By making a personal injury claim, you are asking the insurance company for the person who caused your injuries to pay you for your damages. In the most generous view of insurance companies, in order to fairly compensate you, the will need to do a full invesitigation of your claim.…
In Maine, there is a potential intersection of the workers’ compensation and personal injury systems when the injury is caused by a third party. Generally, if you are injured at work, regardless of the cause, you are compensated for that injury entirely through the workers’ compensation system. However, did you…
Reported in the Portland Press Herald, October 22, 2010 HARRISON — Police in Harrison, Maine, say one teenager has been killed and three other people injured in a car crash. Eighteen-year-old Thomas McLendon, of Oxford, was a passenger in a Chevrolet Trailblazer whose driver lost control rounding a corner and…
Reported in the Sun Journal, October 16, 2010 PARIS — Two people were injured late Friday morning when a car delivering mail was struck from behind by an 18-wheel tractor-trailer on a rainy, windswept stretch of Route 26 near the West Paris town line. According to Lt. Michael Dailey of…
What happens if someone else’s negligence behind the wheel causes you injury and they don’t have enough insurance?sIn Maine, every auto insurance policy is required to have several components. In a previous post, we discussed uninsured motorist (UM) coverage, or the coverage that exists when the other party is not…
Reported by the Bangor Daily News on Septemeber 22, 2010 NEW SHARON — An elderly man was killed Tuesday morning as he crossed Route 134 in front of his house, police said. Glen Fitch, 87, was killed instantly when he was struck by a pickup truck driven by 43-year-old Walter…
What happens if someone else’s negligence behind the wheel causes you injury and they don’t have insurance?sIn Maine, every auto insurance policy is required to have several components. One of those components is uninsured motorist coverage (UM). Every auto insurance policy must have a minimum of $50,000 per person and…
Reported by Bangor Daily News on September 14, 2010 and September 15, 2010 DEDHAM, Maine — A family of three from Jonesport was killed and an Orono man was injured Tuesday in a two-vehicle crash on U. . Route 1A. Killed in the accident were Carlos A. Tapia, 34, his…
Until recently, auto and other liability insurance companies in Maine were not required to disclose the amount of insurance carried by their insureds, even when they were clearly at fault for an accident. This gave the insurance companies an advantage in settlement negotiations and in determining how long a case…
November 12, 2009: A four-car accident on Route 1 Thursday afternoon resulted in multiple injuries and heavy damage to the vehicles involved. A 2008 Volvo station wagon driven by James W. Stott II, 55, of Cape Neddick, was traveling northbound on Route 1 when he struck a southbound 2008 Dodge…