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Low Settlement Offers After Serious Highway 85 Crashes

If a crash injury knocks you out of your last working years, the real value is often the pension loss, health insurance gap, and future wages insurers try to pretend are not part of the damage.

ARTICLE by Brenda Kills Enemy

Mandan hit-and-run injuries can show up late, and your firing won't freeze the clock

When a night-time pedestrian crash seems minor at first, then turns into a concussion or internal injury after you've been fired, the real fight is often over when the claim clock started and whether the firing was retaliation.

ARTICLE by Carol Pfeiffer

This is the second crash in a work season, and now the boss has no comp

A seasonal worker in Dickinson can still have more than one path to money after a truck sideswipe, even if the employer illegally skipped North Dakota workers' comp.

ARTICLE by Ahmed Ali

Lone Pine order

Thirty days can be enough to lose your place in a mass tort, and this is not a ruling that decides who wins the case. A Lone Pine order is a judge's case-management order that...

A head-on crash outside Dickinson, an old MRI, and Medicare liens can wreck your claim fast

When an older person on Medicare gets hit head-on around Dickinson, the fight usually turns into two messes at once: the insurer says the injury was already there, and Medicare wants to be repaid.

ARTICLE by Brenda Kills Enemy

Can my Minot boss cut my hours if I file workers' comp?

Everyone says "keep it quiet if you want to keep your job," but actually filing a North Dakota workers' comp claim does not give your boss a free pass to punish you. Before you...

business records exception

You just got a letter that says the other side plans to use hospital billing records, work logs, or trucking company maintenance sheets without bringing in every person who...

An $18,000 DoorDash offer looks insulting when your treatment in Mandan isn't even done

A quick settlement after a DoorDash crash can leave a newly single parent stuck with the rest of the medical bills once the pain drags on.

ARTICLE by Mike Renner

How much can a Dickinson hit-and-run death claim actually pay?

A late-filed hit-and-run death claim in North Dakota can fall apart fast, and who can bring it, what the estate can claim, and whether funeral bills get paid are all separate fights.

ARTICLE by Kyle Berndt

Should my cousin in Mandan take the first insurance offer after a parking lot crash?

Usually no - if the crash happened near the Mandan Walmart on Old Red Trail NW and your cousin is still treating, still missing work, or is being pushed to sign a release, the...

Two years after the hit-and-run, your case may be worth more - or dead

A late hit-and-run claim in North Dakota can turn into a brutal fight over deadlines, uninsured motorist coverage, and what a permanent injury is actually worth once recovery stalls.

ARTICLE by Sarah Lindstrom

You may see this phrase in an insurance letter, a claim denial, or a call where someone says the dog "never bit anyone before," as if that ends the case. Usually, they are...

What am I supposed to save after my Dickinson work crash on black ice?

The one thing your employer is hoping you never find out: you can open a workers' comp claim and still preserve evidence against other people who caused the crash. From the...

You just got a letter that says your blood or urine will be tested after a chemical spill at work, near a farm operation, or along a trucking route like US-85. Biomonitoring is...

preservation letter

You may see language like, "Please preserve all evidence related to this incident," in a letter from a lawyer, insurer, or injured person shortly after a crash or other serious...

hearsay exception

Can someone really repeat what another person said in court and have it count? Sometimes, yes. A hearsay exception is a rule that allows an out-of-court statement to be used as...

Using UIM Coverage After a North Dakota Crash

If the other driver only carried North Dakota minimum limits and your hospital bill is already blowing past that, your own UIM coverage may still matter - but whose policy applies, and in what order, gets messy fast.

ARTICLE by Kyle Berndt

excited utterance

Picture someone blurting out, "That truck ran the light!" seconds after a crash, before anyone has had time to slow down, compare stories, or polish what happened. In law and...

What evidence proves my Fargo apartment's icy lot caused my fall while pregnant?

If the ER or your OB told you to get fetal monitoring, watch for contractions, bleeding, or reduced movement, that goes straight to showing this was not a "minor slip." The...

Miss this word in a medical record or job-site history, and a serious lung disease can be mistaken for ordinary shortness of breath, aging, or a smoking-related problem until...