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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

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

The difference can determine whether a person gets out of jail quickly, how much cash is tied up, and whether missing court creates a larger financial loss. In practice, the...

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

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

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

Not the same as wiping a case off the map forever, record sealing usually does not erase what happened. Instead, it limits who can see a criminal or court record. The public...

It is not a magic eraser that makes a case vanish from every database, background check, or memory. What it usually means is that a court orders a criminal record sealed,...

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...

own recognizance release

You just got a letter that says you are being released on your own recognizance, with a court date and a warning to follow all conditions. That means the court is letting you...

sentencing guidelines DUI

Rules and typical penalty ranges a judge uses after a drunk-driving conviction. "Sentencing guidelines" means the framework for punishment: what penalties are allowed, what...

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...

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...

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

determinate vs indeterminate sentence

A determinate sentence has a fixed length, while an indeterminate sentence sets a range or maximum and leaves the actual release date to later decisions under the law....

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...

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...

Can my immigration status stop me from getting crash compensation in Iowa?

What the insurance company does not want you to know is this: your immigration status does not cancel your right to make an injury claim in Iowa. If you were hurt in an Ames...