Oklahoma fire claims increase during the winter months. Trapped inside, people use friendly fire as a source of heat. Candles are lit for the holidays for atmosphere. Oklahomans enjoy the warmth of a fireplace on a cold day. The fires are all intentionally lit. A sometimes unexpected cause of fire is the common clothes dryer.
Apartment Complex Owner’s Inability To Speak The Language Of Insurance Creates A Costly Mistake
We have pointed out in the past that many people don’t speak the language of “insurance”.
No different than medicine, the insurance industry has terms and words that have a specific meaning. If you don’t speak the language, then you don’t understand what was said.
An apartment complex owner learned this lesson the hard way.
The Jury Trial For Bubba’s Case Hits A Snag
Litigation has a lot of conflicts that really slow down getting your day in court. Sometimes it has to do with the lawyer’s schedule in other courts. Bubba’s insurance case hit one of those snags. Judge Smith set the case on the trial docket that also happened to be the trial docket in a Federal
Under Oklahoma Law An Insurance Policy Is A Contract
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Some people, including insurance adjusters, forget an insurance policy is a legally binding contract. Claim representatives who adjust a lot of liability and third-party claims sometimes tend to confuse the issue of coverage under a policy with liability for the accident. These issues are not related.
One reason insurance policies don’t seem like binding contracts