Valid Insurance Claim Denied or Delayed in Middle Tennessee?
Dealing with insurance companies on your own can be incredibly frustrating. Getting a skilled, aggressive lawyer involved can make all the difference in how they treat you and the compensation you ultimately obtain. One of the most powerful weapons in a personal injury lawyer's arsenal is the bad faith insurance lawsuit.
I have seen a lot of outrageous situations in 20-plus years of practicing law. Some have involved insurers denying obviously valid Tennessee personal injury claims for frivolous reasons, delaying payment far beyond the time reasonably required to evaluate a claim, or making ridiculously "low-ball" settlement offers. If this sounds familiar, contact me—Robert L. Whitaker, a lawyer who loves to hold insurers accountable and make them pay.
Insight Into Insurance Tactics—and a Reputation That Commands Respect
An insurance company may believe they can get away with denying your claim—on some technicality or vague findings of their own "investigation" of your accident. In other situations, they stall so that, under mounting pressure, you will ultimately accept far less than your claim is worth. All of these may amount to insurance bad faith.
Some common tactics include:
- Repeated delays in dealing with your claim, including failures to respond to your calls or keep promises
- Switching claims representatives while your claim is in process
- Attempting to take your recorded statement about the accident and any personal injury without a lawyer present
- Burying you with confusing forms to sign that are full of fine print
The Prospect of a Bad Faith Suit May Change an Insurance Company's Approach
On numerous occasions, I have filed lawsuits not only for damages my client incurred in an accident, but also for bad faith insurance practices—enabling a dramatically increased recovery and in many cases, required payment of attorney fees by the insurer as well.
During my 20 years of handling injury and death claims, I've come to realize that insurance companies always handle claims in basically the same fashion. After being an insurance company lawyer for several years, I know how to get their attention and force them to reconsider their own claims-handling practices and procedures, act promptly and be fair. I have even testified as an expert witness relating to bad faith insurance claims practices, which led to a very substantial settlement from an insurance company including attorneys fees.
Contact me at my office in Nashville for a free and confidential consultation. Remember - "I keep your rights in my sights" and keep insurance company abuses in my sights, too.
