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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

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

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...

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...

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

probative value

You'll usually see it in a lawyer's letter, an insurance denial, or a judge's ruling saying some photo, record, statement, or test result has "high probative value" or "low...

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

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

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

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...

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

leash law violation

Insurance adjusters and defense lawyers may use this phrase to shift blame after a dog attack or knockdown, suggesting the injured person is overreacting because the owner only...

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...

Like setting the base for a house before putting up the walls, evidence has to rest on basic supporting facts before anyone can rely on it. In legal and insurance settings,...

Grand Forks crash claim got ugly fast when the insurance company sent a camera

A Grand Forks social worker hit by a speeding car while crossing a residential street can still have a claim even if the insurer is filming them, but North Dakota shared-fault rules make every small fact matter.

ARTICLE by Kyle Berndt

The tow yard tossed our blown tire after a Fargo crash. Did I ruin it?

No. Losing the tire hurts the case, but it usually does not destroy it in North Dakota. Most people assume a blowout claim is over if the failed tire is gone. In reality, North...

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

My sister slipped at a Bismarck apartment. How long does she have to file?

Many North Dakota slip-and-fall and apartment hazard cases settle anywhere from a few thousand dollars to the tens of thousands, with severe injury cases going higher. For 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...

Is a Mandan crash lawyer worth it if I'm undocumented and afraid to report?

Worst case: you say nothing, the insurer closes fast, and you lose the most money by giving a recorded statement or signing a release before you know your injuries, lost wages,...