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Insurance Bad Faith

Insurance Bad Faith

Evidence preservation, valuation discipline, and fast attorney review.

Evidence preservation, valuation discipline, and fast attorney review.

$5,000,000

Daycare Infant Death & Cover-Up

Wrongful death matter involving an infant death, a concealment effort, and a coverage dispute.

What happened:

An infant died at an in-home daycare operated without proper licensing. The provider initially concealed the circumstances of death.

Evidence secured:

We obtained cell-phone records, text messages, and neighbor statements that contradicted the provider's timeline. We also challenged the insurance carrier's coverage denial through two rounds of briefing.

Why it matters:

Coverage language can affect the available recovery after a fatal loss. In this matter, focused coverage litigation led to a settlement above the original policy limits.

When your own insurance company betrays you, we hold them accountable.

Why this claim needs focused review

These cases often turn on proof control, defense pressure points, and documented outcomes.

Primary exposure

Insurance Bad Faith

High-stakes liability, damages, and trial-pressure work.

Immediate proof

Evidence preservation

Records, chronology, and value framing move first.

Documented anchor

$5,000,000

Daycare Infant Death & Cover-Up

When insurance bad faith needs attorney review

A high-value case is not just a big number. It often involves life-changing harm, disputed responsibility, meaningful damages, and records that need careful review. This practice area is strongest when the harm, disputed responsibility, damages, and available records support direct attorney review.

Send the key facts for attorney review.

If this involves death, catastrophic injury, a commercial vehicle, force, custody harm, or evidence that may need preservation, jump to the case-review form or call the firm.

01

Denied, Delayed, Underpaid

You pay your premiums every month on time. But when disaster strikes—a storm destroys your roof or an uninsured driver hits you—your insurance company treats you like an enemy.

In Oklahoma, insurance companies have a duty of Good Faith and Fair Dealing. If they violate this duty, you can sue them not just for what they owe, but for punitive damages for their bad conduct.

02

Signs of Bad Faith

Unreasonable Delay

Taking months to investigate a simple claim while you are left without a car or home repairs.

Lowball Offers

Offering $5,000 for a claim that their own adjuster valued at $20,000.

03

We Sue The Big Giants

We handle bad faith claims against major carriers involving:

  • Uninsured Motorist (UM) Coverage: Denying coverage for your medical bills.
  • Homeowner’s Insurance: Tornado, wind, and hail damage denials.
  • Commercial Liability: Refusing to defend their own insured drivers.

How We Evaluate Insurance Bad Faith Cases

We start with records, preservation needs, case value, and the proof required for the specific claim.

  • We have forced carriers to pay 500% of original policy limits when coverage denials were unjustified — not by writing letters, but by filing suit and forcing discovery.
  • We identify every coverage layer — umbrella, commercial, excess — that adjusters hope you never find.
  • We document claim timelines, written communications, and policy terms to build patterns of delay that prove bad-faith handling under Oklahoma law.
  • We prepare bad-faith cases for trial from day one. Insurance companies settle for full value when they see expert reports commissioned and depositions of their own adjusters scheduled.
  • We take on carriers in both first-party (your own insurer) and third-party (the other driver's insurer) bad-faith disputes.

What the Other Side Will Argue — And How We Counter It

Their argument:

"We denied the claim because the act was intentional and excluded from the policy."

Our counter:

We challenge coverage reinterpretations after loss and have proven carriers changed their position to avoid paying valid claims. Policy language is construed in favor of the insured under Oklahoma law.

Their argument:

"We made a reasonable offer based on our evaluation of the damages."

Our counter:

We compare adjuster evaluations against independent expert valuations. When carriers lowball by ignoring future medical burden or earning-capacity loss, we prove it with records.

Their argument:

"The delay was due to the claimant's failure to provide documentation."

Our counter:

We build a complete communication timeline that shows who asked for what, when, and how many times the carrier changed requirements. Manufactured delay is a bad-faith tactic we expose in discovery.

Evidence and Next Steps

Use these resources to move from general information to the records, proof, and case-review steps that fit the matter.

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Case Results

Compare documented outcomes that show how similar proof translated into value.

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Hicks Legal Journal

Use supporting litigation analysis to understand the next evidence and timing issues.

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What Happens Next?
  • Attorney review (not a call center).
  • Immediate conflict check.
  • Confidential plan of action.

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Share case facts now so we can begin evidence-preservation and qualification review.

Start with the facts

A clear summary of what happened, who was involved, and what evidence may exist is enough to begin.

Confidential review

The firm reviews your information and responds if the matter appears to fit.

Evidence and timing

Dates, locations, records, photos, video, and witness names help us understand what may need to be preserved.

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Contingency-fee representation may be available. Submitting this form does not create an attorney-client relationship.

Phone Review Option

For severe injury, wrongful death, or evidence-loss risk, a phone review may help identify preservation steps.

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They Have Lawyers. So Should You.

Insurance companies are in the business of keeping money, not paying it. If you have received a denial letter, let us review it for free.


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Common Questions

My claim was denied. Is that always bad faith?

No. Insurers can deny claims if there's a legitimate coverage dispute. Bad faith requires unreasonable conduct—denying a claim without a reasonable basis or proper investigation.

Can I sue my own insurance company?

Yes. First-party bad faith claims allow you to sue your own insurer for unreasonably denying benefits you paid for, such as UM/UIM coverage or medical pay.