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When you purchase auto insurance, you are entering into a contract. The insurance company is agreeing to pay only in certain cases, and only certain amounts. To protect yourself and your family, you need to know what these insurance terms mean and whether or not you have them on your policy. Too many people realize what coverage they need after it is too late.
Read MorePosted on Aug 13, 2013
Insurance Adjusters will start calling you within days of a car wreck. You need to be prepared when that phone call comes, or it can affect your claim years later.
Read MorePosted on Aug 13, 2013
Attorneys and clients have been battling Medicare and Medicaid for years to determine just how much the agencies should be reimbursed when injuries were caused by someone else’s negligence. The United States Supreme Court took a position in March in the case Wos, Secretary of North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services v. E.M.A. The High Court held that the federal statute regulating Medicaid, 42 U.S.C. § 1396a(a)(25)(H), prevents the states from taking any portion of a beneficiary’s judgment or settlement monies that is not designated as payment for medical care. While Medicaid will still be reimbursed for overpayment of medical expenses, Medicaid is prevented from taking a client’s money that has been awarded for something else, like pain and suffering, emotional distress damages, or lost wages.
Read MorePosted on Apr 08, 2013
Shelly Dreyer, Lauren Peterson, and Leon Kassab competed and placed in Habitat for Humanity's Race to ReStore on April 6th, 2013.
Read MorePosted on Apr 08, 2013