{"id":1142,"date":"2016-04-01T17:32:59","date_gmt":"2016-04-01T17:32:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nelsonboydlaw.com\/blog\/?p=1142"},"modified":"2021-09-02T22:03:34","modified_gmt":"2021-09-02T22:03:34","slug":"liability-insurance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nelsonboydlaw.com\/blog\/legal-tips\/liability-insurance\/","title":{"rendered":"Liability Insurance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1650 aligncenter\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/liability.jpg\" alt=\"liability\" width=\"897\" height=\"219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nelsonboydlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/liability.jpg 897w, https:\/\/www.nelsonboydlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/liability-300x73.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.nelsonboydlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/liability-768x188.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.nelsonboydlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/liability-700x171.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 897px) 100vw, 897px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This insurance covers people you injure with your automobile. Washington law requires that you purchase insurance that will pay a minimum of $25,000 per person and $50,000 per collision. If you injure someone and they file a claim against you, your insurance company will hire an attorney (at no charge to you) to represent you and protect your interests. If you do not have enough insurance to fully compensate the person you injured, you may need to hire (and pay for) an attorney to protect your personal assets. If you injure someone in a collision and you do not have this insurance on the date of the collision, you may receive a traffic citation, a fine, or have your driver\u2019s license revoked. In addition, when you attempt to purchase insurance thereafter, it will probably be very expensive. In other words, if you don\u2019t have insurance, don\u2019t drive!\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>We recommend that you have <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">at least<\/span> $100,000 in Liability Insurance.\u00a0 If you have an above average income, own a home or have other assets, you should have at least $250,000 in Liability Insurance.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you have questions about your insurance coverage, give us a call at <strong>(206) 971-7601.<\/strong>\u00a0 <strong>Nelson Boyd\u00a0 &#8211; We Care.\u00a0 We Can Help.\u00a0 <a href=\"\/\">www.nelsonboydlaw.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1240,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[109],"tags":[34,139,26,138,75],"class_list":["post-1142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-tips","tag-deborah-nelson","tag-injury","tag-insurance","tag-liability-insurance","tag-seattle-attorneys"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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