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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

first offender program

Insurance companies and defense lawyers love this phrase because it sounds like an admission: you joined a program for first-time offenders, so you must have been guilty or at...

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

Is a Kodiak school-zone crash claim worth pursuing if I was partly at fault?

Everyone says if you were partly at fault, don't bother, but actually Alaska lets you recover damages even if you share blame. That's because Alaska follows pure comparative...

What do I do if Alaska insurance doctor says I'm fine?

Two years is the usual deadline to sue for an Alaska injury claim under AS 09.10.070, and an insurance doctor saying you are "fine" does not end your case. What should have...

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...

Insurance companies and defense lawyers may use this word to make a lung disease claim sound narrow, old, or easier to dismiss. They may argue a person has "only" scarring, not...

Kodiak friend says parking lot crashes are simple - not when the truck's data is about to disappear

A parking lot crash in Kodiak can turn into a fast evidence fight if the vehicle belongs to a company and its onboard data is about to be overwritten.

ARTICLE by Marie Olson

How is fault divided in an Alaska crash with multiple drivers or companies?

What the insurance company does not want you to know is that in Alaska, more than one person or company can be legally at fault, and one insurer blaming another does not mean...

Liability After Crashing a Car During an Alaska Test Drive

If you wreck a dealer car on a test drive in Alaska, the fight usually turns on whose insurance applies first, whether you were negligent, and what you signed before they handed over the keys.

ARTICLE by Cathy Farnsworth

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...