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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

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

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

crashworthiness doctrine

The surprising part is that a manufacturer can be liable even when it did not cause the crash itself. Think of a seat belt, airbag, cab roof, or fuel system like a hard hat on...

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

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

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...

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

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

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

Miss this one, and a bad stop turns into handcuffs, a car search, a jail booking, and charges built on evidence you may never have let police near if you knew your rights....

My coworker said no plate means no claim after a Dubuque hit-and-run, true?

The one thing your employer or landlord is hoping you never find out: no plate does not automatically mean no money. From the insurance company's perspective, they want this to...

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...

My coworker said an old MRI kills my Des Moines crash claim, true?

There is no reliable statewide average settlement figure in Iowa for pre-existing-injury crash claims, because the value depends on what changed after the crash. An old MRI...

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...

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,...

Do You Need to Report Hitting a Deer in Iowa

What Iowa drivers usually need to do after a deer crash, when a report matters, and where people screw it up with insurance and scene safety.

ARTICLE by Maria Perez

Is a Davenport DoorDash crash claim worth the hassle on Medicare?

The police report says one thing; your claim value turns on much more than that. In Davenport, the report may list basic fault facts, but insurers decide money based on medical...

Des Moines work truck wreck what do I photograph before they tow it please?

Within 24 hours, the adjuster is going to ask, "Do you have any photos from the scene?" and your answer can decide whether they call this a minor scrape or a serious Iowa...