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re: US District Court in NOLA has stayed a bunch of civil cases where fraud has been alleged.
Posted on 8/22/19 at 3:44 pm to FearTheFish
Posted on 8/22/19 at 3:44 pm to FearTheFish
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You going to eliminate subrogation as well? Because insurers that paid are going to want to recoup the money.
The plaintiff's hooked up with the mill attorneys do not use their health insurance (if they even have any). They go to the attorneys' doctors of choice. The doctor bills the attorney and agrees to collect at the end of the case. The case settles up, then the attorney pays the doctor, after negotiating a nice reduction.
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Posted on 8/22/19 at 5:17 pm to arseinclarse
quote:Nerd.
Legal arguments should be reserved for courtrooms.
quote:Ok fair point. I actually did bookmark because I’m interested in seeing how this plays out and what facts come to light.
Let's post what we learn about the investigation here.
Posted on 8/22/19 at 5:21 pm to chinhoyang
There are a lot more jury trials in Texas but not “everything”. The two year SOL provides a pretty big window to settle.
This post was edited on 8/22/19 at 5:22 pm
Posted on 8/22/19 at 6:21 pm to FearTheFish
quote:Why does subro even come up?
You going to eliminate subrogation as well?
Posted on 8/22/19 at 7:31 pm to Slippy
If they are staging accidents then I hope they nail everyone involved.
Posted on 8/22/19 at 8:18 pm to Barrister
I get the impression this started with looking into staged accidents and then a lot of other stuff was uncovered.
Posted on 11/7/19 at 5:00 pm to Dizz
Drip drip.
LINK
LINK
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Five people were indicted last month in a federal fraud case, accused of “staging” an accident with an 18-wheeler in New Orleans East.
It was a breakthrough case, but the trucking industry believes authorities have just scratched the surface of a loosely organized group of local con artists who have plagued them for years.
The U.S. Attorney’s office accused the defendants of plotting the accident in advance, intentionally side-swiping a freight truck, then filing a lawsuit claiming injuries.
A fifth defendant, Damian Labeaud, is accused of orchestrating the accident.
The attorney who filed the lawsuit, Daniel Patrick Keating, is referred to in the indictment as ‘Attorney A.’ The indictment accuses him of paying Labeaud at a meeting shortly after the accident.
In the civil lawsuit Keating filed in the case, he revealed by defense attorneys as being on the phone with Labeaud shortly before and after the accident. WWL-TV confirmed that the phone number listed for Keating is, in fact, his cell phone.
In one accident case from 2015, for example, four people sued after claiming to be hit by a truck turning into the Big Easy Truck Stop on Old Gentilly Road.
The police accident report shows that the driver and three passengers claimed no injuries. The officer cited only minor damage to the car, and not even a scratch on the truck. He also cited the driver of the car with two tickets and arrested her.
But when a lawsuit was filed by the driver and her passengers nine months later, they claimed “severe and disabling injuries.”
Defense attorneys in the lawsuit tried to show that the plaintiffs, along with their friends and relatives, had previously filed a series of truck accident lawsuits at the exact same location. The two accident law firms who handled the case – the King Firm and Arnona Rose Law Firm – had filed many of those nearly identical suits.
As the case approached a trial date, attorneys for the trucking company asked for permission to show their evidence at trial. Orleans Parish Civil District Court Judge Piper Griffin denied their request, ruling that fraud claims had to be presented in a separate trial to avoid tainting the jury.
The case was settled out-of-court shortly afterward.
Posted on 11/8/19 at 2:41 pm to Havoc
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Drip drip.
Posted on 11/8/19 at 8:47 pm to SlackMaster
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I’ve yet to see a good argument for why collateral source being done away with. Why should the tortfeasor get off lighter because the plaintiff had insurance
Why should someone get a windfall from an accident, Gordon?
Posted on 11/8/19 at 8:58 pm to SlackMaster
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Hopefully the PR on this, plus a new governor, will finally get tort reform passed in Louisiana. Our tort laws are ridiculous.
What do you disagree with about our tort laws?
Posted on 11/8/19 at 9:05 pm to SlackMaster
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These three would go a LONG way toward reducing our insurance rates, which are nearly the highest in the nation so that we can feed Gordon & his friends.
Meanwhile the owner of a LA insurance company is buying a 146 ft yacht with a 30 person staff. And that’s before the next wave of tort reform.
We have among the highest rates of insurance because of a string of bought and paid for insurance commissioners.
Have a child or other loved one killed or maimed for life by some a-hole texting and driving and then you’ve earned the right to talk about tort reform.
Posted on 11/8/19 at 9:46 pm to TheFranchise
quote:We found the plaintiff attorney.
We have among the highest rates of insurance because of a string of bought and paid for insurance commissioners.
Have a child or other loved one killed or maimed for life by some a-hole texting and driving and then you’ve earned the right to talk about tort reform.
Posted on 11/8/19 at 9:59 pm to Slippy
Hit and Run!
Posted on 11/8/19 at 10:10 pm to TheFranchise
If you think insurance rates are going to fall appreciably if “tort reform” is enacted, I’ve got a bridge in Brooklyn I’d like to sell you. Hit me up.
Posted on 11/8/19 at 10:28 pm to Slippy
Heard a lot about this during the week. Seems like the “biggest” name is involved as well. The feds have been on this for a while and have uncovered an entire cottage industry of fraudulent claims involving an entire system of corrupt entities.
Posted on 11/8/19 at 10:35 pm to Picayuner
WWL's Chick Foret has been working on this story with the Advocate's Mike Perlstein and he started receiving death and physical safety threats by people associated with this ring for his investigative work.
"Donald Chick Foret
@chickforet
I know we are on to something because in the last 24 hrs. I have received a disturbing phone call, nasty text messages and one physical threat against me made to a 3rd party. All of this will make
@MikePerlstein
and I work harder to expose the problems associated with this issue."
"Donald Chick Foret
@chickforet
I know we are on to something because in the last 24 hrs. I have received a disturbing phone call, nasty text messages and one physical threat against me made to a 3rd party. All of this will make
@MikePerlstein
and I work harder to expose the problems associated with this issue."
This post was edited on 11/8/19 at 10:41 pm
Posted on 11/8/19 at 10:45 pm to Picayuner
Hopefully the Feds roll them up and Rispone beats JBE.
That 1-2 punch could send the trial lawyers reeling for a while.
That 1-2 punch could send the trial lawyers reeling for a while.
Posted on 11/9/19 at 10:27 am to teke184
https://www.wwltv.com/article/news/investigations/mike-perlstein/highway-robbery-part-three/289-8dc47385-df0f-4cbf-b2fc-0b220cb152c5
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"With Motta actively enrolled in five of those cases, many in the legal community are wondering how an attorney fresh out of laws school landed so many complex and potentially lucrative cases so quickly.
“How does someone just out of law school, and I say just three years ago out of law school, accumulate all of these same type cases?” Foret asked."
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"With Motta actively enrolled in five of those cases, many in the legal community are wondering how an attorney fresh out of laws school landed so many complex and potentially lucrative cases so quickly.
“How does someone just out of law school, and I say just three years ago out of law school, accumulate all of these same type cases?” Foret asked."
This post was edited on 11/9/19 at 10:29 am
Posted on 11/9/19 at 10:33 am to REG861
There is more coming on this very soon, I think. There are some people who aren't sleeping well right now.
Oh, did you notice that Motta and Alfortish have hired "Mr. Ethics" Dane Ciolino to represent them? Weird.
Oh, did you notice that Motta and Alfortish have hired "Mr. Ethics" Dane Ciolino to represent them? Weird.
This post was edited on 11/9/19 at 10:34 am
Posted on 11/9/19 at 10:35 am to Havoc
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In one accident case from 2015, for example, four people sued after claiming to be hit by a truck turning into the Big Easy Truck Stop on Old Gentilly Road.
The police accident report shows that the driver and three passengers claimed no injuries. The officer cited only minor damage to the car, and not even a scratch on the truck. He also cited the driver of the car with two tickets and arrested her.
See. How is it that you can cause the crash but then file against the person you hit to cause it?
That’s like starting a fight then suing the other person because you broke your hand on their face.
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