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If you’re like most people, you probably assumed your own insurance company would be on your side after your Iowa car accident.  That can be a dangerous assumption to make.  I’m not exaggerating when I say the biggest threat to getting paid fairly after a car accident may be your own insurance company. If an uninsured or underinsured …

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How to Protect Yourself after an Iowa Car Accident As a new personal injury lawyer fresh out of law school, I thought I was serving my Iowa car accident clients well when I warned them about being taken advantage of by the auto insurance industry. I spent a lot of time alerting people about unfair …

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When you’ve been in a car accident in Iowa, you can’t rely on the police to record all the necessary information to support your Iowa personal injury claim.  Auto accident investigations are usually near the bottom of law enforcement’s priority list unless someone was killed. After a non-fatal car crash, police officers are often too …

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The last thing you want to happen after an Iowa car accident is to get cheated by the other driver’s auto insurance company. You may already know the time and emotional strength it takes to stand up to a car insurance company when it does not want to pay a fair settlement, and you may feel …

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What It Takes To Make a Successful Medical Malpractice Case in Iowa Iowa law makes it difficult to bring a medical malpractice case.  Judges will not allow you to go forward with a medical malpractice lawsuit unless you can present testimony from a qualified medical expert who says the injured patient’s doctor committed a preventable …

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UNFAIR TACTIC: The Other Driver’s Insurance Representative Tells You “My Company Won’t Pay if You Don’t Sign Our Medical Release Form” The first thing to remember is that the other driver’s insurance is not likely to pay anything for your injury unless and until you are willing to settle your Iowa personal injury case once …

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UNFAIR TACTIC: Trucking Company’s Representative Tells You “My Company Won’t Pay if You Don’t Give a Recorded Statement” The first thing to realize is that the trucking company (or its insurance corporation) is not likely to pay for anything – not one medical bill, not one lost paycheck – until the truck accident victim or …

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If You Are Not Careful, Your Health Insurance May Seize Money You Receive in a Car Accident Settlement If a health insurance company paid for any part of your crash-related medical expenses, you must use caution when settling your car accident claim. It is possible for your health insurance to take your money after a …

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REASON #1: Most Families of Deceased Patients Do Not Request Autopsies In an Iowa medical malpractice case, the person suing must prove that a medical professional’s error was a cause of a patient’s injury or death. In cases where the patient dies because of the medical error, cause of death is often best proved by …

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MYTH: You Didn’t Cause the Crash So You Don’t Have to Do Anything to Get Compensation If you are injured in an Iowa truck crash, you cannot assume that overworked police officers or state troopers will take the time to discover the whole truth about what happened. Why? Because the burden to produce evidence is …

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