Posts tagged Florida

• Medical Malpractice and Money

  Ed Normand | October 07, 2009 9:00 AM | 4 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  The public perception that medical malpractice cases regularly result in large awards of money is an unrealistic one. Even if a plaintiff prevails at trial, there is no guarantee that any money will...

• Medical Malpractice Reform: The True Numbers?

  Ed Normand | October 05, 2009 9:00 AM | 5 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  A recent article in TIME magazine about malpractice reform, available at: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1924501,00.html, caught my eye for several reasons. First, the article...

• FHP: Labor Day Highway Deaths Were Down

  Sandy Grinnell | September 18, 2009 6:34 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  While the total number of Florida highway deaths over the long Labor Day week-end are not yet available, the number of car crash related deaths investigated by the Florida Highway Patrol was seven...

• 2 topics: UM/UIM coverage stacking rules in your state and

  Ed Normand | August 13, 2009 12:24 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Reading one’s car insurance policy can be like reading a foreign language for the first time, a tad confusing. In dissecting the fine print, one of the most under appreciated (no pun...

• Binge Drinkers and Driving Habits

  Ed Normand | April 01, 2009 6:52 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  According to a study conducted at Northern Kentucky University, in contrast to binge drinkers, moderate social drinkers are much more capable of determining whether or not they are too drunk...

• Text Banning Bill In Florida Legislature

  Ed Normand | March 31, 2009 6:50 PM | 1 CommentOrlando, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A new bill will be reviewed next month in Florida that could ban texting while operating a moving vehicle following a new wave of legislative efforts to curb driving distractions. Not...

• More On Recent Orlando Personal Injury Lawyer Ads ?

  Ed Normand | January 29, 2009 1:09 PM | 2 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  I have previously posted about lawyer ads on TV for personal injury claims in Orlando. I highlighted ads from a lawyer who is not a Florida Bar Board Certified Civil Trial Lawyer who is all over the...

• Have You Bought a New Car in Florida Since July 1st?

  Sandy Grinnell | July 25, 2008 5:09 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  If you just bought a new or used vehicle and have a Temporary Florida Tag, do you have it in the back window? If you do, you are in violation of a new law that went into effect July 1. The new law...

• Florida Residents Sue Telemarketer

  Sandy Grinnell | July 18, 2008 2:39 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Florida's Agriculture and Consumer Services Commission filed suit this week on behalf of Volusia County residents against the telemarketing firm Suite Choice, Inc. of Ormond Beach. The residents who...

• Fraudulent Accident Ring-leader Admits Guilt

  Sandy Grinnell | March 23, 2008 5:15 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A man from the Miami-Dade area was convicted and another was arrested this week in connection with PIP fraud perpetrated on insurance companies in South Florida resulting from fake automobile accidents. Alex Sink, Florida's Chief Financial Officer, said this was the fourth and final arrest made by the Florida Division of Insurance Fraud's (DIF) investigation into an insurance fraud ring based...