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Is your Cheyenne doctor helping the insurer trash your crash claim?

A rear-end crash claim can go sideways fast when the insurer grabs your social media and pretends one smiling photo means your neck, back, and daily caretaker duties are fine.

ARTICLE by Travis Bock

Is a Laramie injury claim worth it if the VA covers my treatment?

If a grain truck tagged you in the crosswalk on Grand Avenue by the University of Wyoming during harvest season, yes - a claim can still be worth it. VA care is not a...

disparate treatment claim

People often mix this up with a disparate impact claim. The difference is intent. A disparate treatment claim says a person or employer treated someone worse because of a...

Medicare paid the bills. Now everyone wants their cut after your I-80 crash.

After an I-80 pileup near Green River, Medicare, medical liens, and a hired IME doctor can turn a clear injury claim into a fight over who gets paid first.

ARTICLE by Travis Bock

I got a call saying the police report makes this my fault, even though the dump truck hit me from behind in Casper

A bad police report can wreck a rear-end motorcycle claim in Wyoming fast, especially when the other vehicle is a loaded dump truck and the insurer starts treating you like the problem.

ARTICLE by Travis Bock

Ten months after that broken light in Green River, your back still hurts and the policy-limit story may be a lie

What the real Wyoming deadlines look like when a Green River crash involved a malfunctioning signal and an adjuster may have lowballed you by lying about coverage.

ARTICLE by Janet Pfeiffer

If Gillette says you were partly at fault, your business can start falling apart fast

A rear-end crash with a city truck in Gillette can turn into a blame fight fast, and Wyoming's government-claim rules make the stakes even worse when your work, visa, and employees all depend on you.

ARTICLE by Janet Pfeiffer

Equal Protection Clause

Why does the government seem allowed to treat one person differently from another? The Equal Protection Clause is the part of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution...

Title VI of the Civil Rights Act

The part that trips people up most: Title VI is not the employment-discrimination law. It bars discrimination based on race, color, or national origin by programs and agencies...

Green River ER sent you home too soon after an I-80 truck sideswipe - now they're acting like you're fine

A fast ER discharge after an I-80 crash does not kill a Wyoming injury claim, especially when the real damage shows up over the next few days.

ARTICLE by Pete Lindstrom

A "still under review" letter after a dark-light crash is bad news

A forklift operator gets hit at a dead traffic signal in Rock Springs, then the insurer goes silent and tries to run out the clock.

ARTICLE by Colleen Flynn

What happens if my husband waits to treat after a Cheyenne school-zone crash?

If the ER said "follow up in a few days" and your husband does not, the insurance company will use that gap to argue he was not badly hurt, got hurt somewhere else, or made his...

discretionary function

Government lawyers and insurance adjusters often raise this phrase as a shield: if a public agency's decision involved judgment or policy choice, they argue the claim is barred...

Daubert challenge

Not a claim that an expert is lying, and not some magic motion that automatically blows up the other side's case. A Daubert challenge is an attack on whether an expert's...

disparate impact analysis

You may see this phrase in an agency charge, a court brief, or a lawyer's letter explaining that a policy looks neutral on paper but may still be unlawful because of the way it...

manufacturing defect

The biggest mistake is assuming a product was "just dangerous" when the real problem was that your particular one came off the line wrong. That can cost money, because a...

Due Process Clause

The part that trips people up most is that due process is not a general guarantee of fairness from everyone; it mainly limits what the government can do. In the U.S....

Miss this classification after a fall, animal encounter, or other property injury, and a valid claim can be undervalued or rejected because the owner's legal duty may be judged...

DUI Roadside Injury Claims and Immigration Concerns

A DUI charge against the driver can help your injury case, but it does not erase the insurance company's argument that you were in the roadway or your employer's screwup with missing warning signs.

ARTICLE by Pete Lindstrom

deliberate indifference standard

A legal fault standard requiring proof that a person or government official knew of a substantial risk of serious harm or a likely rights violation and consciously disregarded...