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Florida’s Department of Investigative and Forensic Services Bureau of Insurance Fraud and the Miami Police Department raided two South Florida medical clinics accused of paying for patients and fraudulent billing. Both...
According to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, former Dade City police officer Jonathan Lance Hobby and two others, Bruce Dewayne Wilson Jr. and Carl “Chuck” Roach Jr. were arrested for insurance fraud among...
Washington-based policy and research group, Coalition Against Insurance Fraud, has awarded its inaugural journalism award for fraud reporting to The Palm Beach Post for its work on fraud in the sober-home industry. The...
Florida Man Arrested for False Insurance Claim
December 18, 2017
Insurance Journal has reported that a Florida man, Claude Milhomme, was arrested for attempting to file a false insurance claim for his vehicle. According to the Department of Financial Services’ Disaster Fraud Action...
UPDATE – Pilot Theodore R. Wright III Pleads Guilty to Insurance Fraud
December 14, 2017
UPDATE – Pilot Theodore R. Wright III Pleads Guilty to Insurance Fraud According to KLTV 7 of Texas, Theodore R. Wright III, the well-known pilot who survived a 2012 Gulf of Mexico crash and used an iPad to record his...
A New Jersey judge has ruled that Jeffrey Scholes, a man living in New Jersey but driving a car registered and insured in Florida, may not sue another New Jersey driver for injuries he sustained in a car accident. Judge...
Attorney Fee Multipliers in PIP and the Search for a Guiding Lodestar
November 16, 2017
In October 2017, the Supreme Court again addressed the issue of contingency fee multipliers to awards of attorneys’ fees. Personal Injury Protection (PIP) Plaintiff attorneys felt a tinge of delight and perhaps delayed...
Panama City Woman Sinks SUV for Insurance Money
November 1, 2017
According to the Panama City News Herald, 65-year-old Debra Jenkins has been arrested and charged with insurance fraud after having her SUV driven into a lagoon and pretending that the vehicle was stolen. The police had...
Florida Supreme Court Issues Order Extending Legal Time Limits for Miami-Dade Courts
October 10, 2017
On September 19th, the Florida Supreme Court issued an administrative order extending all time limits through close of business on Monday, September 18, 2017....