Miscellaneous | InjuryBoard Fort Lauderdale

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...

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By age 17, Katie Sheffler had been a ballerina for 15 years already. As a result of some hip pain, a Fort Lauderdale doctor, Dr. Marc Philippon, operated and performed what Ms. Sheffler's attorney's deemed an unnecessary surgery and one that he had never done prior. In the suit for Medical Malpractice, a jury found in favor of Ms. Sheffler in the amount of $2.15 Million. If you desire...

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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...

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Since 1990, in order to recover for a loved one's death that was caused by Medical Malpractice, you need to either be a spouse or a child under the age of 25. Recently, a 35 year old woman contacted me about the death of her father in a Hospital. Negligence seemed clear at first blush but I never got the chance to investigate because she is the only remaining "next of kin" but because she is...

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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), in cooperation with Evenflo Company Inc., announced a recall of approximately 450,000 Evenflo Embrace Infant Car Seat/Carriers due to a serious defect.The handle, when the unit is used as an infant carrier, can unexpectedly release, causing the seat to rotate forward. When that happens,...

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El Martés, Febrero 20, 2007, la Corte Suprema negó una compensación de daños punitivos de $79.5 millones contra la compañia tabacalera Phillip Morris. El demandante en este caso fue el Sr. Jesse Williams, quien murio despues de años de haber fumado cigarrillos Marlboro. La viuda de este argumentó que la compañia de tabaco condujo fraude al promocionar a proposito que los cigarrillos no...

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Based on the expiration of Florida's No Fault/PIP law, State Farm has announced it will reduce it's rates and that the average two car household will save approximately $360. Interesting... I'm sure the average cost of PIP protection is more than $360 per two car household. I sure hope the legislature asks where that extra premium money is going...

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La sesión legislativa ha terminado y con ella el tiempo para extender la famosa ley de la Florida "No-Fault/PIP" (como se conoce en Inglés). Esta ley requiere que los conductores de la Florida tengan seguro de auto para pagar un porcentaje de sus propios gastos médicos y perdida de salario despues de un accidente de carro, sin tomar en cuenta quien causo el accidente. Esta ley es resultado...

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The 2007 Legislative Session has ended and with it so has the time period to extend Florida's famous no-fault/PIP law. No-Fault or PIP law requires Florida drivers to carry auto insurance to pay for a percentage of their own medical bills and lost wages resulting from an auto accident regardless of who is at fault. There is no Florida law requiring people who are responsible for accidents to...

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Las investigaciones indican que los doctores reciben un trato sumamente favorable comparado con el trato que los jurados dan a los demandantes lesionados por una negligencia médica. Philip Peters, Jr. de la Universidad de Missouri-Escuela Columbia de Leyes, encontró, mediante su investigación, que en la mayoria de los casos de negligencia médica los veredictos son a favor de los doctores. ...

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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...

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Barring an act of Florida Congress, Florida's no-fault law will expire by October 1, 2007. Today a senate committee passed a bill that will keep PIP entact. The insurance industry who intially lobbied for PIP/No-Fault Law is now trying to see that it goes away. Meanwhile, doctors, hospitals and some trial lawyers still see it as being a viable first line of coverage to ensure injured people...

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Por más de 25 años, Rosen & Rosen ha tenido el placer de trabajar con un investigador privado de primera clase para ayudarnos en diferentes facetas de nuestros casos de lesión personal. Desde adquirir declaraciones de los hechos, investigar accidentes, buscar bienes y muebles, hasta encontrar testigos claves, el Sr. Zalick lo ha hecho todo. Despues de estar bajo contrato con nosotros por 25...

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Parece que la industria de seguros no tienen mas escusas. Ellos culparon a los abogados de litigios y sus demandas frivolas. Ellos abogaron con la legislacion para cambiar las leyes que no les beneficiban y pudieron cambiar el sistema. Pero despues de anos de cambio, limites a los costos que recibian los abogados y la compensacion que recibian las victimas lesionadas por su sufrimiento y...

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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...

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