Isabel Medina, the owner and operator of Merfi Corp., pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit health care fraud before U.S. District Judge Ursula Ungaro of the Southern District of Florida. The 49-year old Miami resident was...
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Florida CFO Jeff Atwater Running for FAU President
January 8, 2014
Jeff Atwater, Florida’s Chief Financial Officer, is one of the 10 top candidates for president of Florida Atlantic University (FAU). The winning candidate is expected to be named by January 17, 2014. As readers of this blog...
Calling all Drivers: Eyes on the Road
January 3, 2014
Cell phone use while driving increases the risk of a crash by a factor of four, according to a new report in this week’s edition of the New England Journal of Medicine, titled “Distracted Driving and Risk of Road Crashes...
Florida Ranks #6 in Worst Drivers Nationally
December 27, 2013
Drivers in the sunshine state are the most careless in the country, according to survey results compiled by CarInsuranceComparison.com from multiple sources, including the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the...
The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) recently released an analysis on questionable claims submitted by NICB member insurance companies from 2010 to 2012. Questionable claims (QCs) are those claims that NICB member...
A Parkland chiropractor, who prosecutors said approved treatments for patients who fraudulently claimed they were victims of car accidents, pleaded guilty to five criminal charges in connection with an extensive...
Three Arrested for Staged Car Crash and False Insurance Claims
December 12, 2013
West Palm Beach Police arrested and charged three people in connection with a scheme to get insurance money after staging a fake traffic accident. According to a story on WPTV News Channel 5, the three accused of the alleged...
State Farm issued a policy to Hery Alvarez, whose mother, Josefa Alvarez, was in an accident while a passenger in her son’s car. Hery Alvarez and Josefa Alvarez lived in the same household, and Josefa Alvarez sought...
Court Grants State Farm Motion in Terlep Chiropractic Case
December 9, 2013
Defendant State Farm’s insured, Mark Kundrat, was allegedly involved in a car accident on July 9, 2009. Kundrat sought treatment for injuries sustained in the accident from Plaintiff Terlep Chiropractic. On November 22,...
Petitioner State Farm sought to depose Respondent YH Imaging’s owner, Yamir Hernandez, as well as other individuals who allegedly performed portable x-rays in this case. Respondent YH sought to have State Farm’s motion...