ARE YOU IN BAD HANDS WITH ALLSTATE
Allstate slapped one more of its insured in the face. Luckily, the Utah Court of Appeals has put an end to Allstate’s tactics. Ray and Ellen Cassidy purchased Allstate Insurance in 1966 and had been good customers ever since. In 2006, a 16 year old driver made a U-Turn in from of Ray and Ellen and caused a car crash. Ray and Ellen had over $200,000 in medical bills. Unfortunately, the 16 year old driver had only $50,000 in automobile insurance.
Ray and Ellen had been good customers of Allstate for almost 40 years and thought they could turn to Allstate for help. Unfortunatley, they were not in good hands. Allstate told them that they had only $10,000 in underinsured insurance coverage. Allstate did this despite a Utah law requiring that the underinsured coverage on their particular policy be at least $300,000.
Because Allstate would not budge, Ray and Ellen hired an attorney and sued. Unfortunately, their attorney made a mistake in the complaint when referring to the Utah Statute. Instead of referring to the code section as 2(h) their attorney referred to the code section as 2(b). Their attorney had typed a b instead of an h.
Allstate jumped on that error and was successful in getting the trial judge to throw out the entire case due to that error. The Court of Appeals said no way and reinstated the case.
Are you in good hands with Allstate? As long as you pay your premiums and make no claims, Allstate will treat you great. The second you make a claim, you’re no longer in good hands. Instead, Allstate puts on the boxing gloves and goes after you with shots below the belt.
