Los Angeles Personal Injury Attorney Blog
As a nationally recognized personal injury attorney and car accident lawyer in practice for over 25 years, I’ve successfully resolved literally thousands of auto accident claims. In that time period, I’ve found that for all the billions of dollars the auto insurance industry spends every year trying to convince people that they can “save money” by switching to this carrier or the other, they misrepresent the real truth behind auto insurance. I wanted to explore some of these myths in this blog post.
Myth #1: “Only pay for what you need!” “Save HUNDREDS of dollars every year”
This one, I think is a great example of fundamental misrepresentations in auto insurance ads. Lately the slogan and concept has been used most by Liberty Mutual. We see the usual antics of a guy with a pet Emu running around telling people that their insurance company is better because they show you how to “only pay for what you need”. What does this mean? It implies that there are a lot of insurance coverages that you can do without and shouldn’t pay for. Nothing could be further from the truth if you actually have to file a claim for property damage or bodily injury. In addition, almost every insurance company touts their ability to save you “HUNDREDS” of dollars a year. This is a more subtle misrepresentation. The actual truth is that for only a few hundred dollars more each year, you could have much better coverage. For example, waiving uninsured motorist coverage, might only save a person $50-75 a year but, could end up costing them tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars in uncovered medical expenses if they are hit by an uninsured driver!
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If you are injured in a motor vehicle accident in California that results from the negligence of another driver, you may be entitled to recover damages for your losses. However, your ability to recover damages may be limited if you were driving an uninsured vehicle when you were injured. This is because of a California law that limits the ability of uninsured motorists to recover damages for their non-economic losses. While this law prevents people who do not have insurance from recovering all of the damages to which they would otherwise be entitled to receive, there are multiple exceptions. Getting help from an experienced accident attorney in Los Angeles may help you to recover fair compensation for your losses.