In a time when a trip to the nail salon requires a temperature check before entry, it comes as no surprise that medical providers across the globe have implemented extra protocols to keep physicians and their patients safe....
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Category: Personal Injury Protection (PIP)
Understanding Florida Letters of Protection (LOP)
May 15, 2020
Many times after people are involved in automobile accidents and they do not have health insurance, medical providers will agree to continue to treat them with the anticipation that should the patient recover any money from a...
Top auto insurers are offering auto insurance premium discounts as people are driving less during the coronavirus pandemic. State Farm and Nationwide joined the ranks of other insurers such as Geico, Progressive, Allstate,...
Possible Changes to Florida Damages Statute: Florida Statute 768.042 in Personal Injury Cases
March 6, 2020
Jurys often time struggle with calculating future medical expenses to award or not to award during jury deliberations. Florida law restricts recovery of future medical expenses to those expenses “reasonably certain” to be...
Farmers Insurance Now Covering Rideshare Drivers in 14 States
January 28, 2020
Farmers Insurance now provides commercial auto insurance to its Uber drivers in the District of Columbia, Delaware, Hawaii, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Virginia, and West...
Insurance and Tort Case Law Update Published in Trial Advocate
January 8, 2020
Check out the Insurance and Tort Case Law Update by Tampa Partner, Miguel Roura and John Miller (Henderson, Franklin, Starnes & Holt, P.A.) published in FDLA’s Trial Advocate. The Insurance and Tort Case Law Update was...
Florida Doctor Arrested for Allegedly Defrauding Nine Auto Insurers
November 7, 2019
According to a statement from the Florida Department of Financial Services, Dr. Celestino Santi was arrested for allegedly defrauding nine auto insurance companies our of more than $500,000 in unlicensed medical billing....
Three Miami Arrests in Physical Therapy Clinic PIP Fraud Scheme
October 3, 2019
Three individuals from the Miami physical therapy clinic Professional Medical Practice have been arrested in an alleged personal injury protection (PIP) fraud scheme. The clinic owner Alean Machado, recruiter Barbarito...
According to Florida Chief Financial Officer Patronis, “In 2018, there were 9,300 pedestrian crashes and of those, an estimated 25 percent were staged.” Click here to read the article....
The New York State Department of Financial Services (“DFS’) has finalized the Thirty-Third Amendment to Regulation 83 (the “33rd Amendment”), which was published in the State Register on October 25, 2017 and will...