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Feeling guilty about suing the delivery company won't pay for a missed brain injury

A commercial van crash in Helena can look minor at first, then turn into a missed brain injury case while the company's electronic data is quietly aging out.

ARTICLE by Sunita Patel

Missoula claim went dark while your husband's concussion kept wrecking his work

A rear-end crash left a Missoula welder with lasting concussion symptoms, and now the insurer is dragging it out by going silent.

ARTICLE by Dan Overturf

Why the insurer in Missoula keeps pushing you to talk fast

A Missoula crash made an old back problem worse, and now the insurer's calls, social media snooping, and quick money pressure are all aimed at shrinking the claim before the full damage is clear.

ARTICLE by Hank Sorensen

Just left St. Peter's after a Helena commute crash and now the state says my bad disc was already there

A Helena commuter dealing with panic, back pain, and a government claim gets hit with the oldest insurance move in the book: your disc problem was "already there."

ARTICLE by Dan Overturf

Eight months later, that quick dog-bite payout in Great Falls still looks like a trap

A fast dog-bite settlement can leave a Great Falls parent paying back the hospital, Medicaid, or a health insurer before much money ever reaches the kids' rent and groceries.

ARTICLE by Brenda Kowalski

Can a Great Falls crash claim turn into an immigration scare after a brain bleed?

A minor-looking crash can become a high-value brain injury case fast, and insurers in Great Falls will still try to kill it with technical nonsense and fear.

ARTICLE by Maria Vigil

A Great Falls city truck can wreck your spine and your timeline

Getting hit by a city truck in Great Falls is not like dealing with a private driver's insurer, and the paperwork, evidence, and blame fight can get ugly fast.

ARTICLE by Carol Pfister

The restaurant insurer keeps hiding behind a bad police report - here's the game

A nurse slipped on a spill at a Great Falls restaurant, the report blames her, her case feels dead, and she needs to know if changing lawyers will blow everything up.

ARTICLE by Brenda Kowalski

consumer expectation test

Was this product more dangerous than an ordinary person would expect it to be? That is the basic question behind the consumer expectation test. It is a way courts and juries...

leaving the scene of an accident

Failing to stop, stay, and give required help or information after a crash. "Stop" means pulling over as close as safely possible. "Stay" means remaining there until the basic...

risk-utility test

A lot can turn on this because it may decide whether an injured person recovers damages or walks away with nothing. When a case involves a product that worked as designed but...

Is a Bozeman Uber passenger claim even worth it after a winter crash?

It depends, and the biggest myth is that a rideshare passenger claim is "too complicated to be worth it." If you were just a passenger, fault usually is not your fight. The...

Stayed quiet after that Helena press crushed your hand - did you screw yourself?

A Helena welder's hand gets crushed in a hydraulic press with a bad safety guard, and the real question is whether fear, delay, and immigration threats killed the claim.

ARTICLE by Pete Halverson

speeding ticket

What trips people up most is that a speeding ticket is not just a bill you pay and forget. It is a traffic citation accusing a driver of going faster than the posted limit or...

Workers' comp cut off PT for solvent exposure - is that even allowed in Montana?

A military spouse in Kalispell dealing with a factory solvent-exposure claim can get blindsided when the insurer says physical therapy is over long before the body is.

ARTICLE by Pete Halverson

exhibition of speed

You might see this phrase on a traffic citation, in an officer's notes, or hear it said as "showing off," "peeling out," or accelerating to draw attention. It usually means a...

distracted driving citation

A ticket for distracted driving can cost money right away, but the bigger hit may come later through fines, points, insurance increases, and damage to an injury claim after a...

fleeing and eluding

Did a driver ignore police lights or a siren and keep going? That is generally what fleeing and eluding means: willfully failing to stop, or trying to escape, after a law...

vicious propensity

Miss this issue, and a serious animal-attack case can fall apart because nobody gathered the right proof early. Vicious propensity means an animal has shown a tendency to act...

strict liability dog bite

Think of it like a tool that fails on the job the first time it's used: the person responsible may still be on the hook even if nobody warned them beforehand. That is the basic...