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  When is enough not really enough? As I write this, please forgive me as I am not of sound mind. For what seems the millionth time someone has just told they have “FULL COVERAGE” on their insurance policy. Here is the thing and I will bet the, albeit quaint […]

Candles, Clothes Dryers, Cooking — All Accidents Waiting To Happen Without Care, Caution Fire is one of earth’s four basic elements, but when it damages your home, it loses some of its beauty as a thing of nature. House fires are more common than they should be and often result […]

Floridians need real help on insurance issues from our legislature and governor and it is not in the area of flood insurance premiums. Floridians need help with insurers who want to accept all the favorable legislation they can get (see our articles on PIP and sinkhole coverage), they want to […]

While the Ford Motor Company seems to be enjoying record stockholder interest the company has just announced it is recalling 33,000 of its 2013 C-Max model automobiles. According to a report in The Washington Post, the problem is that occupants may be subjected to more than an acceptable risk of traumatic head injury in a crash.

I have written about this case before. This is a case where two central Florida CVS pharmacies were filling highly suspect prescriptions for powerful pain medications for patients, including for non- Florida residents. The facts of this case were egregious and no serious effort to stop financially lucrative and improper […]

A read a very interesting article in the Atlantic highlighting the new Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine study recently published in the British Medical Journal’s Quality and Safety Journal. I must give these folks credit for the candor in what one could argue is an embarrassing finding for the […]

Having been in the legal and insurance industry for 30 years now, I have reasonably good insight on what really does go on, but I can simply not help being surprised and disturbed by how far corporate America is willing to go. Even when dealing with the health, life and […]

I read this recent USA Today article in total disbelief. The article talks about the shortage of truck drivers, and the industry’s attempts at shifting the problem onto that yucky little issue called “safety.” Apparently, when the federal government actually began posting safety ratings, the industry started to think it might be wise to consider, […]

According to the USA Today General Motors has recalled over 470,000 Chevy Cruzes built between September 2011 and May of 2012. Apparently a design issue allowing a plastic shield below the engine catches and retains oil and other flammable drippings. So far over 30 fires have been reported, but fortunately no […]

If you are a dog lover and owner, as I am, you know many times dogs and breeds get a bad rap when a dog bite story hits the news wire. We tend to generalize about breeds and sizes of dogs that are particularly, we think, dangerous. While this may […]