Florida Supreme Court Declares Medical Malpractice Damages Cap Unconstitutional

Earlier this month, the Florida Supreme Court struck down a 2003 law that placed mandatory caps on noneconomic damages awarded to victims of medical malpractice injury lawsuits. Though justices were nearly evenly divided, they ultimately declared the caps unconstitutional. In this post, we’ll examine the legislation at hand and what this means for medical malpractice […]

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The Pitfalls of Posting about Personal Injury on Social Media

It’s truly amazing to stop and think about just how deeply social media has infiltrated our daily lives. Just ten years ago, this blog post would have made the majority of adults ask what on earth we’re even talking about. Now, it’s hard to imagine a social media-free existence. Oftentimes, we post on our various […]

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The Unlikely Link Between Personal Injury Insurance & Defamation

Last month we wrote about the dangers of posting information regarding a personal injury case on social media. This caused us to think about the dramatic rise in libel cases since the advent of social media. Just like an insurance adjuster could use your social media content to their advantage, an individual or corporation could […]

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Florida’s Problem with Illegal Personal Injury Client Brokering

As you may have heard, nearly a half-dozen Florida attorneys and several of their accomplices are in a world of legal trouble this week for their shady, coordinated client acquisition strategy. It seems that they provided monetary kickbacks to a network of ambulance-chasing tow truck drivers, auto repair workers, and healthcare professionals who referred auto […]

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Florida Man Causes Accident to Collect Personal Injury Compensation

A cautionary tale out of Boca Raton serves as a perfect reminder of why insurance fraud is never a reasonable risk — not that we think you need the reminder anyway. One Florida man decided to stage a personal injury claim in an attempt to collect compensation from a tow truck driver. Unfortunately for the […]

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