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Accident Terms and Definitions

 
 

Insurer
The insurance company providing the insurance.

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.

Cancellation
The termination of an insurance policy before its normal expiration date.

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

Underinsured Motorist Coverage
Pays for bodily injury or wrongful death caused by an underinsured motor vehicle (that is, a vehicle which is insured, but at an amount that is less than your uninsured motorist bodily injury (UMBI) limits).

Insured
The person(s) entitled to coverage in case of an accident or loss.

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

Hit and Run
An accident caused by someone who does not stop to assist or provide the required and necessary information.

Private Passenger Automobile
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.

Deductible
The amount of the loss which the insured is responsible to pay before benefits from the insurance policy are payable.


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

 
Did You Know?    
 
 
A Study Found That Drivers Wearing Seat Belts Have 5 Times The Risk Of Dying, If Rear Passenger Is Not
A study conducted at the University of Tokyo found that drivers who are buckled up have 5 times the risk of dying in a collision if their rear seat passengers are not buckled up. The injuries to the driver and front seat passenger are caused when the people in the back who are not buckled up catapult to the front.

 


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Terms

 


Today's Terms

Underinsured Motorist Coverage

Definition:
Pays for bodily injury or wrongful death caused by an underinsured motor vehicle (that is, a vehicle which is insured, but at an amount that is less than your uninsured motorist bodily injury (UMBI) limits).

Negligence

Definition:
The absence of ordinary care.

Collision

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

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Hot Topics

 

  • DUI Car Accidents
  • Aggresive Driving
  • Catastrophic Injuries
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Missouri Car Accident Lawyers

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

  • Arnold
  • Ballwin
  • Belton
  • Blue Springs
  • Cape Girardeau
  • Chesterfield
  • Columbia
  • Fenton
  • Florissant
  • Grandview
  • Independence
  • Jefferson City
  • Joplin
  • Kansas City
  • Lebanon
  • Liberty
  • O Fallon
  • Poplar Bluff
  • Rolla
  • Saint Charles
  • Saint Louis
  • Saint Peters
  • Sedalia
  • Sikeston
  • Springfield
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