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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

Getting a Rhode Island Crash Report After Injury

If you were hurt in a Rhode Island crash, the report usually exists fast, but waiting too long to get it can screw up your insurance claim and your timeline.

ARTICLE by Marcus Brown

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

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

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...

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

got hit on I-95 in Providence no plate what do I do now?

The worst mistake people make is waiting to report a hit-and-run to police and their own insurer. In Rhode Island, that delay can wreck the UM claim before the medical bills...

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....

It can change whether you have a real claim, a costly dead end, or a reason to demand testing, records, and expert review before a company or insurer talks you out of it. When...

Insurance companies and defense lawyers may act like a bankruptcy filing wipes out what you are owed unless you jump through impossible hoops. That pressure tactic hides the...

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

Is a Warwick kid injury claim worth the hassle after a holiday weekend crash?

Yes - especially right now, when Rhode Island's holiday-weekend DUI enforcement ramps up on I-95, Route 37, and Post Road, and insurers move fast to close child-injury claims...

You just got a letter that says your blood or urine will be tested after a chemical spill at work, a contaminated drinking water warning, or a notice about PFAS near your...