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Soldotna crosswalk crash, denied claim, and your kid is still the one paying for it

A parent in Soldotna gets told their child's injury claim is worth less because care was delayed, missed, or interrupted after a crosswalk crash.

ARTICLE by James Kowalski

my friend borrowed the truck and now nobody will pay is that real

A first crash gets a lot worse when the truck was borrowed, coverage is denied, and the two-year Alaska deadline is still running.

ARTICLE by Tanya Ivanoff

Who Pays After a Workplace Burn Injury

When more than one company may have caused a kitchen burn in Alaska, workers' comp, liability claims, and the blame game can collide fast.

ARTICLE by Sarah Nanouk

You skipped the ER after the Kenai crash. That doesn't kill your claim.

A social worker in Kenai got hurt when a vehicle crashed through a construction zone barrier, kept working instead of going to the ER, and now the insurer is using that delay against her.

ARTICLE by James Kowalski

deliberate indifference

Picture a captain who sees a warning light, hears the crew report a dangerous leak, and does nothing anyway. That is close to what deliberate indifference means: more than a...

my wife was hit in a Fairbanks work zone, got worse weeks later, and now the insurer has gone silent

When a crash injury in Fairbanks looks minor at first and turns serious later, the legal clock in Alaska may start when you discovered the real injury, not on the crash date - and insurer silence changes nothing.

ARTICLE by Marie Olson

Suing after a dark signal crash in Wasilla feels ugly, but the bills are real

A National Guard member hurt during civilian work at a dark Wasilla traffic light may still have a strong claim even if the other driver is sitting on dashcam footage.

ARTICLE by Tanya Ivanoff

I wiped out on gravel in Soldotna and now the government acts like nobody did anything

A bad motorcycle wreck on loose road gravel can turn into a blame game fast, and the public agency on the other side may start working your case before you can even get through your appointments.

ARTICLE by Tanya Ivanoff

I just found out Alaska's clock may be almost up on my truck crash claim

An Anchorage commuter gets hit by a drifting 18-wheeler, the trucking policy is nowhere near enough, and now the real panic is whether Alaska's deadlines and notice rules are about to wreck the rest of the claim.

ARTICLE by James Kowalski

tort claims act

The part that trips people up most is that a government can sometimes be sued for negligence, but not under the same rules that apply to a private person or business. A tort...

Fairbanks insurers will turn a door-zone crash into a blame game fast

A dooring crash in Fairbanks can turn into a brutal comparative-fault fight if you miss the wrong step, especially when you're scared your status will get dragged into it.

ARTICLE by Pete Vasquez

governmental immunity

A rule that can block or limit lawsuits against a government agency, city, borough, school district, or public employee unless a law specifically allows the claim. In plain...

Feeling guilty about filing a claim won't pay the bills after a Fairbanks pursuit crash

A Fairbanks lawyer on a work commute can have a workers' comp claim, a liability claim, and a serious uninsured-employer problem all at once after being hit by a fleeing driver.

ARTICLE by Linda Bergstrom

Monell liability

Not a rule that makes a city or borough automatically responsible every time one of its employees violates someone's rights. That is the biggest trap. Under Monell liability, a...

Federal Tort Claims Act

Missing this deadline can end a case before it starts, and using the wrong procedure can reduce or completely bar recovery. When an injury or property-loss claim involves a...

Preserving Dashcam Footage and Texts After an Alaska Crash

If you were hit walking in Alaska, the evidence that matters most can disappear in days, and the fight often turns on what you lock down right now.

ARTICLE by Cathy Farnsworth

ministerial duty

The biggest mistake is confusing a required task with a choice-based government decision. A ministerial duty is a job the law, a rule, or an official policy requires a public...

qualified immunity

What trips people up most is that qualified immunity does not mean the government can never be sued. It is a legal defense that often protects individual public officials -...

discretionary function

Not every bad government decision counts as a discretionary function. A common misunderstanding is that any mistake by a public employee is automatically protected from a...

just left the ER in Kodiak and now the comp claim fight starts

A Kodiak roofer can have a workers' comp claim and a separate claim against the wrong-way driver, and the money gets split up in ways most people don't see coming.

ARTICLE by Linda Bergstrom