Re: florida no fault law

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If the accident occurred in Florida, Florida law governs.
Read the insurance policies carefully. They all have a
provision that states they will conform to the laws of the
jurisdiction in which the accident occurred. In the end,
you'll probably be dealing with a bunch of underinsured
people and will have a mess on your hands trying to find
adequate coverage.

As to venue, you're either gonna be in Florida or in the
home states of each of the other drivers. Best bet--do it
all in Florida.

On 7/06/06, christina wrote:
> Automobile accident occurred in Florida. Accident
involved
> 3 non-residents. Liability is clear as middle car was
rear-
> ended and pushed into 1st car. Insurance co. is being
> extremely difficult, e.g. refusing to grant more than 30
> days of rental car coverage despite vehicle not being
> repaired for another 4 to 6 weeks, refusing to tow vehicle
> that was undriveable back to Louisiana, moving the vehicle
> to another location without knowledge or consent of
> insured. The accident victims are from Louisiana and
> Alabama. Louisiana victims are a pregnant female and her
> husband to whom the ins. co. has shown complete disregard
> despite the possibility of miscarriage for the female, her
> inability to take any medication or be treated for any
> injuries due to the pregnancy, injury to the male, and the
> necessity of surgery for the male. The tortfeasor is from
> Tennessee. None of these states are "no fault" states
and,
> therefore, it is likely that nne of the insurance policies
> are conforming to the no fault statute.
>
> I am an atty in Louisiana - which is a fault state.
> Victims were trying to settle issues w/ ins. co. amicably,
> but have not had any cooperation from the ins. co. - which
> I cannot understand at all.... I have reserached this no
> fault issue and come up with a mixed bag....with nothing
> really on point... Can anyone shed some light on this? I
> haven't even gotten to the jurisdictional issues yet...
>
> Thanks in advance.