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Everybody wants a cut of your crash settlement in Waterloo

A Waterloo farm worker on a motorcycle gets rear-ended at a light, the city points at the road defect, and the money fight turns into who grabs the settlement first.

ARTICLE by Keith Haroldson

my car disappeared in a dust storm near Cedar Rapids and now everyone wants proof

After a highway dust storm crash near Cedar Rapids, the evidence disappears fast, and that matters even more when a health insurer starts claiming your whole settlement.

ARTICLE by Gary Johannsen

Eight months after an Iowa City shoulder crash, your Instagram can still blow up the claim

A pregnant Iowa City business owner got rear-ended on the highway shoulder, can't work normally, and now the trucking insurer is using social media to argue she and the baby are fine.

ARTICLE by Wayne Recker

Second busted-up shoulder in Dubuque, and now a crosswalk apparently needs a seatbelt?

A Dubuque construction worker hit in a crosswalk may hear all kinds of garbage from insurance, including blame that makes no sense, even when the driver is facing criminal charges.

ARTICLE by Angela Washington

Suing after a two-hit crash in Iowa City can feel ugly - waiting is still smarter

Two impacts in one crash can leave you arguing with two insurers while your income drops fast, and a quick settlement can wreck the rest of the claim.

ARTICLE by Keith Haroldson

Preserving Truck Data After a Des Moines Pedestrian Crash

A Des Moines nurse hit by a speeding company truck needs to move fast because the electronic crash data can disappear long before the injury picture is fully clear.

ARTICLE by Hieu Nguyen

Still hurting after my Waterloo deer crash. Is it too late to sue over a bad airbag?

The one thing the company is hoping you never find out is this: in Iowa, a defective airbag claim may still be alive if you only learned later that the part was defective or...

Iowa Dog Bite Claim and Landlord Liability

Iowa does not give dog owners one free bite, and a landlord usually is not automatically on the hook just because they knew the dog was a problem.

ARTICLE by Angela Washington

Why is workers comp sending me to their doctor after my Waterloo trailer crash?

The part that surprises most people is this: in Iowa, the employer or workers' comp insurer usually gets to choose your care once they accept the injury as work-related. So...

rear ended in a Cedar Rapids construction zone and insurance denied everything now what

An EMT in Cedar Rapids got rear-ended in a sudden-stop construction zone while on the clock, and the denial may involve a government road claim, a commercial auto policy, and workers' comp all at once.

ARTICLE by Linda VanDerPol

Should You Talk to Insurers After an Iowa Crash?

If you were hurt in an Iowa crash and the other insurer starts sounding helpful right away, the real question is what they're trying to lock you into before your injuries and your case are clear.

ARTICLE by Angela Washington

I was on the clock and maybe not paying full attention - can I still go after the driver with bad brakes?

A Sioux City office worker can have a workers' comp claim and a separate injury case at the same time, and being a little distracted does not automatically wipe either one out.

ARTICLE by Wayne Recker

My sister got hurt in an Uber near a Davenport school zone, what deadline matters?

Miss the government-claim timeline and the case can be thrown out before fault is ever decided. What should have happened right away was figuring out who controlled the road or...

Not the same thing as a trial jury, and not a group that decides whether someone is guilty. A grand jury is a panel of citizens asked to review evidence presented by a...

guilty plea vs no contest

Get this wrong, and a quick decision in criminal court can follow someone into a civil case, a job problem, or an insurance fight. A guilty plea is a direct admission of the...

search warrant requirements

Like a foreman who cannot just send a crew onto private land without the right address, reason, and limits on the job, police usually cannot search a person, home, car, phone,...

double jeopardy

Can the government try someone twice for the same offense? Usually, no. Double jeopardy is the constitutional protection that bars the government from prosecuting or punishing...

Electronic Logging Device

Think of it like a truck driver's built-in timecard and GPS trail rolled into one. The part that catches people off guard is this: after a semi crash, that data can disappear...

What does a Waterloo truck accident lawyer cost in Iowa?

In Iowa, serious truck crash cases often settle in the tens of thousands to several hundred thousand dollars, and the biggest verdicts can go much higher. What a lawyer costs...

Like haggling over the final price before you walk out of a store, a plea bargain is a negotiated deal: the accused agrees to plead guilty, or sometimes no contest where...