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Pre-Litigation “Discovery” in PIP
In Shands Jacksonville Medical Center, Inc. v. State Farm Automobile Insurance Company, 40 FLW D1447a (Fla. 1st DCA June 22, 2015), the First District Court of Appeals ruled on the ways a PIP c...
2 Lawsuits Against 21st Century for Failing to Pay Medical Payments Coverage
My clients were injured in a motor vehicle accident. Before the accident, they wisely took out substantial automobile insurance to protect them, including coverages for bodily injury liability,...
11th Circuit Issues Opinion on MCS 90 and Coverage Continuing After Expiration of Policy
In Waters v. Miller, ____ F.3d ____ (11th Cir. April 15, 2009), Waters was rear-ended by Miller’s tractor-trailer on November 29, 2005. At the time of the accident, Miller was hauling cars fr...
Dec Action Filed Seeking Declaration Concerning Amount of Available UM Benefits
Our client bought car insurance from Nationwide. A few years later, Nationwide transferred the insurance to Allied insurance, a subsidiary of Nationwide. Later, our client was injured in an ...
4th DCA (Mis?)Speaks on Releasing Future PIP Benefits
In United Automobile Insurance Company v. Palm Chiropractic Center, Inc., a/a/o Thomas, ____ So.3d ____ (Fla. 4th DCA 2010), the PIP insurer sent the insured for a compulsory medical examination...
4th DCA Agrees that UM Insured Does Not Have to Sue At-Fault Driver Before Suing for UM Benefits
In Saris v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, ____ So.3d ____ (Fla. 4th DCA 2010), Saris carried uninsured motorists insurance with State Farm. The insured was injured by a und...
Interstate Trucking and the MCS-90 Endorsement
Mr. and Mrs. Yeates were severely injured when the vehicle Mrs. Yeates was driving was struck head-on by a livestock truck owned by Bingham Livestock. The Yeateses sued Bingham Livestock and th...
PIP Fee Schedules DO NOT Apply to Accidents Occurring Before 1/1/08
In Geico Indemnity Company v. Physicians Group, LLC, a/a/o Paul Androski, ____ So.3d ____ (Fla. 2nd DCA August 13, 2010), the 2nd DCA ruled that the PIP fee schedules which went into effect on J...
Lawsuit Filed for Insurance Benefits
My client is a truck driver. He was asked to deliver a load to North Carolina. When he tried to attach the trailer to his own truck, the trailer would not properly attach. The company which...
Lawsuit Filed Against Auto Insurance Company for Denying Claim to “Regular Operator”
My client owns an HVAC business and insures his business and two vehicles through Infinity Insurance. His son had an accident while driving one of his business vehicles. The son rarely drives...