Legal News & Injury Law Trends

Coronavirus Insurance Issues

My apologies for my less than frequent blog post. One of the things I intend to do during this very uncertain and unsteady time is to blog about some of the issues we’ve been dealing with recently.. I hesitate to send this first post on…

By Jeffrey Liggio

/ 28 Mar 2020

Grammar! How verb tense won a health insurance lawsuit!

Many “trial lawyers” crow about how much money they make for themselves and their clients. We’re not of that ilk. Every case is important to the client, and for us. Let me tell you about a recent case of ours that I’m just tickled about.…

By Jeffrey Liggio

/ 13 Jun 2018

Grammar! How verb tense won a health insurance lawsuit!

Our Force Placed Insurance Class Action. When lenders want to protect their interest in vehicles.

Let me begin by apologizing for the very long delay in blog posts…..I’m a busy, practicing Trial Lawyer, who occasionally blogs, and not a professional blogger who ghosts writes a blog….. Still I’ll try to post more often. Yesterday, the New York Times published a…

By Jeffrey Liggio

/ 28 Jul 2017

Our Force Placed Insurance Class Action. When lenders want to protect their interest in vehicles.

Reverse Mortgage problems… the issues are ongoing

I posted about Reverse Mortgages two weeks ago. We received some excellent and helpful e-mails in response, as well as several comments here on the Legal Examiner. One of those comments suggests that our information is old and outdated. Actually that is simply not true….. …

By Jeffrey Liggio

/ 20 Mar 2016

Reverse Mortgage problems… the issues are ongoing

Reverse Mortgages and Mortgage Servicing: What we continue to learn is disturbing

Last September, I posted about reverse mortgages here. We agreed to represent our client, Mrs. Gravlin 4 days before the trial was scheduled in the foreclosure action. She had a reverse mortgage, they were foreclosing on her (despite what you might have seen on TV…

By Jeffrey Liggio

/ 28 Feb 2016

Reverse Mortgages and Mortgage Servicing: What we continue to learn is disturbing

The Very Real Threat of Medical Bankruptcy in America

I’ve been meaning to comment on this timely and recent New York Times article: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/06/upshot/lost-jobs-houses-savings-even-insured-often-face-crushing-medical-debt.html?_r=0 The article in turn refers to this joint Kaiser Family Foundation/New York Times Survey: http://kff

By Jeffrey Liggio

/ 12 Feb 2016

The Very Real Threat of Medical Bankruptcy in America

Continental Airbags Class Action

Several weeks ago, our terrific team, filed suit on behalf of 2008 – 2010 Honda Accord Owners regarding their Airbag systems (SRS). This system is not a Takata system, but is instead manufactured by Continental. We learned today that the issue is not limited to…

By Jeffrey Liggio

/ 4 Feb 2016

Ruminations on advertising and being a fiduciary

I’ve been doing a lot of driving lately, to Jacksonville, Orlando, Miami, Tampa… and it seems that in every major city, there are the same billboards, showing some smiling individual with the tag line that their lawyer got them X number of dollars! Of course…

By Jeffrey Liggio

/ 3 Feb 2016

Ruminations on advertising and being a fiduciary

Honor and Mendacity, the yang and yin of doing things right

If you haven’t taken the time to go and watch “The Big Short” movie, you really ought to. It is thought provoking, true, informative, and it will make you angry. (The acting, and the directing are beyond top notch). Like many folks, for me, this…

By Jeffrey Liggio

/ 30 Dec 2015

Honor and Mendacity, the yang and yin of doing things right

Random and contrasting thoughts on attitudes and justice

Not every post is about what cases we’re winning, losing, or simply struggling with. This past week I’ve spent a good deal of time simply ruminating about two opposite but telling things I’ve read. Let me share them with you: First, last week, I received…

By Jeffrey Liggio

/ 4 Oct 2015

Medical Bill balance billing

Here’s the scenario: You get healthcare, you give the healthcare provider your insurance card (automobile insurance after an accident, or health insurance/HMO otherwise). The insurance company/HMO pays the provider what it wants to pay (that determination is another subject completely!) Now you get

By Jeffrey Liggio

/ 3 Oct 2015

Reverse Mortgages…. remember the old saying, if it sounds too good to be true…..??

Robert Wagner, Fred Thompson, Henry Winkler…. those TV commercials pitching reverse mortgages… What could go wrong? Actually, a lot: New York Times CBS News Consumer’s Union (PDF) Recently we’ve agreed to help Mrs. Gravlin who was placed into foreclosure as a result of a reverse mortgage.…

By Jeffrey Liggio

/ 4 Sep 2015