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Accident Terms and Definitions

 
 

Medical Payments Coverage
Covers the medical costs (up to the specified limit you choose) resulting from an auto accident for you, your family, and others in your car. It pays regardless of fault.

Scrapped
Vehicles that have been dismantled and/or crushed and should not return to the road.

Collision
Pays for damage to your car caused by a collision with another vehicle or with any other object, regardless who was at fault.

Vehicle ID No. (VIN)
This 17 character number is unique to each vehicle. It identifies characteristics of the vehicle, including manufacturer, year, model, body, engine specifications, and serial number.

Comparative Negligence
The percentage of fault shared by each driver in an accident in which both contribute to causing the collision.

Gap Insurance
Insurance that pays the difference between the actual cash value of a vehicle and the amount still to be paid on the loan. Some gap policies may also cover the amount of the deductible.

Premium Finance Company
A lending institution that finances insurance premiums for a fee.

Summons
Document or writ directing the sheriff or other officer to notify a person that an action has been commenced against him in court and that he is required to appear, on a certain day, and answer the complaint in such action.

Claim
Notice to an insurer of a loss that under the terms and conditions of a policy may be covered.

Broker
A person who for payment of a fee procures insurance on your behalf.


Contact our Minnesota Accident Lawyers if you have ever experienced a personal injury and think others are at fault for the accident.

 
Did You Know?    
 
 
Child Safety Seats Should Not Be Placed In The Front Seat Of Vehicles With Passenger-Side Air Bags
The impact of a deploying air bag striking a rear-facing child safety seat could result in injury to the child. NHTSA also recommends that children 12 and younger sit in the rear seat away from the force of a deploying air bag.

 


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Terms

 


Today's Terms

Private Passenger Automobile

Definition:
Four-wheeled motor vehicles of the private passenger, station wagon, or van type. Private passenger automobiles are designed for use on public highways and subject to motor vehicle registration.

Subpoena

Definition:
Document issued by the authority of the court to compel a witness to appear and give testimony or produce documentary evidence in a proceeding. Failure to appear or produce is punishable by contempt of court.

Liability Insurance

Definition:
Coverage for a policyholder's legal liability resulting from injuries to other persons or damage to their property.

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Hot Topics

 

  • DUI Car Accidents
  • Aggresive Driving
  • Catastrophic Injuries
  • Speeding Accidents

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Minnesota Car Accident Lawyers

 
If you live in one of the following cities and have been in an auto accident you should contact an Minnesota Car Accident Lawyers as soon as possible:

  • Andover
  • Anoka
  • Austin
  • Bemidji
  • Brainerd
  • Burnsville
  • Circle Pines
  • Cottage Grove
  • Eden Prairie
  • Elk River
  • Faribault
  • Hastings
  • Lakeville
  • Mankato
  • Minneapolis
  • Moorhead
  • Osseo
  • Owatonna
  • Rochester
  • Saint Cloud
  • Saint Paul
  • Stillwater
  • Winona
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