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Drunk after a bar shift and tore your Achilles on busted stairs - can they really pin most of it on you?

A busted stairway can still be the landlord's problem even if the insurer is trying to dump most of the blame on you for drinking after a shift.

ARTICLE by Marcus Brown

Your Cranston scaffolding case can die on the calendar even if the fall was obvious

A bad treatment gap can slash settlement value, but missing Rhode Island's filing deadline can wipe out the claim completely.

ARTICLE by Ana Reyes

In Woonsocket, three insurers just told you your punctured lung is somebody else's problem

A bad seatbelt injury can turn into an even uglier insurance fight fast, especially when you're the one paying the rent for your parents.

ARTICLE by Tom Mancini

Pawtucket fall, $18,000 in bills, and now the insurer says the gap means you weren't really hurt

A quiet fall in a Pawtucket business can turn into a brutal fight if you waited to get treated and only learned later that the injury was serious.

ARTICLE by Michael Ricci

Rhode Island Carpal Tunnel Claims Get Denied Fast

Rhode Island employers and insurers love to blame home computer use when repetitive office work causes carpal tunnel.

ARTICLE by Danny Correia

Buried under $38,000 in bills after a Providence scaffold fall, and now the missing chart notes are being used against you

A Providence construction worker can still prove a scaffold-fall injury even when the insurer is waving around an old MRI and pretending missing records mean the new damage isn't real.

ARTICLE by Eric Donnelly

The quiet mistakes that wreck a Woonsocket slip-and-fall claim

A veteran in Woonsocket can still have a strong claim after a restaurant fall, but a few common mistakes can hand the place an easy defense.

ARTICLE by Marcus Brown

Workers' comp or keeping quiet in Woonsocket - which move wrecks a helmeted TBI claim?

A break in treatment after a work-related motorcycle TBI can gut both credibility and value fast, especially when an employer talks a driver into staying out of workers' comp.

ARTICLE by Ananya Raghavan

Is it even worth chasing a Woonsocket crash claim when the other driver only has $25,000 and your burns got worse later?

A rear-end crash fire can leave you with burns that look manageable at first and then turn into a financial disaster, and the other driver's minimum policy is usually nowhere close.

ARTICLE by Michael Ricci

East Providence slip-and-fall claim still stalled a year later? Your SSDI panic may be costing you

A dragged-out wet-floor injury claim can push people on SSDI into some expensive mistakes, especially when they get scared that any settlement will wipe out benefits.

ARTICLE by Marcus Brown

Missed Workers' Comp Appointments and Claim Denials

In Rhode Island, a gap in treatment can slash the value of a work injury claim fast, and the insurer will use missed visits like proof you got better even when that is not what happened.

ARTICLE by Theresa Palazzo

spoliation of evidence

Three years to file a Rhode Island personal injury claim does not mean three years to throw away the damaged car, delete phone photos, or let surveillance footage disappear....

I can't afford a lawyer after the assisted living messed up my mom's meds - am I just screwed now that someone is filming her?

A medication-error claim does not disappear just because the resident was already sick, and the creepy surveillance usually means the facility is building a "she was like this before" defense.

ARTICLE by Ana Reyes

A claims adjuster said settling could wreck my SSDI - is that true?

If a hospital medication error injured you on the way to a second jobsite, the fight is usually over who pays and whether the settlement is structured so your SSDI stays intact.

ARTICLE by Danny Correia

meeting of creditors (341 hearing)

Insurance companies and defense lawyers may dig for anything said at a bankruptcy meeting of creditors to challenge an injury claim, argue that finances were misstated, or...

Proximate Cause

Rhode Island gives most injured people 3 years to file a personal injury lawsuit, but filing on time is not enough if the connection between the conduct and the injury is too...

My neighbor got paid after a Cranston crosswalk crash - why did they flat-out deny my broken pelvis claim?

A denied pedestrian claim after a serious Cranston crash usually means the insurer is building a blame, treatment-gap, or pre-existing-condition defense and hoping you won't spot it.

ARTICLE by Michael Ricci

I just got hurt in a Providence demo collapse on city property what now?

The one thing the city is hoping you never find out is that a government injury claim can have a much shorter notice deadline than the usual 3 years. What should have happened...

Steps to Take After Chemical Exposure at Work

A plain-English look at what actually matters after a Rhode Island workplace chemical exposure, from the first medical record to the workers' comp fight that usually starts fast.

ARTICLE by Tom Mancini

secured vs unsecured debt

You'll usually see this split on a credit report, a bankruptcy petition, a collection letter, or when someone says, "The car loan is secured, but the credit cards are...