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  • October 23, 2024

    Viral staged crash on NYC’s Belt Parkway probed by NYPD — as experts warn accident fraud cases are on the rise

    The 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…

    Read more: Viral staged crash on NYC’s Belt Parkway probed by NYPD — as experts warn accident fraud cases are on the rise

  • September 5, 2024

    Strippers And Settlements: Inside The Hard-Partying World Of America’s Wildest Lawsuits

    Mike 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…

    Read more: Strippers And Settlements: Inside The Hard-Partying World Of America’s Wildest Lawsuits

  • June 16, 2024

    MS-13, Russian mobsters use migrants in elaborate injury scam — even getting spinal surgery to pull it off: sources

    It’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…

    Read more: MS-13, Russian mobsters use migrants in elaborate injury scam — even getting spinal surgery to pull it off: sources

  • May 2, 2024

    NJ Law Firm Sued For Allegedly Botching Med Mal Action

    New 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…

    Read more: NJ Law Firm Sued For Allegedly Botching Med Mal Action

  • December 25, 2022

    How personal injury lawyers took over your TV

    Drive 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…

    Read more: How personal injury lawyers took over your TV

  • December 21, 2021

    Crash Course: Injured Patients Who Sign ‘Letters of Protection’ May Face Huge Medical Bills and Risks

    Jean 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…

    Read more: Crash Course: Injured Patients Who Sign ‘Letters of Protection’ May Face Huge Medical Bills and Risks

  • August 25, 2020

    Majority of US States Block Juries’ Access to True Medical Costs

    Jury 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…

    Read more: Majority of US States Block Juries’ Access to True Medical Costs

  • January 8, 2020

    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.

    Read more: Who Wins in a Personal-Injury Lawsuit? It Can Be the Doctor.
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