A class action lawsuit on behalf of three taxi cab operators is seeking up to $1 billion from Miami-Dade County, claiming a new county ordinance has severely decreased the value of the medallions required of cab owners. The...
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Twenty-five people were charged in Miami federal court for alleged schemes to defraud Medicare. The three cases totaled about $26 million in false claims through the Medicare Part D program. U.S. Attorney Wifredo A. Ferrer...
Federal Appeals Court Reinstates PIP Claims Suit Against HCA
April 28, 2016
A federal appeals court has revived a lawsuit against HCA Holdings charging that HCA and three of its Florida hospitals violated Florida’s Deceptive and Unfair Practices Act. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh...
In the national push for pricing transparency in hospitals, Florida has moved to the front of the field. Gov. Rick Scott signed a bill into law on April 14 that requires hospitals and other healthcare facilities in Florida to...
DEATH BY DISTRACTION: 214 People Died In 2015 From Distracted Driving Crashes In Florida
April 21, 2016
More than 39,000 people were injured in Florida wrecks last year caused by distracted driving, including 214 who died. According to AdCouncil.org, more than nine in 10 Americans believe sending and reading texts while driving...
Miami Doctor Sentenced To 9 Years For Medicare Fraud
April 19, 2016
Miami doctor Henry Lora was sentenced to nine years in federal prison and ordered to pay $30.3 million in restitution for his part in a Medicare fraud ring. U.S. District Judge Federico Moreno in Miami sentenced Lora on...
Legal Troubles Continue For Dr. Ralph Miniet
April 14, 2016
The ongoing saga of Dr. Ralph Miniet added yet another chapter last week. Miami Police arrested Miniet and two others last week after an anonymous tip and subsequent investigation uncovered alleged Personal Injury Protection...
Pinellas County Court on Application of Deductible
April 11, 2016
In Bayfront Health Education & Research Organization Inc. v. Progressive American Insurance Co., the Plaintiff billed the Defendant for services. The Defendant reduced the bills, subtracted the insured’s deductible, and...
The Florida Medical Association (FMA) will be permitted to file a friend-of-the-court brief in a case before the Florida Supreme Court over fees paid to medical providers who treat injured victims of vehicle wrecks. Allstate...
ROIG Lawyers Attorneys Set Precedent in Emergency Medical Condition (EMC) Personal Injury Protection Case
April 5, 2016
Paul Michael Gabe, attorney in the Miami office and Mark D. Bartle, attorney in the Deerfield Beach office, obtained a favorable ruling from the Honorable Robert W. Lee of the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit in and for Broward...