John Morgan isnt a Democrat anymore and Dan Newlin is MAGA now anyways, they are going to have to find new guys to be mad at soon. It will probably come back full circle to where suing people is good again for right-wingers.
insurers across the world have taken advantage of the amount of catastrophes to raise rates across the globe. Why do you think Buffett bought Chubb?
My sister-in-law is a PI attorney and I know first hand how the system works, having dealt with this when my 17-year old son was in an auto accident a year ago. Keep sending him to my firm's chiropractor until they find something - we need this to make a claim. My son had no injuries and wouldn't lie no matter how his aunt tried to pitch it to him. It's disgusting how the profession operates. Apparently this FIU professor agrees with you also. The big reason Florida insurance companies are failing isn’t just hurricane risk – it’s fraud and lawsuits | FIU News - Florida International University
Indeed. It's a big racket. On auto accidents the usual method is to bill up to the no-fault $10,000 PI limit, regardless if the victim really needs the chiro or not. The insurers don't even challenge most claims anymore.
another day, another illegal law from desi and the gang stricken down by the courts Trans state employees win court victory against a Ron DeSantis law banning their care (msn.com) Last week, a federal judge overturned Florida’s restrictions on gender-affirming care for state employees, referring to the insurance program in the state as “facially discriminatory.” “Our clients dedicated their careers to bettering Florida, and in return they were denied coverage of essential medical care needed to better their own lives,” said Samantha Past, a staff attorney with the ACLU of Florida, in a statement celebrating the ruling. Judge Mark Walker of the District Court for the Northern District of Florida, Tallahassee Division, stated in his ruling that the restrictions are a Title VII violation. Title VII is a provision of the 1964 Civil Rights Act that restricts discrimination on the basis of protected characteristics, including race, sex, religion, and national origin. In 2020, the Supreme Court ruled that Title VII applies to anti-LGBTQ+ job discrimination because such discrimination is impossible without taking sex into account. “Here, the undisputed facts demonstrate that the challenged exclusions apply only to transgender members, as only transgender individuals would seek the gender-affirming treatment that is excluded from coverage. Here, Plaintiffs are seeking gender-affirming treatment for their gender dysphoria, therefore the challenged exclusions apply to them because they are transgender… According to [Lange v. Houston Cnty., Ga.], this amounts to a facially discriminatory employer action under Title VII,” Walker said in the ruling.
Yet, after passing legislation to deal with that issue, our rates continue to skyrocket. As I said, y'all are going to have to find another scapegoat. The Florida Legislature stuck it to attorneys, yet we're still getting screwed over. Meanwhile, Florida's own report didn't mention litigation as a major factor in the rate increases: Head Scratcher? Claims Litigation Not Named as Major Factor in Florida Insolvencies Oh, and insurance companies are screwing over people left and right. Good luck finding an attorney now: Insurance giants are ‘stiffing’ customers in Florida, report says And before you try to make some spurious claim, I don't practice insurance or personal injury law. I have no horse in this race, aside from being furious over the insane insurance rates here and our ineffective state government.
Insurers are not good actors either though. Will an insurer ever just cover a loss fully and honestly? Seems like part of the game is to minimize payouts. We got hit hard by Ian and had some water come in. Concrete tile roof with dozens of tiles knocked off, soffits blown off in some spots. The amount their “estimator” initially offered was absolutely laughable. I think like $1500 for soffits, and the funniest thing on their estimate was “reset tiles on roof - $0” when almost all the tiles that were blown off were broken (technically i think a few were sitting on the roof intact). But even under the hypothetical the leak could be repaired and tiles “reset”, I’m pretty sure no roofer is going to do that for free. They were obviously just trying to keep it under the deductible so as to pay nothing.
Another example of current UF leadership too enthusiastically enforcing one of DeSantis's culture war laws? A big chunk of professors flunked UF post-tenure review
the accreditation boards will be looking hard at UF now. we might get booted. 100% of fsu professors pass, 80% of UF professors pass...seems like a highly subjective process and if you stay in line politically you pass. this highlighted text struck me. About one-fifth of reviewed professors failed to pass muster or gave up defending their tenure.
I talked to a close friend, and this friend said that the requirements are arbitrary and actually set back the scholarly work they want to do. They were asked to take on a major and very prestigious assignment by a national body and had to pass because UF's tenure review productivity guidelines prioritize quantity over quality.
Noteworthy that the preliminary report stated that President Sasse could have changed their scores. Given FSU's history with academic scandals, are they also fixing faculty grades?
I doubt it. If they encouraged him to step aside, it was more likely due to dysfunction at the top, not these sorts of policies that require getting into the weeds and listening to people who aren't conservative Republicans.
I would think that failing to keep 20% of your tenured faculty that got you a top 5 rating would be at the top of the weed pile and very symptomatic of dysfunction at the top but that is jmo
Maybe. Or they think that he was successful in chasing out the lazy, unproductive academics and the woke Marxists.
$8M for Beckhams stadium, but vetoed $2.2M to feed underprivileged children. smdh refusing to match and losing millions in federal funding...cheating florida taxpayers to advance his personal agenda. he really is a pos DeSantis Uses $8M of Florida Taxpayer Money to Subsidize Beckham's Stadium While Denying $2.2M for Hungry Children (msn.com) In a move that has raised eyebrows and ignited controversy, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis recently announced an $8 million infrastructure grant for Miami Freedom Park, the upcoming stadium for Major League Soccer’s Inter Miami. Set to open in 2026, the stadium will benefit from state funds earmarked for constructing a road around the 25,000-seat facility near Miami International Airport. The grant comes from Florida's Job Growth Grant Fund, which is designed to support infrastructure projects that promise to boost economic development. While the state is willing to invest millions in a sports venue, a parallel story of neglect is unfolding for Florida’s vulnerable children. Despite the state's significant food insecurity crisis, with nearly 3 million Floridians facing hunger, including over 800,000 children. Governor DeSantis opted out of a federal program designed to alleviate summer hunger for low-income children. The Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) program, fully funded by the federal government, would have provided $120 per child over the summer months when school meals are unavailable. The $2.5 billion program, created by Congress, was intended to help low-income families cover the cost of groceries during the summer. Families earning up to 185% of the federal poverty level could have received assistance through EBT cards, usable at SNAP-participating stores. Despite the clear benefits, Florida, along with 12 other Republican-led states, rejected the program. The state’s refusal was justified by concerns over administrative costs and an aversion to what the administration termed “welfare expansion.”
