Appeals Court Eliminates PIP Baggage

The problem with the law these days is that anyone can seemingly sue anyone else over absolutely nothing. The courts say that their dockets are full of people suing over small items and that it becomes tiresome to try and wade through what is a valid claim and what is not. However, a court in Florida has decided that they have some control over the amount of people suing and has rendered a judgment saying exactly that.
 
The court was dealing with several lawsuits as related to auto insurance and PIP protection on those auto insurance policies. The courts decided that a person could not sue their auto insurance company for not giving them an explanation of benefits on their personal injury protection claim. The judges said that these were “frivolous” lawsuits that were taking up their time.
 
The courts will now be cleared of these lawsuits against the auto insurance companies. Many applauded the move by the courts and they said that many times people sued their auto insurance companies simply so they could get their attorney’s fees paid. They are saying that this will enable them to see which auto insurance claims are actually due and payable and which ones are not.
 
Others said that this was a misinterpretation of the law at best and that these citizens had every right under the law to sue their auto insurance companies. They said that the only reason these auto insurance companies were being sued was because they were not providing their clients with the information that they needed – and refused to do so.

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