Posts tagged Personal Injury

• Personal Injury Insurance rates set to drop

  Evan Rosen | May 09, 2007 12:20 PM | 0 CommentsFort Lauderdale, FL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  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...

• Major Personal Injury Law to Expire on October 1

  Evan Rosen | May 07, 2007 7:58 PM | 0 CommentsFort Lauderdale, FL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  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...

• Research finds Doctors have upper hand in Medical Malpractice Cases

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

  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...

• Florida PIP Law May be Extended

  Evan Rosen | April 25, 2007 3:54 AM | 0 CommentsFort Lauderdale, FL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  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...

• Florida Personal Injury Law Set to Expire in October

  Evan Rosen | April 10, 2007 5:01 AM | 0 CommentsFort Lauderdale, FL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  As October draws near so does the expiration date set for Florida's No Fault/PIP law. This set of laws dealing with personal injury as it relates to car accidents has been the law in Florida for about 20 years. It requires that all drivers carry insurance for their own personal injury and for other people's property damage. In the event of an accident, each driver is covered by their own PIP...

• Florida Woman with Flesh Eating Bacteria Sues Hospital for Medical Malpractice

  Evan Rosen | April 03, 2007 4:13 PM | 0 CommentsFort Lauderdale, FL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  A woman in central Florida is suing a hospital for medical mapractice after contracting a horrible flesh eating bacteria. Claudia Mejias, 23, went to Orlando Regional South Seminole Hospital to deliver her son, Matthew.After giving birth the hospital informed her she contracted this horrific bacteria and amputation was her only option to live. Suit was just filed.

• More Personal Injury Insurance Propaganda Hits the Web

  Evan Rosen | March 29, 2007 5:25 AM | 0 CommentsFort Lauderdale, FL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Recently I read another article from an apparent lobbyist for the insurance industry making a strong stand against "lawsuit abuses." Well I again don't want to post a link to his article because I don't want to generate activity to that misinformation but I will once again paste my comment to his post:You think you could be a little more dramatic. I mean, "lawyers fighting to keep courts havens...

• Major Personal Injury Law up for Debate

  Evan Rosen | March 27, 2007 6:09 AM | 0 CommentsFort Lauderdale, FL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Well the insurance lobby propaganda is up to business as usual. Today I read a post on the Sun-Sentinel website titled "Keep Target off Deep Pockets." The post is clearly stating that "Fabre v. Marin" and it's resulting codification is the only thing keeping lawyers from going after only deep pockets, leaving truly at fault, non-wealthy defendants out if they chose. Futher, the post...

• Personal Injury Law to be Reformed in Florida(2)

  Evan Rosen | March 13, 2007 2:25 PM | 0 CommentsFort Lauderdale, FL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  In October of this year, the law that requires drivers to carry a minimum of $10,000 in no-fault personal injury protection is set to expire. Some senators are lobbying to extend the provision but health care providers, insurance companies and the lawyers who fight for the injured people all want the law to be changed. It is our opinion, that regardless of what is done with PIP/No-Fault law,...

• Personal Injury Legislation Debate Heats Up

  Evan Rosen | March 09, 2007 2:31 PM | 0 CommentsFort Lauderdale, FL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  This past Wednesday Hospital, business and insurance representatives attended a committee hearing to argue in favor of their anti-fairness and anti-tort propaganda. The debate over personal injury causes of action is heating up once again. The truth is these entities are "for-profit" and they only make money by collecting premiums and paying as little on claims as possible if anything. This...