Case of the Week 1/31/07

County: Randolph
Client's Age: 60

Client fell and was injured because of unsafe conditions, and the adverse party's insurance company told Client they would cover all his medical costs plus 60% of his suffering. Later insurance company told Client they were offering to be 60% liable overall. Client thought that meant he would have to pay 40% of his medical expenses out of pocket. Since Client has both Medicare and a Medicare supplement, we explained that Medicare and the supplement would cover whatever they would normally cover after AP's insurance paid their 60% (which is virtually everything), but the fight was between the insurance companies.