With all the changes the coronavirus pandemic has brought to society, one thing has not changed. Insurance companies are still delaying claim payments to protect their profits over their customers and injured claimants.The pandemic has limited the ability of injured plaintiffs to bring a case to trial before a jury and a judge. A trial […]
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This is the third part in a three part series about substandard auto insurers. Part two can be found here.The Blumenshine Law Group (“BLG” ) secured a substantial victory for its injured clients in an uninsured motorist coverage claim that was denied by a substandard auto insurance company. Our four clients in this case were […]
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Part 2 in a 3 Part series of substandard auto insurers. Part 1 can be found here.Case 1: Perez Sanchez v Delphi Insurance Company – The insurer denied our client’s uninsured motorist injury claim. They took the position that she was not a “resident” of her mother’s household and thus not a covered insured. We […]
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This is the first post in a series about substandard automobile insurers and Blumenshine Law Group’s fight to win compensation for our clients from these insurers.Substandard auto insurers (also known as nonstandard insurers) have the following characteristics:They almost always issue policy limits of the statutory minimum to their customers. The statutory minimum limit in Illinois […]
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Governor J.B. Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Insurance warned insurance companies on Monday to pay their insured’s claims or face government action. The Governor also called on insurers to expedite claims handling and to treat all policyholders fairly, regardless of size. His actions follow property damage and business losses in the wake of looting […]
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When people need a prescription, they rely on pharmacies to provide that medicine. Recently, a major drug problem with pharmacies is coming to light. Pharmacists across America are greatly overworked, and that is causing them to make mistakes that are putting the health of customers at risk. Just a few of the tasks pharmacists are […]
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COVID-19 has been found to be equal opportunist with little regard for age, gender, and national origin, as numbers of those infected around the world continue to climb. Even so, international health organizations and governments, alike, continue to focus efforts to protect those most at risk of contracting this dangerous disease, which include those with […]
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Illinois has always been one of the States on the forefront of workers’ rights, and a recent policy change from the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission, announced by Governor J.B. Pritzker on April 13, 2020, maintains Illinois’ standing. Typically, for a worker to succeed in a Workers’ Compensation claim, the worker must prove that the injury […]
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There are two types of hit and run incidents in the state of Illinois. One type is when a driver collides with another vehicle, a pedestrian or a bicyclist, and flees the scene without identifying themselves or providing any aid or information to the victim, witnesses or law enforcement. A second type of a hit and […]
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The number of workers who suffer from fatal injuries continues to rise. Each year the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics releases a report analyzing the number of work fatalities. The report includes a breakdown of the data, including which occupations suffer the most fatalities. In 2018, there were a total of 5,250 workers killed on […]
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