We’ve warned Alaskans who are injured by someone else’s negligence to never attempt to negotiate with an insurance provider for a settlement without the legal expertise of an Alaska personal injury lawyer.
In this issue, we have yet another classic real-life illustration why it literally pays to let the process play out. After being seriously injured in a car accident, the insurance provider of the at-fault driver offered to settle the case for $15,000. The woman wisely declined, and was eventually awarded $1.2 million for her injuries – that’s about 80 times the original offer.