Automobile Accidents

• How Insurance Companies Defend Auto Accident Cases - Part II

  Steve Klearman | February 22, 2006 4:09 PM | 0 CommentsReno, NV

  This article will cover some more ways in which insurance companies handle and defend auto accident cases.Medical BillsInsurance companies will always attempt to use your medical bills against you, often for the propositions 1) that you overtreated; and 2) that they should not be responsible for the cost of diagnostic tests that turned out negative.Neither concept makes much sense. Insurance...

• Insurance Companies Owe Insureds Special Duties

  Steve Klearman | December 11, 2005 8:46 AM | 0 CommentsReno, NV

  Insurance Companies Often Act in Bad FaithNevada laws recognize that insurers owe special duties to their insureds and protections are set forth, both in Nevada statutes and in Nevada regulations, to protect insureds from their insurance companies. Nevada law allows for punitive damages to be awarded against an insurer that breaches certain obligations to its insured. While numerous claims...

• The Value Of A Personal Injury Case

  Steve Klearman | December 03, 2005 12:14 PM | 0 CommentsReno, NV

  How much is your case worth?The answer to this question has a ring of Zen to it. How much is your case worth? Your case is worth what you can get: that's how much it's worth.So what can you get? The answer depends on a variety of factors. A good place to start out is a general understanding of the legal concept of damages. Simply put, there are different types of damages that correspond to a...

• Satellite Images of Your Auto Accident Scene

  Steve Klearman | March 22, 2006 12:10 PM | 0 CommentsReno, NV

  http://nashville.injuryboard.com/motor-vehicle-accidents/google-earth-for-auto-accidents.phpMy fellow personal injury law blogger, Ray Runyon, in Nashville, Tennessee, provides a great idea for personal injury attorneys (and their clients) in his blog today. Google Earth http://earth.google.com/ allows a user to input an address anywhere in the world and then "zoom in" to get a closer view and...

• Collateral Source Evidence in Nevada Medical Malpractice Cases

  Steve Klearman | March 20, 2006 5:25 PM | 0 CommentsReno, NV

  The subject of collateral source evidence arises in every medical malpractice lawsuit. Basically, and in this context, collateral source evidence relates to any payment made for medical bills (or any bills) by someone other than the person who brings the suit. The most common type of collateral source payment is that made by an insurance company. Attorneys throughout the country like to argue...