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Snell & Wilmer

Redefining the Rules: How Audish v. Macias Reshaped Future Medical Expense Claims in California Personal Injury Cases

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In Audish v. Macias (2024) 102 Cal.App.5th 740, the California Court of Appeal decided a key issue concerning the admissibility of a plaintiff’s future Medicare eligibility in calculating damages for future medical expense...more

Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley

The Different Types of Injuries Resulting from Car Accidents in Florida

Car accidents occur in varying degrees of severity. This is one of the reasons why there are many types of injuries that can stem from a wreck. Understanding the types of injuries that can occur, as well as how a victim’s...more

Ward and Smith, P.A.

UM/UIM Coverage: What It Is and Why You Need Enough of It

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If you are injured in a car crash that isn't your fault, you expect insurance to cover your medical expenses and related costs from the crash. But you might be out of luck if you don't have sufficient UM/UIM...more

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What You Need to Know About Florida’s No-Fault Car Insurance Law

Florida is in a minority of states which employ a “no-fault” personal injury system. This results in car accident victims first having to file a claim against their own insurance before submitting a claim to a defendant’s...more

Morris James LLP

You’ve been injured in a car accident. Now what?

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It is a sad fact of life that people are injured in car accidents every day on Delaware roads. The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration recently announced that the number of...more

Butler Weihmuller Katz Craig LLP

Personal Injury Protection Coverage: A Thing Of The Past In Florida?

Personal Injury Protection (PIP) coverage was first enacted in Florida in 1971.  PIP is also known as no-fault insurance, and it allows drivers and passengers to obtain insurance benefits for medical treatment and wage loss,...more

Rumberger | Kirk

A Quick Note About Florida PIP Setoffs Without PIP Insurance

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Generally, Florida drivers are required to carry $10,000 in personal injury protection insurance.  Fla.Stat. § 627.736.  After a car accident, PIP benefits are paid toward the insured’s medical expenses, regardless of fault,...more

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Arizona District Court Holds "Reasonable" Medical Expenses Are Amounts Accepted by Providers as Payment in Full Rather Than Billed...

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The Holding - In Jimenez v. Progressive Preferred Ins. Co., 2020 WL 2037113 (D. Ariz. Apr. 28, 2020), a putative breach of contract and insurance bad faith class action arising from a MedPay claim, the Arizona District...more

Michigan Auto Law

Auto Insurance Recommendations For New Michigan No-Fault Law

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People often ask me “how much car insurance do I need?” Never has this question been more important than now. Michigan drivers now face the biggest changes in auto No-Fault insurance since the No-Fault Act was enacted in...more

Michigan Auto Law

Is Getting Insurance On Rental Cars Worth The Money?

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Should I buy rental car insurance? That’s the question that haunts so many of us as we stand at the rental car counter. We’re standing at the rental counter and the rental agent asks us if we would like to purchase rental...more

Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley

Head-On Vehicle Collisions

Head-on collisions are among the most dangerous of all car accidents. With the extreme forces involved, when one driver leaves another helpless to avoid a head-on collision, the consequences will often include permanent...more

Michigan Auto Law

How the New No-Fault Law Affects The Michigan Catastrophic Insurance Fund

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Catastrophically injured car crash victims are concerned about how the new, rushed, and poorly drafted No-Fault law could affect the vital medical benefits coverage they receive through the Michigan Catastrophic Claims...more

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Court Denies Plaintiff's Gameshow Approach to Litigation and Twice Denies Her Motion to Increase Her Demand

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The First Case - The plaintiff filed a Complaint asking for an award of $250,000. She alleged she was entitled to this amount as compensation for injuries the defendant’s armored van caused her during a 2013 automobile...more

Butler Snow LLP

Dedmon: The Destiny Of “Reasonable” Medical Expenses In Tennessee Part II

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In Tennessee, personal-injury plaintiffs may recover as damages the reasonable and necessary costs of the medical treatment that they received for their proven injuries. Until recently, a plaintiff’s ability to prove a...more

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Washington Weighs In On The Scope Of Insurance Regulators’ Authority

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In January, we reported that California’s Supreme Court had embraced a problematic approach to the state’s Unfair Insurance Practices Act—one that allows the Commissioner of Insurance to create new statutory torts by...more

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