Money Matters The U.S. insurance industry has trillions of dollars in assets, enjoying average profits of more than $30 billion a year. America’s insurance companies have consistently tried to deny claims, delay payments, confuse consumers, and retroactively refuse anyone who may cost them money. Corless Barfield Trial Group is a trial-ready team with experience litigating […]
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Community Management Association: Property Insurance Basics
Being on the Board of Directors for a Community Managed Association, a Homeowner’s Association, or any other kind of multi-unit dwelling in Florida means making decisions about insurance coverage or how to handle an insurance dispute for multiple units. It may be one of most significant things you will ever be asked to examine. Call […]
Who Is Responsible When a Self-Driving Car Has an Accident?
The Problem As new self-driving technologies develop, offering consumers self-driving cars, trains, buses, and drones, what are the liability issues when an accident occurs with an autonomous vehicle? The chief question to answer is who will be responsible for the accident? Is it … the manufacturer of the self-driving car; the person riding in the […]
Is Your Insurance Company Driving You Insane?
Your home and your business are likely two of your biggest assets. When those assets are damaged by water, wind, fire, storms, sinkholes, business interruption losses, or another unfortunate circumstance, you need an insurance claims attorney to fight for what is rightfully yours. The attorneys at Corless Barfield Trial Group will work to obtain the […]
Business Intelligence: The Basics of Commercial Property Insurance Claims
When a catastrophic loss occurs, a business owner’s first impulse may be to mitigate the loss and resume operations as quickly as possible. However, settling a commercial property insurance claim is a complex undertaking and accepting an insurance adjuster’s opinions or an insurance company’s offer of settlement without investigation or review can lead to a […]
Sinkhole Season: Know Your Rights
Last week, the ground cracked open in front of a South Florida gated community. Firefighters arrived at Cooper City’s Biltmore Grove just after 1:30 p.m. AT&T subcontractors had apparently busted a water main during an excavation outside the neighborhood, and the rupture caused water to flow from the roadway and created a sinkhole measuring about […]
From TampaBay.com: Editorial: Why should Citizens policyholders need their state lawmaker to get claims resolved?
Citizens Property Insurance wisely ended its long-running fight with a Palm Harbor condominium association with a good resolution that finally will allow the homeowners to make needed sinkhole repairs. But the settlement only came about because an in… Read More […]
Construction Law: More Lawsuits Filed Over Miami Bridge Collapse
It has been a little more than a month since a bridge collapsed over a busy Southwest Eighth Street in a Miami suburb, killing six people and injuring others. There continues to be many questions about the cause of the incident on March 15, 2018 near the Sweetwater campus of Florida International University. The $14.2 […]
Personal Injury Claims for Ridesharing Accidents
The expansion of ridesharing companies like Uber and Lyft in Florida, and the emergence of self-driving cars are poised to transform personal injury law and the insurance industry. As the Sunshine State continues to attract millions of visitors and new residents each year, it is no surprise Florida has embraced ridesharing as a key transportation […]