underinsured motorist

$350,000 – 71-Year-Old Client Hit by Underinsured Driver Awarded Over Three Times Initial Offer in Arbitration

CASE DESCRIPTION: Atticus Wegman and Megan Demshki of Aitken Aitken Cohn, LLP obtained an arbitration award of $351,781.71 on behalf of a 71-year-old client injured when an underinsured driver made an improper turn in front of her. Defendant driver was underinsured and thus client pursued recovery against her own insurance company, Allstate.  Allstate’s highest offer prior… read more

Underinsured Motorist Insurance Coverage in California

Recently proposed legislation that suffered a procedural defeat in the Insurance Committee of the California State Assembly aimed to provide California’s insured drivers with benefits of underinsured motorist benefits up to the full amount of their limits. AB 1063, which was sponsored by Assemblyman Steven Bradford, sought to correct a more than thirty year old… read more