car, truck, motorcycle, wrongful death. anchorage, alaska.
Seriously injured in Alaska? Talk to the lawyer who tries the case.
Jason Skala has recovered more than $40 million for injured Alaskans. Licensed here since 2001. No fee unless we win.
4.9 stars across 72 Google reviews
the record
Named cases, real numbers, with the year attached.
Open any case to read what happened.
A wrongful death case that Jason took to trial rather than settling. The verdict was $2,000,000, the largest verdict on this list.
A pedestrian struck by a motor vehicle. The case did not settle, so Jason tried it, and the verdict was $1,617,000. It then settled for $2,158,000 before judgment was entered.
The available insurance had a ceiling and the injuries were worth more than the ceiling. The claim recovered the full policy limits available, which is every dollar that policy could pay.
A motor vehicle collision case that was filed and litigated. It resolved for $912,500 before trial.
A wrongful death claim against the State of Alaska, tried to a jury. The verdict was $699,403.08 and the case settled before entry of judgment.
A pedestrian was struck by a motor vehicle and the claim was brought against the North Slope Borough. It settled for $1,350,000 before trial.
Past results do not guarantee future outcomes. Each case is different.
one case, start to finish
The jury said $1.617 million. Then it settled for $2.158 million.
A.D. v. Wassillie was a pedestrian case. It did not settle, so Jason tried it. The jury came back at $1,617,000. Before the court entered judgment, the case settled for $2,158,000, which is $541,000 more than the verdict.
Insurers do not price a claim by how firm the demand letter sounds. They price it by whether the lawyer who signed it will actually put the case in front of twelve Alaskans. Most never will. Jason just had, and the case settled for $541,000 over the verdict before judgment was entered.
A trial comes down to five to nine things. You may have 3,500 potential exhibits. You need seven.
meet jason
You get the lawyer, not a case manager.
- licensed in Alaskasince 2001
- Alaska bar number0105031
- discipline historynone
- practiceinjury and wrongful death only
Jason is the only lawyer here. He takes the depositions and tries the cases himself. Your case is never handed off to a case manager or to whoever is free that week.
He grew up in Chugiak. Cornell, then Loyola Law in Los Angeles, then home to Alaska, licensed here since 2001. His father practiced medicine in Eagle River and his brother still practices family medicine there. He has been around Alaska medicine his whole life. He works cases from Anchorage to Utqiagvik.
My practice is limited exclusively to serious personal injury and wrongful death cases only.
the one thing Jason wants every Alaskan to know
Do you have enough UM/UIM? Do you even know what it is? Most people don't.
Alaska's minimum bodily injury coverage is $50,000 per person. A lot of drivers carry exactly that, because it is the least the law allows them to buy. If the driver who hits you carries the minimum, or carries nothing at all, that is the ceiling on what their insurance can pay you, no matter how badly you were hurt.
Uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage is the part of your own policy that stands in for the insurance the other driver did not buy. It has to be offered on every Alaska auto policy. You have to turn it down in writing. Most people do not remember ever doing that.
There's only one good deal in car insurance, and that's uninsured, underinsured motorist coverage. It's cheap, cheap, cheap insurance for a great deal of coverage.
Take me, for instance. With two umbrellas, I have five million dollars in insurance coverage on my vehicles. Is it because I'm a rich lawyer? No. The umbrella costs two hundred bucks a year per umbrella.
An umbrella is extra liability coverage, and it backs up your uninsured motorist coverage only if you add that endorsement separately. Insurers also generally want about $250,000 of auto liability in place first. The Insurance Information Institute puts a $1 million umbrella at about $200 to $300 a year. Ask what yours actually covers.
the one good deal
Drag to see what a higher limit buys.
your own policy would cover you for
$1,000,000
even if the driver who hit you bought nothing at all
For scale: the whole liability side of an average Alaska policy, this coverage included, runs about $48 a month.
Past the serious-loss line, from your own policy, at limits ordinary carriers will write. Ask your agent what this costs before you assume you cannot afford it.
Why don't you have it? Because nobody told you.
Or you may already own it and not know.
Under Alaska law, if you never signed a form rejecting this coverage, your insurer was required to issue your policy with UM/UIM limits matching your liability limits. And if you turned it down once, they never have to offer it again. You have to ask.
Pull out your declarations page. Jason will read it with you.
Not ready to talk about a case? Send Jason your declarations page and he will tell you what coverage you actually have.
Limits like 100/300 mean $100,000 per person and $300,000 per accident. Cost figures: NAIC 2022 Alaska average premium data; WalletHub 2026 estimate. The matched-limits rule: Alaska Division of Insurance, Consumer Guide to Automobile Insurance. Simplified to make the point. Your actual policy is the document that matters, and Jason will read it with you.
what he takes
Serious injury and wrongful death. That is the whole practice.
Also small aircraft, oil field, and North Slope cases. Alaska problems most firms never see.
what clients wrote
Their words, not ours.
...He is honest and makes sure you understand exactly what is going on and he also genuinely felt our pain. He puts everything into what he does and he's a Pitt Bull if he needs to be which is what you need on your behalf...
Hire this man and his team. He is a great attorney and made sure I understood everything I needed to in order to make the very best decisions for me and my family...
...My accident was horrible and having someone deny that they hurt you is the worst feeling in the world. Thanks for Mr. Jason Skala I got all the help that I needed.
4.9 across 72 Google reviews
how it works
Three steps, and the first one costs nothing.
Call. It's free.
The phones are answered around the clock. A lot of these calls come at two in the morning. That is fine.
Jason screens it himself.
He looks at what happened, how badly you were hurt, and what insurance coverage is actually there to pay. If it is serious he moves the same day. If it is not a case he will tell you straight and point you to someone who can help.
No fee unless we win.
The fee comes out of the recovery at the end. You never write a check, and if there is no recovery there is no fee.
if you were just in a crash
The next 48 hours.
Do these now, whether or not you ever call this office. Security video gets overwritten within days and damaged vehicles get repaired or scrapped, so the proof in your case disappears long before any legal deadline. Your list stays on this device.
questions people actually ask
Straight answers.
What does it cost to talk to Jason?
Nothing. The call is free and there is no charge to have your case looked at. If Jason takes it, the fee comes out of the recovery at the end, so you never write a check along the way. If there is no recovery, there is no fee.
How much is my case worth?
Nobody honest can tell you on day one. It depends on how badly you were hurt, what the medical records end up showing, how long the recovery takes, whether you can go back to the work you did before, and how much insurance coverage is actually available to pay. Anyone who quotes you a number before reading the records is guessing, and a guess that is too high is how people end up disappointed later.
Do I have a case?
Two things matter most at the start. Were you seriously hurt, and did you get to a doctor right away, meaning that day or the next. Gaps in treatment are the single most common reason a real injury turns into a hard case.
If it is not a case, Jason will say so and point you to someone who can help. He would rather tell you that in one free call than take your time for a month first.
How long will it take?
It depends on your injuries and on whether the insurer pays what the claim is worth. A case that settles moves faster than one that has to be filed and worked up through the court, and once a case is filed the court's calendar sets much of the pace, not this office. Jason will tell you what to expect once he has seen the records, and he will not rush you into a low offer to close a file.
What is UM/UIM?
Uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage is the part of your own auto policy that pays when the driver who hit you has no insurance, or does not have enough of it to cover what they did to you. It is the coverage most Alaskans have the least of and need the most.
How long do I have to bring a claim?
Less time than you think. In Alaska the deadline to file can be as short as two years from the date of the injury.
Witnesses move away and memories fade, and evidence disappears long before the deadline does. Call before you think you need to, even if you are not sure you want a lawyer yet.
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(907) 569-6633Anchorage, AK 99515
jason@907attorney.com
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