InjuryBoard Boise Archives

• Insurance companies undervaluing "totalled" cars?

  Staff Writer | February 23, 2006 6:07 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  There's a great article on Insure.com about the way in which many insurance companies decide just how much your "totalled" car is worth. Disclosures in recent litigation have revealed that (gasp) many insurance companies tend to stray away from the standard Kelly Blue Book and instead use value databases that result in much lower car values. Apparently, to the shock of...well, no one, this is...

• House considers doctor apologies for medical malpractice

  Staff Writer | February 21, 2006 6:29 PM | 1 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  The Idaho House of Representatives is currently considering at bill that would allow doctors to apologize to their patients without having those apologies used against them in Court. Idaho law currently allows such expressions of sympathy and apology to be admissible against doctors except "in certain circumstances." The bill's supporters say that patients who receive an apology and sympathy...

• Mardi Gras Crowds in New Orleans

  Staff Writer | February 18, 2006 5:10 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Mardi Gras season is upon us again. Despite the widespread devestation of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, the Mardi Gras capitol of the United States has now kicked off its annual celebration, albeit with smaller crowds than previous years. As a former resident of New Orleans myself (I received my law degree from Tulane University), I am elated to see the city recovering. As insurance companies...

• Insurance Company pays "When Pigs Fly"

  Staff Writer | February 15, 2006 11:46 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  A jury in Boulder, CO, recently hit American Family Insurance with a $3 million verdict over the company's refusal to pay valid insurance claims. The jury heard testimony from former American Family Insurance employees that the company made a habit of intentionally and willfully denying claims of motorists injured in car accidents to save money. While the company continues to deny any...