We have been involved, for some time now, in two class action cases against a company that was formerly known as “American Home Mortgage Servicing”, they changed their name to “Homeward” (hah!), and they were eventually purchased and merged with “Ocwen”. The case has been bitterly contested, but finally we have filed motions for class […]
Read MoreFor many years, Florida has allowed health insurers to sell group policies within the state, that are not subject to much regulation in the state, under a statute known as the out-of-state group law, Fla. Stat. 627.6515: http://archive.flsenate.gov/Statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&Search_String=&URL=0600-0699/0627/Sections/0627.6515.html Part of that statute requires that the certificate that the insured receives must contain language, in contrasting […]
Read MoreIf you thought that Obamacare would stop health insurers and HMOs from denying claims, or wrongly cancelling policies, or interpreting the law in their favor instead of yours, you were way off. We’re actually seeing an increase of complaints. As a very good example, we’re representing an individual with a very unfortunate medical condition that […]
Read MoreYou would be charitable if you told me that I am a poor blogger. Frankly, I’ve been extremely busy, and I simply won’t hire a “professional blogger” to write for me, I’d rather be occasional, but occasionally folks will hear from me. With that said, We’ve been litigating a class action initially against Heritage Propane, […]
Read MoreI am, at best, and infrequent blogger. I simply refuse to hire someone to blog for me, (which I understand is the norm, and not the exception), because I think that a blog is personal, and is intended to give my personal insights and feelings. so that is my weak explanation for my long gap […]
Read MoreThis post is very important for more than 100 Floridians who had health insurance with Protective Life. In order to avoid taking up too much space in this blog post, I will link to some important documents regarding this case which are posted on our website. First, the Complaint that we filed on behalf of […]
Read MoreI, along with two of my best friends, who are terrific trial lawyers, Louis Silber and John Romano, (our local Palm Beach County Legal Dream Team!), have had the very great pleasure of representing our Palm Beach County Tax Collector, Anne Gannon, against the on-line travel industry in litigation over the on-line travel companies’ liability […]
Read MoreI’m back….. I’m at BEST an occasional blogger…….. I believe very strongly that I’d prefer to not blog at all, or to be very occasional, instead of hiring a professional blogger to post entries for me. Each of us has developed our own unique way of speaking and writing, and I believe that that quality […]
Read MoreInteresting article worth a read. Please see the link below. http://www.gainesville.com/article/20120119/NEWS/120119424
Read MoreThis is a very well written piece about insurance bad faith. In essence, Florida’s bad faith laws help to force insurers to uphold their end of the bargain with policy holders. Florida’s legislature, often criticized as beholden to the insurance industry, is considering ANOTHER bill to limit or kill bad faith. Fortunately for Floridians, last […]
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