By Diana Novak Jones Full story in Reuters June 11 (Reuters) – Ride-hailing company Uber filed a lawsuit against a Miami law firm and a Miami medical center accusing them of orchestrating a medical and insurance scam that involved staged car collisions. Uber (UBER.N), opens new tab, in the lawsuit filed on Tuesday in federal court…

Full story in POLITICO A [501(c)(4)] pushing to target what it calls “predatory personal injury lawyers” is promoting a new internal poll that suggests most Californians are concerned about the costs of excessive litigation. The poll, exclusively shared with Playbook, suggests that 72 percent of registered voters agree that “lawsuit abuse” drives up the price…

By Bob Dorigo Jones Full story in Crain’s Detroit Business I have spent nearly three decades increasing awareness of the high cost of lawsuit abuse and America’s deeply flawed personal injury system. It’s plagued by exploitative practices and bad actors who take advantage of victims while inflating costs for families, consumers, and businesses. Aggressive marketing,…

Full story in Fox News By Rep. Mike Collins Cornelius Garrison was murdered in New Orleans in 2020. He had been cooperating with federal authorities investigating a crash-for-cash insurance fraud scheme. For years, Garrison helped stage car crashes, directing participants to purposefully crash into trucks with the hopes of extracting a settlement from their companies. He would then funnel the passengers…

Full article in Sacramento Business Journal By Julian Cañete Californians are subsidizing a multibillion-dollar industry that’s profiting at their own expense. And many don’t even realize it’s happening. The state allows for excessively large damages to be awarded in personal injury lawsuits, primarily in medical malpractice suits — damages to such great extents that they…

Full story in Florida Politics By Jeff Brandes For decades, Florida’s legal system functioned like that broken stoplight. Lawsuits — many of them questionable at best — flooded the courts. Insurance premiums soared. Businesses passed those costs along to consumers. Families struggled to keep up. It was a quiet crisis, hiding in plain sight. Then…

By Caleb Hutchins Full story in AccessWDUN A local U.S. representative is leading a push to create a federal task force to combat staged vehicle accident fraud. Republican Rep. Mike Collins (GA-10) co-signed the letter to U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi along with six other Republican representatives from Florida, Michigan, Texas and Wisconsin. The letter…

Full story in the Southeast Texas Record Dr. Jay Barrash, a neurosurgeon affiliated with the Texas Heart Institute, expressed concerns over patients being exploited through unnecessary and overpriced procedures linked to litigation schemes. He hopes that proposed reforms will address this issue. “What I’m seeing is appalling,” said Barrash. “I am seeing unnecessary medical care,…

By Paul Renner Full Story in the Wall Street Journal Floridians have faced major increases in their homeowners and automobile insurance premiums in recent years. At the same time, Florida ranked as one of the worst states in the country for lawsuit abuse, with our courts flooded by frivolous claims. This was no coincidence. Our…

By Patrick Gleason Full article in Forbes Georgia Governor Brian Kemp (R) has spent the first weeks of spring taking multiple victory laps following a legislative session that concluded with the enactment of top policy priorities. On April 21, for example, one week after approving legislation to accelerate state income tax cuts, Kemp signed into law…