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Want to Settle Your Case for $500.00?

When Is Your Case Worth $500.00? The answer for a person in a car collision in Minnesota is almost never. There are cases that are worth nothing and there are cases that are worth substantially…

By Mike Bryant

/ 12 May 2011

If H.R. 5 is So Good : Why are They Making Up Their Arguments?

There is a battle going on in Washington. It is pitting the constitutional rights of the consumer against big insurance and doctor groups that don’t want those that hurt people to be liable. They…

By Mike Bryant

/ 11 May 2011

Collision: Both Cars Have the Same Insurance? Beware!

If you are in a collision, it’s not always a benefit that both cars have the same insurance. Sure you have some advantages with dealing with your own friendly company, such as a wavier of your…

By Mike Bryant

/ 11 May 2011

What Happens In a Rear End Collision?

From time to time, we will try a case that is just a regular rear end collision. But, rarely do we ever have a video or evidence of a witness, other than the defendant who actually watched the…

By Mike Bryant

/ 10 May 2011

How Much Insurance Coverage is There?

In tragic cases, there really is never enough coverage. The damages are simply too high. So what will happen is that the adjuster will offer the limits. But, before you take them, make sure to ask…

By Mike Bryant

/ 9 May 2011

Holiday: Happy Mothers Day

At times, we represent clients who are mothers and we see how much their injuries can change their lives. I was moved by the client that had to send her child to foster care, while she healed from a…

By Mike Bryant

/ 8 May 2011

Buying Motorcycle Coverage in Minnesota

I was recently at Abate University talking about the importance of all motorcycle riders reviewing what they have for insurance coverage. Because of past court rulings, the insurance companies are…

By Mike Bryant

/ 7 May 2011

Higher Gas Prices Might be Saving Lives

The Insurance Journal had a very interesting study from the Mississippi State’s Social Science Research Center. The finds included: gas prices have both short-term and intermediate-term…

By Mike Bryant

/ 6 May 2011

How Does Minnestoa Auto Insurance Compare Nationally?

I like our system. It isn’t the type of system that I could actually make more money in. You see if there wasn’t no fault and tort thresholds, there would be even more possible cases and we would be…

By Mike Bryant

/ 5 May 2011

Great Idea To Spur Real Tort Reform

Ben Glass has put together what may be the start of a real wave of trot reform. It’s something that many of those who are singing the praises of how the world will be turned around if you just stop…

By Mike Bryant

/ 4 May 2011

Minnesota Consumers are Under Attack at the Legislature

What is the old joke? The legislature is in session, hold onto your pocketbooks? Well you might want to hold even tighter onto your civil rights and protections. There has been a group of insurance…

By Mike Bryant

/ 3 May 2011

Local Nonsense Emails

I had a friend forward me an email that they got: Interesting to read and makes you wonder who gave them the information? It wasn’t anyone who works in the Minnesota no fault…

By Mike Bryant

/ 2 May 2011