Last week a very good lawyer lost a serious injury case in Palmer, Ak. The judge ruled that he could not explain to the jury why his client did and didn't do certain things because to do so would violate [this particular judge's interpretation of] an evidence rule that keeps the jury from hearing about insurance. It hurt the client's credibility in the eyes of the jury and resulted in a defense verdict.
Allstate had told the seriously injured person that he didn't need an attorney and that it would treat him as one of its own. Allstate said that it would pay him just as much without an attorney as with one. It used this bond of trust that it created to suck the seriously injured man dry of information. And then to use that information against him. No one should ever deal with Allstate or any other insurance company without the help of a qualified attorney, as Mr. Harren's client learned last week.