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Category Archives: Settlement Negotiations
How overtreating may hurt your injury claim…
One of the most critical elements in any legal claim, whether civil or criminal, is the credibility of the testifying witness or claimant. Injury claims are not an exception. An honest, reasonable victim will likely recover more and sooner for … Continue reading
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California Injury Law: Medical Billing and Settlement Damages
Since the Hanif v. Housing Authority (1988) and Nishihama v. City and County of San Francisco (2001) cases have been decided, the insurance companies have successfully argued over and over that the personal injury claimants should not be entitled to … Continue reading
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Releases of Liability for Injuries in California
Many gymnasiums and other facilities where there is a risk that customer will suffer an injury, have those customers sign a release of liability which is supposed to release the business from any and all liability for injuries and damages … Continue reading
Personal Injury Case Mediation
Mediation is one of the settlement negotiation “tools” that the parties to an injury action can use to reach a settlement prior to later hearings and trial. Like any other way of settling an injury claim, mediations have their ups … Continue reading
What do insurance companies/adjusters need to settle an accident injury claim?
Insurance adjusters need documentation to back up every protion of damage claim in the file of any given injury accident. If they do not have that documentation, they cannot get settlement authority from their superiors because they don’t have a … Continue reading
Effective injury settlement negotiation with insurance adjuster
Although it might appear to many consumers that insurance companies are nothing but greedy money making machines that are only concerned with the bottom line and whose job is to shortchange or “low ball” their customers who suffer injuries in … Continue reading
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How to negotiate and settle your injury claim effectively
1. Preliminary considerations in settling an injury claim Most accident injury and other bodily injury claims are settled before a lawsuit is filed, and thus before the insurance carrier of a liable party is required to retain an attorney to … Continue reading