This fraud is aided and abetted by a judiciary that refuses to its job as a gatekeeper. Rarely do cases get dismissed when they should be, and even rarer is the imposition on a plaintiff’s attorney for bringing a frivolous claim. As long as the money spigot is without a handle the fraud will continue, and the insurance buying public will foot the bill.
How about insurance companies quit using quack doctors for IMEs and forcing their clients into litigation on legitimate claims? How about insurance companies either producing that mythical document that equates property damage to bodily injury?
This fraud is aided and abetted by a judiciary that refuses to its job as a gatekeeper. Rarely do cases get dismissed when they should be, and even rarer is the imposition on a plaintiff’s attorney for bringing a frivolous claim. As long as the money spigot is without a handle the fraud will continue, and the insurance buying public will foot the bill.
How about making the ambulance chasers pay all court costs plus a hefty fine for bringing frivolous actions that have no merit.
How about insurance companies quit using quack doctors for IMEs and forcing their clients into litigation on legitimate claims? How about insurance companies either producing that mythical document that equates property damage to bodily injury?
So do you think it is fine that a PD claim with a scratch on a bumper is worth a $25,000 settlement for BI?