Articles Posted in Insurance Law

Reproduced below is a letter published in the September/October 2010 issue of The Florida Bar Journal. It was written by my friend, collegue, superb trial lawyer, and advocate for the underprivileged, Cris Boyar. The letter exposes the dirty propaganda disseminated by the insurance industry regarding PIP (Personal Injury Protection) lawsuits. A must read. Elimination of…

To the surprise of many, most of the doctors who work in Florida’s hospital emergency rooms are not hospital employees. Instead, they are independent contractors. (It is quite rare for Florida hospitals to employ their ER physicians.) Equally surprising is that Florida law does not hold a hospital liable for a doctor’s negligence simply because…

From reading United Automobile Insurance Company’s blog page, one could be mislead into believing that every claim made against United is frivilous. This is not my personal experience or that of most other lawyers familiar with United. A simple inspection of the County Court records for Miami-Dade and Broward Counties will reveal a nearly countless…