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Accident Terms and Definitions

 
 

Exclusion
A contractual provision in an insurance policy that denies coverage for certain perils, persons, property, or locations.

Subrogation
The process in which an insurance company, after paying a loss to its insured, recovers the amount of the loss for damages (plus the insured's deductible) from the legally liable party.

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.

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

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

Replacement Cost
Replacement cost is the cost of replacing lost or damaged property with new property of like kind and quality, at current market prices.

Insurer
The insurance company providing the insurance.

Gap Insurance
Insurance that pays the difference between the actual cash value of a vehicle and the amount still to be paid on the loan. Some gap policies may also cover the amount of the deductible.

Venue
The specific county, city or geographical area in which a court has jurisdiction

Comprehensive Coverage
Pays for damage to your car caused by reason other than collision, such as fire, theft, windstorm, flood, etc.


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

 
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Terms

 


Today's Terms

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.

Insurer

Definition:
The insurance company providing the insurance.

Total Loss

Definition:
An insurance company declares a vehicle a total loss when a claim exceeds the full value of the vehicle. Insurance companies typically take possession and obtain the title of such vehicles.

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Kentucky Car Accident Lawyers

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

  • Ashland
  • Bardstown
  • Berea
  • Bowling Green
  • Campbellsville
  • Corbin
  • Covington
  • Danville
  • Elizabethtown
  • Erlanger
  • Florence
  • Frankfort
  • Ft Mitchell
  • Georgetown
  • Glasgow
  • Henderson
  • Hopkinsville
  • Latonia
  • Lexington
  • Louisville
  • Madisonville
  • Mayfield
  • Morehead
  • Murray
  • Newport
  • Nicholasville
  • Owensboro
  • Paducah
  • Pikeville
  • Radcliff
  • Richmond
  • Shelbyville
  • Shepherdsville
  • Versailles
  • Winchester
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