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August 20, 2018
Insurance Bad Faith and Homeowners Insurance
Q: If my house burns down, what kind of behavior might constitute insurance bad faith from my fire insurance or homeowner’s insurance? Often insurance companies,...
August 16, 2018
Do You Find That Insurance Companies Settle These Cases or Is It a Trial More Often Than Not?
It depends on how strongly they feel about the case. The insurance companies sometimes settle, but like any other case, it just depends on the...
August 16, 2018
Unintentional Insurance Bad Faith
Q: Is there ever an instance where insurance bad faith is not an intentional act, but just the ineptitude of the people who work there?...
August 13, 2018
Acts That Could Lead to an Insurance Bad Faith Case
There are several actions that an insurance company may do that could support a claim against them for insurance bad faith cases. An insurance company...
August 9, 2018
What Is the Tort Claims Act in Nevada?
Historically, the Tort Claims Act came from England where the king was perceived as someone who could do no wrong, so the king had immunity...
August 6, 2018
What Kind of Damages Would One Pursue for Elder Abuse?
For physical elder abuse, the damages you would sue for depend on the severity, the type of injury, pain and suffering, future medical costs and...
August 6, 2018
Do Elder Abuse Cases Settle, or Do You Find Them Frequently Going to Trial?
About 99% of all civil actions settle, and elder neglect or elder abuse cases are not outside of the norm. However, when we take the...
August 1, 2018
Insurance Coverage for Elder Abuse
There might be an insurance company that has agreed to defend or indemnify an individual accused of neglect or elder abuse. The neglect is more...
July 25, 2018
What Is Elder Financial Abuse?
Often, with elder financial abuse you hear about unusual arrangements where someone contacts a person who has dementia or cognitive issues and they get them...
March 1, 2018
What Is a Lump Sum Buy out of a Long-term Disability Insurance Claim?
With long-term disability insurance claims it is basically where the insurance company and most disability plans say they would pay monthly benefits until the individual...