Posts tagged insurance

• The Outrageous Conduct Of Health Insurance Carriers

  Bob Carroll | September 19, 2006 3:16 AM | 0 CommentsPinellas, FL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Blue Cross of California provides the latest evidence that trial lawyers serve as a valuable line of protection for the average citizen faced with insurance company misconduct. Tort Deform has the story - here are some excerpts:Do You Have a Blue Cross Scorched Earth Policy?For some time I have been following the corrupt business practices of Blue Cross of California and writing about what I...

• Trial Lawyer Sues Insurance Companies Over Katrina Claims

  Bob Carroll | May 14, 2006 9:31 AM | 0 CommentsPinellas, FL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  A trial lawyer has taken on four major insurance companies over their refusal to pay claims for hurricane damage. Scruggs sues Allstate for denying claimsRenowned Mississippi lawyer Richard "Dickie" Scruggs filed a lawsuit Friday against Allstate Insurance Co., the second major insurer he's sued this week for allegedly denying rightful claims of hurricane-damaged homes.The Scruggs Law Firm...

• Allstate's Good Hands® Slapped By Verdict

  Bob Carroll | May 05, 2006 1:48 AM | 0 CommentsPinellas, FL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Ernestine and Thurman Townsend were an elderly couple. They both had medical conditions and problems. But, what happened to them after a plumbing problem in their home made their lives a lot worse. They found out they were not in Good Hands® with Allstate. From the West Virginia Record we have the story:One night, the water supply line to a commode burst, and water flowed into their home or...

• How To Pay $7.9 Million On A $200,000 Insurance Policy - Why Medical Malpractice Premiums Are So High

  Bob Carroll | April 02, 2006 7:30 AM | 0 CommentsPinellas, FL Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  The attorney for the injured patient was trying to settle the medical malpractice case for the amount of the doctor's insurance, $200,000. The insurance company drew the line at $50,000. (And, only employed one defense attorney to defend two physicians with conflicting stories to tell.) Now, the insurance company will have to pay $7.9 Million. Could this explain the high cost of medical...

• Insurance Company Fib Costs It $36 Million

  Bob Carroll | February 21, 2006 5:38 AM | 0 CommentsPinellas, FL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Prudential Insurance Company denied the existence of a $1 Million life insurance policy. The jury said the policy existed and assessed punitive damages for good measure. Jury awards doctor's family $36M Life insurance company claimed doctor's policy worth $1M didn't exist JACKSON (AP) -- A Hinds County Circuit Court jury has awarded more than $36 million in damages in a lawsuit against...

• Will Florida No-Fault Automobile Insurance Survive?

  Bob Carroll | January 08, 2006 8:34 AM | 0 CommentsPinellas, FL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Under Florida's No-Fault Automobile Insurance Law medical expenses and lost income are paid (to a limit of $10,000) by a policyholder's own insurance company regardless of who was at fault in the accident. It places limitations on the right to sue a wrongdoer for damages, creating a verbal threshold, such as, "permanent injury." But, some immediate money is available to victims at a time when...

• Social Security Disability Claims Need To Be Fast-Tracked

  Bob Carroll | December 31, 2005 8:29 AM | 0 CommentsPinellas, FL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  My thanks to Charles T. Hall of Raleigh, North Carolina, for his post on his Social Security News blog: "The New York Times has an article (registration required) that demonstrates the human costs of delaying filing a claim for Social Security disability benefits -- and the human costs of delay in adjudicating disability claims at SSA. This formerly middle class family was thrust into dire...

• Message To Insurance Companies: Don't Charge Fraud Without Solid Proof

  Bob Carroll | December 23, 2005 12:12 PM | 0 CommentsPinellas, FL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Over the years I have been informed by some insurance companies that my client is making a fraudulent claim. Not that the claim may be fraudulent. Not that their investigation raises issues of potential fraud. When that has occurred I have asked for the proof. So far proof has been a close relative of suspicion. In several claims I have so completely disproved the suspicion that the...