fall injuries can happen anywhere, on just about any surface - and when you least expect it. Common places for Denver slip and fall accidents are grocery stores, big box stores, restaurants or any place hazardous conditions exist. Falls and injuries can be caused by liquid or food that's spilled on...
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Insurer Robo-Settlement Offers Take a Hit
The investigation, launched by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC), looked into Allstate's use of a program called Colossus. The software uses highly technical computer algorithms to come up with suggested settlement amounts for personal injuries, based on a database of claims for similar automobile accidents.
However, NAIC investigators found that management and oversight...
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Med-Mal: Still Making Mistakes
A study published this week in the Archives of Surgery reports that doctors are still performing operations on the wrong body parts - and even the wrong people. The mistakes were compiled in a database of errors Colorado doctors reported to COPIC, a Denver-based physician liability insurance company, from 2002 to June 2008.
As...
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Work Comp- Winter Can Mean a Bump Up in Workplace Injuries | Newsletter January 2011
The snow and cold have invaded Colorado and winter has set in, particularly in the mountains. Winter can be a dangerous time for Colorado's workers, and the Denver worker's compensation lawyers in the Law Offices of Dianne Sawaya want to remind you to take extra care and be safe in your workplace.
The next few...
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