LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – A 3-year-old girl whose skull was fractured by a line drive during batting practice at Dodger Stadium was scheduled for surgery on Tuesday. The accident that caused the surgery occurred Monday when Dodgers catcher Russell Martin hit a line drive in the stands near third base. It hit the girl and knocked her unconscious according to Dodgers spokesman Joe Jareck. The girl was sitting with her father at the time and he rushed he to the first aid station. The Fire Department subsequently transported the girl to ...
ENCINITAS, CALIFORNIA – A bus rider called the Sheriff’s Department Tuesday when he thought the driver was under the influence of alcohol. Deputies stopped the bus, route 309 from Oceanside to Encinitas, at around 4:30 p.m. The bus was heading east on Encinitas Boulevard near Calle Magdalena at the time. According to the Sheriff’s Department, the deputies determined the driver showed signs of being under the influence of alcohol. They subsequently conducted field sobriety tests. Based on the results of those tests, the 40-year-old driver was booked on suspicion of driving ...
You Need a Seattle Insurance Attorney to Represent You
When we pay for our car insurance every six months, we assume (and hope) that they will be there when we need them. When we pay our medical insurance every month, we assume they will be there to protect us when something goes wrong and that there will be no small print that we have missed. The truth is, though, that no insurance company is actually on your side, and you will probably be fighting the same insurance company you have been paying for years and years one day, trying to get what is rightfully yours.
When you buy medical insurance, you assume that the medical insurance company is working in your favor and that all of the medical professionals are well-trained and competent in what they do. But what happens when you have a misdiagnosed case that results in major problems for you? Do you think your insurance company will pay for that? Do you think that you can go back to the doctor who misdiagnosed you and ask for compensation? No, of course you can?t.
In the case of medical insurance, there are any number of reasons why your insurance company will fail to cover you. Whether they claim your illness is a pre-existing condition, is subject to insurance caps, or whether you are suffering the repercussions of a misdiagnosed case, an insurance lawyer will know the law well enough to make sure that you get what you are due.
Insurance law cases are notoriously difficult to fight because you are almost always dealing with a large, nameless, faceless organization that does not care about your well-being, even if their judgment is a matter of life and death for you. An experienced insurance lawyer does care about you and your welfare and will pursue insurance lawsuits in a way that you could never do yourself.
As is the case with all lawsuits of this nature, it is imperative that you seek the help of an insurance lawyer as soon as you can in order to secure the best outcome. As soon as you are denied your rights from your insurance company, it is time to turn the case over to someone who is more equipped to deal with it, and someone who has the clout to fight on your behalf ? a qualified and experienced Seattle insurance lawyer.