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• Vioxx Settles for $4.8 Billion

  Evan Rosen | November 12, 2007 6:59 PM | 0 CommentsFort Lauderdale, FL

  On Friday, Merck Corporation, the makers of the anti-inflammatory drug known as Vioxx, settled 45,000- 50,000 outstanding personal injury lawsuits for it's defective and deadly medication. The settlement, after thousands of hours of negotiations with attorneys representing family members of deceased or permanently injured patients from every state in the country, totalled $4.8 billion. It's...

• Alex Sink Habló acerca de la Expiración de la ley de Protección de Lesiones Personales

  Evan Rosen | August 24, 2007 3:02 PM | 0 CommentsFort Lauderdale, FL

  En una carta de Agosto 19, 2007, dirigida al períodico Palm Beach Post, el oficial principal financiero del estado, Alex Sink, habló acerca de la ley de protección de lesiones personales (P.I.P por sus insignias en Inglés). El dijo que en su mente la ley "P.I.P" expirará el 1ro de Octubre. Ademas, dijo que el apoya el principio de la ley "P.I.P", y, en especial, cualquier plan de seguro...

• 37 Organizaciones se han Unido para Detener la Expiración de "P.I.P"

  Evan Rosen | August 20, 2007 7:33 PM | 0 CommentsFort Lauderdale, FL

  Hay 37 organizaciones que comprenden la Coalición para Protejer los Conductores de la Florida. Estas organizaciones incluyen hospitales, proveedores de cuidados de emergencia, oficiales de seguridad, trabajadores de primeros áuxilios y la aseguradora médica más grande del estado, Blue Cross Blue Shield. Esta coalición esta tratando de detener la expiración de la ley de protección de...

• Governor Crist May Call for Another Special Session to Address Personal Injury Protection Benefits

  Evan Rosen | June 28, 2007 7:48 PM | 0 CommentsFort Lauderdale, FL

  After already having one special session to address property tax reform, it appears Govenor Crist now has his eyes set on extending Personal Injury Protection Benefits as they are set to expire on October 1 of this year. It seems the hospital lobby has gotten to Governor Crist to explain just how damaging and costly it would be to Florida Hospitals should PIP expire. PIP law in Florida...

• Calls for Extending PIP Law Coming In

  Evan Rosen | June 12, 2007 5:22 PM | 0 CommentsFort Lauderdale, FL

  There have been numerous articles calling for the extention of Florida's No-Fault/PIP law. There are all kinds of rationale but mainly with nothing in it's place hospitals and patients would be stuck with no coverage if mandatory personal injury protection benefits are allowed to sunset with the expiring of the PIP law on October 1, 2007. The Florida Legislature is set for a special session to...

• Research finds Doctors have upper hand in Medical Malpractice Cases

  Evan Rosen | May 02, 2007 4:20 PM | 0 CommentsFort Lauderdale, FL

  Research indicates doctors are treated "unfairly" favorably as compared to how juries treat injured plaintiffs. Philip Peters Jr., of the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law, has found through his research that most medical malpractice cases end in verdicts in favor of the Doctor. In fact only about 27 to 30 percent of medical malpractice cases result in verdicts in favor of the...

• La Ley de Lesion Personal de la Florida esta Programada para Expirar en Octubre

  Evan Rosen | April 10, 2007 9:49 PM | 0 CommentsFort Lauderdale, FL

  Al acercarse el mes de Octubre, se acerca la expiracion de la ley de la Florida conocida como la ley de No Fault/Personal Injury Protection (no importa culpa/proteccion de lesiones personales o PIP por sus insignias en ingles). Esta ley que se relaciona con lesiones personales de accidentes automovilisticos ha estado vigente por veinte anos. Esta ley requiere que todos los conductores de autos...

• Personal Injury Private Investigator

  Evan Rosen | March 05, 2007 4:12 PM | 0 CommentsFort Lauderdale, FL

  For over 25 years, Rosen & Rosen has had the great pleasure of working with a world class private investigator to help us in many facets of our personal injury cases. From witness statements, accident investigation, asset searches and tracking down key witnesses, Mr. Zalick has done it all. After doing contract work for us for approximately 25 years, about 4 years ago, Mr. Zalick joined Rosen...

• Medical Study Reveals Very Disturbing Findings About Doctors

  Evan Rosen | December 05, 2007 4:45 PM | 0 CommentsFort Lauderdale, FL

  According to the Annals of Internal Medicine, which surveyed more than 1,600 physicians in 2003 and 2004 for their recently published report, 46% of physicians admitted to not reporting serious medical errors that had been made. "There is a measurable disconnect between what physicians say they think is the right thing to do and what they actually do," said Eric Campbell of Massachusetts...

• Student Tasered by Police at John Kerry Forum at University of Florida

  Jenny Albano | September 18, 2007 4:56 AM | 0 CommentsFort Lauderdale, FL

  A University of Florida student, Andrew Meyer, was tasered and arrested during a forum for John Kerry on Monday, September 17. Apparently Meyer asked several questions and when his time was up he was asked to stop taliking because his alotted time was over. When he did not stop speaking his microphone was cut and he became angry over the incident. While as many as four police officers tried...