Sentences with phrase «amount of the negligent driver»

If someone else caused your accident, then you can file a third - party liability claim for the amount of the negligent driver's policy limits, which must be at least $ 200,000.

Not exact matches

Fortunately, in most of these cases, damages owed by negligent pet owners for injuries to the driver or their vehicle are amounts well within their policy limits.

The firm recovered the maximum amount available from the insurance of the negligent driver.

Despite not having a negligent driver to hold accountable, and various technical legal arguments raised by the applicable insurance company, Mesa Law Firm successfully represented the injured pedestrian and recovered the maximum amount available from the insurance company of the pedestrian's wife's.

Despite minimal settlement offers at the outset of the claim, Mesa Law Firm was able to recover the maximum amount available from the negligent driver's insurance company as well as additional compensation from the insurance company of its injured client.

You and your personal injury lawyer will have to demonstrate that you were injured — by a specific negligent driver in a specific crash, and not in some other place or way — and you'll also have to demonstrate the extent of your injuries so that a settlement amount can be determined.

As with every state in the U.S., the state of California has enacted laws which govern the amount of time you have to file a lawsuit against a negligent driver for your injuries.

Wrongful death settlement amounts can vary a lot depending, again, on the type and amount of insurance coverage, the degree of negligence that led to the death, and whether the person who died might have also been negligent (for example, in some auto accidents, both drivers share some fault).

However, negligent drivers and insurance companies will do everything they can to limit the amount of compensation they give you.

Negligent operator points are added to the driving record upon receipt of conviction notices from courts and reports of responsible collisions from law enforcement which indicate that the driver contributed, was at fault, or was responsible to any degree or in any amount for the collision.

The split - form style of liability coverage cuts bodily injury coverage in half to effectively reduce the amount of money a single claimant could receive in the event of an accident with just one victim aside from the negligent driver.