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Below are press releases and news postings from the Tabor Law Firm team. Please contact us with any media related questions at: marketing@taborlawfirm.com.
press releases
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Nov 09, 2011
Don’t let insurance companies “Drive” with you
Would you be willing to let an insurance company place a device inside your car to monitor your driving? Would you if they offered a lower insurance premium?
Recently, insurance companies such as Progressive and State Farm have created programs that place monitoring devices inside of driver’s cars in exchange for reduced rates for “safe” drivers. Progressive offers a “Snapshot” program that requires drivers to keep a monitoring device plugged into their cars for no more than six months. State Farm also offers a highly intrusive “Drive safe with In-Drive” program that requires that the device stay in your car as long as you want the discount. Safe driving is based on a number of factors: how often you drive, driving speed, speed at which you take turns, how fast you break, how fast you accelerate, ect. Sounds like a deal right?
This is where we urge consumers to steer clear- pun intended- of these devices. Although this may seem like a great deal, there are many outside factors contributing to how you drive that could affect your rates.
Say for example, you’re driving home from work when someone runs a red light, and you have to slam on your breaks and swerve to avoid being hit. The insurance’s monitoring device will pick up and record that you slammed on your breaks and swerved, but won’t know WHY it was that you swerved. So you may end up with higher rates even if you were swerving to potentially save your life.
What’s even scarier about these programs is the lack of restrictions on how this data can be shared, stored, and used by the insurance company. These monitoring devices are a threat to consumer’s privacy. Companies like Progressive and State Farm continue to encroach on consumer’s privacy, and sadly, most of the time it’s unknown to the consumer.
Additionally, there have been reports of data collected by these devices being used against drivers in court. So beware, because the data collected by these devices can be used in claims disputes by the insurer and others against you.
With that being said, we urge you to think about the ramifications of installing one of these devices in your car. Don’t let the insurance companies “drive” with you.
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May 28, 2010
Multi-Million Dollar Settlement Reached in Helicopter Crash
Indianapolis, Ind. – The 5.6 million dollar settlement was approved by the court on Wednesday. This tragic case involves a helicopter crash that took place in 2008 in Greensburg, Ind. killing a flight nurse and single mother of two.
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Jan 22, 2010
Lawsuit Filed Against Carmel Clay School Corporation and Carmel Bus Driver in Wrongful Death Case
Carmel, Ind. – Carmel parents have filed a lawsuit in the wrongful death of Ziang Ke, a Carmel High School student who was killed while attempting to board a Carmel High School bus.
