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Personal Injury Law: Injuries on Airplanes
Although air travel is relatively safe when compared to travel by
automobile or train, injuries in flight do occasionally occur. Injuries may
be as minor as a twisted ankle from attempting to reach the bathroom during
turbulence, or severe, as from a crash. Anyone who has been injured during
a plane ride should be aware of his or her potential rights. Sometimes the
airline or its employees can be held responsible, but a victim must sort
through complicated legal rules to determine whether they can recover monetary
relief, and against whom. That is why it is important to seek the help of
an experienced personal injury attorney soon after an injury is sustained
on an airplane.
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What is collision coverage?
Collision coverage will pay for the repairs to your own vehicle if you
are the one who is at fault in the accident. (Ideally, if the other party
is at fault in the accident, their property damage liability insurance will
pay for the repairs to your car.) Collision coverage is usually the most
expensive type of auto insurance. Before choosing this kind of coverage,
assess the value of your car to make sure it is worth the amount you will
be paying in premiums. The insurance company will usually give you only the
actual cash value of your car and not the amount that you will have to
spend to replace your car. If you have an older car that does not have a
very high actual value, it will probably not be worth it for you to carry
this kind of coverage.
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Case Summaries
[08/05] JONATHAN
NEIL & ASSOCS., INC. v. JONES
An insurance company's breach of an implied covenant of good faith and fair
dealing, through the retroactive overcharging of a premium it knows is not
owed, is limited to only contract damages where tort remedies are
unnecessary to protect the insured's interests.
[08/05] PETRILLO
v. LUBERMENS MUT. CAS. CO.
Iowa law does not impose tort
liability on a workers' compensation insurer for bad-faith failure to
monitor and direct the medical treatment being furnished by the
employer-insured to an injured employee. insurer's duty in this situation
is limited to paying workers' compensation benefits to which the employee
is entitled.
[08/04] FREMONT
COMPENSATION INS. CO. v. SIERA PINE
Dismissal of plaintiff-insurance carrier's claim to recoup money from a
third-party tortfeasor is reversed on grounds
that allowing tortfeasors to escape liability,
where plaintiff is subrogated to the rights of a former wife who lacks
standing to sue, conflicts with the letter and spirit of Labor Code section
3852.
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