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Getting Medical Care After a Montana Ice Fall

If you fell on somebody else's icy walkway or parking lot in Montana and you're scared of medical bills, missed work, and retaliation, here's the first thing that matters.

ARTICLE by Dan Overturf

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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...

coefficient of friction

If nobody understands this number after a serious crash, a bad guess can get treated like a fact. That can shift blame, shrink a payout, or make it harder to prove what really...

failure to stop for emergency vehicle

Not pulling over and stopping when an emergency vehicle is coming with lights or siren activated. "Failure" means a driver did not do what the law required in time. "Stop"...

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

street racing charge

Could a burst of high-speed driving with another car lead to more than a speeding ticket? Yes. A street racing charge is an accusation that a driver took part in an unlawful...

running a stop sign

What trips people up most is that a driver does not have to blow through an intersection at full speed to get cited. Rolling past the white line, failing to stop before a...

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

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...

failure to yield right of way

A driver fails to yield the right of way by not letting another vehicle, pedestrian, bicycle, or lawful road user go first when traffic rules require it. That usually happens...

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

My partner runs a Butte shop, saw a worker die, and now three insurers keep saying it's somebody else's problem

A Butte business owner who is wrecked by trauma after a workplace death may still have rights, but in Montana the first fight is often over which policy has to pay at all.

ARTICLE by Hank Sorensen

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...