This whole “defensive medicine” bandwagon that physicians and their associations have pounced on continues to be a bit of a mystery to me. The argument goes that because physicians are so very afraid of being sued, they order tests that are actually unnecessary. First, I have to wonder if the […]
WEST PALM BEACH, FL (August 31, 2011) — 10 lawyers from Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2012. Chris Searcy, Jack Scarola, Greg Barnhart, John Shipley, Chris Speed, Cal Warriner, James Gustafson, Karen Terry, Darryl Lewis and Ed […]
Our law firm has tried eight trials in a row to successful plaintiffs’ verdicts; involving what has become known as the “Engle Progeny Cases”. These cases arise from the “Engle” case tried two decades ago in which juries heard 12 months of evidence and made a series of findings about […]
The new Personal Injury Protection (PIP) legislation being trumpeted by Rick Scott and Kevin McCarty (insurance commissioner) is simply a series of methods to attack a problem by saddling honest consumers with more regulation and less benefit. The claim is that the PIP system is so filled with fraud that […]
