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How Insurance Companies Try to Minimize Your Injury Claim (And How to Fight Back)

Understanding how insurance companies minimize your injury claim matters less than knowing what Oklahoma law actually lets you do about it. Many articles on this subject promise leverage that does not exist in this state.   Oklahoma draws a hard line between what an insurer owes its own policyholder and what it owes everyone else. […]

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Wrongful Death Claims in Oklahoma: Who Can File and What Damages Are Available

Wrongful death claims in Oklahoma run through a statute that surprises most families the first time they read it. Title 12, Section 1053 does not simply let relatives sue. It routes the case through the estate and then divides the recovery by category, naming exactly who receives each piece.   A surviving spouse, the children,

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Oklahoma’s Modified Comparative Negligence Rule Explained

Oklahoma’s modified comparative negligence rule turns injury claims into arithmetic. Title 23, Sections 13 and 14 of the Oklahoma Statutes reduce an award in proportion to the injured person’s own negligence, then cut it off completely at a specific threshold. One percentage point decides whether a claim is worth half its value or nothing at

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Dangerous Property Conditions That Lead to Slip and Fall Claims in Oklahoma City

Dangerous property conditions in Oklahoma City rarely announce themselves. A puddle near a drink station, a lot that pooled and refroze overnight, a stair tread worn smooth by twenty years of traffic. None of it looks like a legal problem until someone hits the ground.   Oklahoma law asks a narrower question than most people

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Common Injuries in Semi-Truck Accidents and Why They’re So Severe

Semi-truck accident injuries follow a different pattern than injuries from ordinary collisions, and the reason has less to do with speed than with mass. When a vehicle weighing tens of thousands of pounds strikes one weighing two tons, almost none of that energy is absorbed by the truck.   Oklahoma sits at the crossing of

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