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Waited too long after that Juneau fall - did your old knee records just blow up the claim?

A late-filed slip-and-fall claim in Juneau can get ugly fast when the insurer drags out an old MRI and says your torn ACL and meniscus were already there.

ARTICLE by James Kowalski

City Hall keeps saying "be patient" while everyone lines up for your settlement

A Kodiak city bus driver with a crushed hand can end up fighting over the settlement pie long before any money reaches his pocket.

ARTICLE by Cathy Farnsworth

The ER missed your brain injury, and now the insurer says the care was "optional"

When a mild TBI gets brushed off at first and your symptoms get worse later, the insurance fight usually turns on timing, records, and whether your later treatment can be tied back to the crash.

ARTICLE by Marie Olson

In Wasilla, should you settle a knee injury claim before Anchorage finally sees you?

A broke college student in Wasilla is being pushed to settle a serious knee claim while the insurer waves around old social media photos and the real treatment is still out in Anchorage.

ARTICLE by Sarah Nanouk

It is not the amount of time you have to file a lawsuit, and it is not the same thing as a recovery period after an injury. A latency period is the gap between a harmful...

My buddy says the insurer can ignore me until the DUI case ends - is that true in Kodiak?

A broken pelvis claim after a Kodiak street crossing crash does not have to sit frozen while the DUI case crawls, and an insurer going silent creates problems for them too.

ARTICLE by Craig Halvorsen

Wasilla trench collapse trauma gets uglier when your employer says you were off the clock

A Wasilla delivery driver buried in an unshored trench may still have a real claim even if the worst damage is PTSD and the employer is suddenly pretending he wasn't working.

ARTICLE by Ray Tazruk

Is an Anchorage SI joint claim even worth it if Medicare and liens will grab the money?

An older crash victim in Anchorage is dealing with SI joint pain, Medicare repayment claims, and fear that filing will expose immigration status.

ARTICLE by Sarah Nanouk

Did I wait too long to make landlord pay my child's Soldotna hospital bills?

The one thing your landlord is hoping you never find out: your child may still have a claim even if you're panicking about the clock, but your own claim for medical bills can...

I just found out that "light duty" offer in Wasilla may not count if your doctor flat-out says no

A ranch hand in Wasilla with a bad neck injury can get squeezed hard when the employer waves around a "light duty" job that the treating doctor says is still too much.

ARTICLE by Tanya Ivanoff

Insurance says "just file workers' comp" - your employer in Kenai never even bought it

A Kenai nurse pinned between equipment at work may have more than a routine workers' comp claim if the employer was illegally uninsured.

ARTICLE by Pete Vasquez

My husband's Kodiak chemical burn was last summer, is it too late to file?

In Washington, a worker with a chemical burn deals with a different agency and different deadlines. In Alaska, bad dock talk like "just wait until it heals" can wreck a claim...

Drunk-looking, limping, and hit in downtown Juneau - you may still have a claim

A Juneau postal worker with a broken pelvis can still pursue a claim after a street-crossing crash, and the fact the driver was working may open more insurance money, not less.

ARTICLE by James Kowalski

My husband's Wasilla work crash was last winter, can he still reopen workers' comp?

Yes - if he was hurt on the job, waiting has not automatically killed his Alaska workers' comp rights, and the costliest mistake is believing the employer's "use your own...

I hurt my back lifting a patient in Soldotna what happens next with workers comp?

If you screw this up early, your employer's insurer can deny treatment, delay wage checks, and dump the bills on you while you're already panicking. Here's the plain-English...

Is a Palmer shoulder claim even worth it if the adjuster says the policy is small?

A shoulder injury that looked minor after a fall at work can still become a real Alaska claim later, and an adjuster saying "that's the policy limit" is not the same thing as proof.

ARTICLE by Tanya Ivanoff

Tudor Road gets ugly when you realize Alaska's two-year clock is almost gone

A remote Anchorage software engineer doing app deliveries gets a torn rotator cuff after a crash-causing uninsured driver and learns the real fight is over deadlines, uninsured motorist coverage, and app-period gaps.

ARTICLE by Pete Vasquez

my Uber caught fire after a rear-end crash in Anchorage and now the proof is disappearing

What an injured Uber passenger in Anchorage needs to photograph, download, request, and lock down immediately after a rear-end crash and vehicle fire, especially when work retaliation is a real threat.

ARTICLE by Dennis Kusko

Scared your status will come up if a Palmer hospital lien eats your crash claim?

A work-related crash in Palmer can turn into a three-way mess: workers' comp, a third-party vehicle claim, and a hospital lien trying to swallow the money.

ARTICLE by Ray Tazruk

I knew the hole was there - that still may not sink your case

Falling through an uncovered roof opening in Anchorage can turn into a blame war between your employer, the property owner, and contractors, but Alaska does not automatically wipe out your claim just because you may share some fault.

ARTICLE by Craig Halvorsen