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Viral staged crash on NYC’s Belt Parkway probed by NYPD — as experts warn accident fraud cases are on the rise
Read more: Viral staged crash on NYC’s Belt Parkway probed by NYPD — as experts warn accident fraud cases are on the riseThe NYPD is investigating the disturbing staged accident on the Belt Parkway that went viral on TikTok — as experts said such insurance scams are on the rise in New York because fraudsters are “getting away with it.” A police spokesperson said Tuesday that detectives have interviewed victim Ashpia Natasha about the Oct. 16 caught-on-dashcam crash, in…
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Strippers And Settlements: Inside The Hard-Partying World Of America’s Wildest Lawsuits
Read more: Strippers And Settlements: Inside The Hard-Partying World Of America’s Wildest LawsuitsMike Papantonio is an evangelist for the gospel of mass torts. The 70-year-old shares the good news with his flock twice a year at the Wynn Las Vegas during the raucous Mass Torts Made Perfect conference. “You’re going to do well financially doing it,” he tells his lawyers, “but you’re also going to do something…
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MS-13, Russian mobsters use migrants in elaborate injury scam — even getting spinal surgery to pull it off: sources
Read more: MS-13, Russian mobsters use migrants in elaborate injury scam — even getting spinal surgery to pull it off: sourcesIt’s the melting pot of all scams. Russian gangsters, MS-13 members, and a cadre of corrupt surgeons, lawyers and lenders are pulling off the latest big con in the city: bogus personal-injury lawsuits where immigrants go under the knife to help their twisted ruse. Migrants and other desperate New Yorkers are pressured into getting unneeded spinal fusion surgery…
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NJ Law Firm Sued For Allegedly Botching Med Mal Action
Read more: NJ Law Firm Sued For Allegedly Botching Med Mal ActionNew Jersey law firm Bramnick Rodriguez Grabas Arnold & Mangan LLC has been hit a legal malpractice lawsuit in state court from a former client alleging the firm botched a medical…
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How personal injury lawyers took over your TV
Read more: How personal injury lawyers took over your TVDrive down any highway in America or turn on the TV for 10 minutes and you’ll probably see an advertisement for a personal injury lawyer. “Hurt in car crash? Injured on the job? Slipped in the store? Call this lawyer to get compensated now,” a typical ad for a plaintiff’s personal injury attorney goes. A…
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Crash Course: Injured Patients Who Sign ‘Letters of Protection’ May Face Huge Medical Bills and Risks
Read more: Crash Course: Injured Patients Who Sign ‘Letters of Protection’ May Face Huge Medical Bills and RisksJean Louis-Charles couldn’t afford spine surgery to ease nagging neck and back pain after a car crash. So he signed a document, promising to pay the bill with money he hoped to get from a lawsuit against the driver who caused the collision. That never happened. Louis-Charles, 68, died hours after the operation at a…
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Majority of US States Block Juries’ Access to True Medical Costs
Read more: Majority of US States Block Juries’ Access to True Medical CostsJury verdicts across the country continue to rise, with payout amounts increasing 51.7% annually from 2010 to 2018 while overall inflation grew only 1.7%. As trial lawyers flock to file lawsuits in the wake of the pandemic, the U.S. is poised to hold onto its reputation as the most litigious country in the world, and our $373.1 billion…
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Who Wins in a Personal-Injury Lawsuit? It Can Be the Doctor.
Read more: Who Wins in a Personal-Injury Lawsuit? It Can Be the Doctor.Some doctors treating accident victims are taking a page from plaintiffs’ lawyers, agreeing to get paid only after a lawsuit wraps up. The arrangements can mean higher fees for doctors than they would get from insurance companies—although critics say it can expose victims to large bills if their lawsuits don’t succeed.