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You stopped treatment after the Norman truck crash. The insurer loves that.

A treatment gap after a truck crash in Norman can wreck the value of your claim fast, even when the reason was fear of getting fired.

ARTICLE by Crystal Harjo

Low Settlement Offer After a Recorded Statement

If the insurance company is treating a pedestrian's broken leg like a quick payout and using your own recorded words against you, the case is not automatically dead in Oklahoma.

ARTICLE by Crystal Harjo

Moore crosswalk claim getting wrecked by your Facebook ranch photos?

A driver hit a Moore ranch hand in a marked crosswalk, and now the insurer is waving around social media posts to say the injuries are exaggerated.

ARTICLE by Thi Nguyen

Nearly out of time in Moore and the adjuster is still blaming an old disc?

A project manager in Moore got sideswiped in heavy traffic, now the insurer says the disc injury was preexisting and the two-year deadline is getting dangerously close.

ARTICLE by Crystal Harjo

Oklahoma Hospital Back Injuries and Light Duty Pressure

When an Oklahoma nurse gets hurt moving a patient, the fight usually turns into whether the hospital can box that injury into workers' comp and force a fake return to work before the body is ready.

ARTICLE by Janet Brashear

Oklahoma claim or home-state claim after an Edmond Amazon van crash?

If an Amazon delivery van hits you in Edmond while you live somewhere else, the crash usually gets handled under Oklahoma rules, and that changes where the fight happens and how blame gets argued.

ARTICLE by Darrell Whitehawk

I waited months to get therapy after my Norman crash did I ruin my case?

In Oklahoma, crash-related PTSD, anxiety, and depression claims often add about $10,000 to $75,000+ to a case when they are well documented, and no, waiting a few months to...

Employer Liability for Crashes During Work Travel

If you were on the clock in your employer's vehicle when the crash happened, your company usually does not get to pretend it was just your personal problem.

ARTICLE by Keisha Mitchell

Bar Overservice Liability After a Motorcycle Injury Crash

In Oklahoma, a bar can be on the hook if it served someone who was obviously intoxicated before they hit you, and the DUI case can help prove a civil claim even if the cops wrote no ticket at the scene.

ARTICLE by Marcus Crutchfield

broker authority

Not the same as a trucking company's operating authority, and not proof that a business owns trucks or employs drivers. What it actually means is federal permission for a...

Insurance Recovery After an Oklahoma Four-Wheeler Accident

What actually happens in Oklahoma when an ATV passenger gets hurt without a helmet, and how insurers try to use that against the claim.

ARTICLE by Janet Brashear

nuclear verdict

Like calling a storm "catastrophic" after it rips the roof off a house, a "nuclear verdict" means a jury award so large it shocks the people involved and sends everyone...

Is an Edmond crash claim worth it if I'm pregnant and already overwhelmed?

$2,000 to $5,000 for one ER visit with fetal monitoring is common, and that is before follow-up OB visits, missed work, or imaging. Look at your real costs first. If a winter...

Why does insurance want all my medical records after a Lawton deer crash?

You usually do not have to sign a blanket medical release. That surprises a lot of people in Oklahoma, because adjusters often make it sound mandatory. Most people assume, "If...

$25,000 can disappear fast after a motorcycle wreck, which is worth noting because that is Oklahoma's minimum bodily injury coverage per person. The term "highside" came out of...

My coworker said the trucking company can erase dashcam logs after a Tulsa crash?

No - the one thing the trucking company is hoping you never find out is that a lot of truck crash evidence can be demanded and preserved, and destroying it after notice can...

guardian ad litem

A guardian ad litem is a court-appointed person who speaks for someone who cannot fully protect their own interests in a case. Break that down. "Court-appointed" means the...

bellwether trial

A test case picked to show how a group of similar cases may play out. "Test case" means one lawsuit gets pushed to the front while many others wait. "Picked" means it is not...

Why is my boss telling me to use my insurance after a Moore work crash?

The ER doctor's chart may say you were hurt in a vehicle crash while working. The insurance company will use that same note to decide which policy pays and whether your...

How much is a Moore daycare injury settlement for a kid worth?

You may have as little as 1 year to give written notice before you lose the claim if the daycare is run by a public school, city, or other government entity in Oklahoma. The...