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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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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...

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

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

Your shoulder tore in a Billings crash and now two systems want to dodge the bill

A delivery driver in Billings can end up with both a workers' comp claim and a crash claim after a seatbelt shoulder injury, and the difference matters fast.

ARTICLE by Dawn Birdtail

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

Settle the crash case now or chase Montana's uninsured employer fund first?

A Missoula firefighter hurt off-duty in a high-speed wreck can end up with both a third-party crash claim and a Montana uninsured-employer claim, and the order matters when paralysis, liens, and a CDL record are all on the line.

ARTICLE by Dawn Birdtail

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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"...