Opportunities for smaller law firms

I follow a number of blogs and today I received an e-mail regarding one of those blogs.  I find Tom Kane's Legal Marketing Blog interesting.  In his post today, he discusses an ABA Journal Online article that says the economic times are creating more opportunities for smaller law firms.  This is very exciting for us smaller firms!

Car Accident -- Part 1

On October 10, 2010, at 12:20 a.m., my vehicle was struck by a drunk driver.  A very drunk driver. In fact, she was over .15 on the Breathalyzer.  I am grateful that my passenger and I were able to walk away from the accident with some minor injuries (our backs and necks are in lots of pain, but no broken bones).  It is also a good thing that I have a safe vehicle.  While I am still waiting to hear what the estimate of damages will be from GEICO, I do know that my car looked 10 times better than the drunk driver's car.  I'd venture to say her car is a total loss.

 This is very interesting, since I am used to assisting my client's through their process.  I now have the "opportunity" (I am trying to be positive here) to experience first hand what my clients experience after they have sustained property damage.  I'll also post some pictures of the property damage in the coming days.  Stay tuned!

Citizens Property Insurance Corp -- has the bad faith bubble popped?

The First District Court of Appeals has ruled that the bad faith lawsuit against Florida's one and only "State Created Insurance Company" continue to trial.  For full details, as well as a copy of the Court's opinion click here.  We have to keep a close eye on this one... it could be a game changer.

For those of you that do not know, Citizens Property Insurance was created by the State and as such, has special protections which  no other insurance company doing business in Florida is afforded.  Why is this important?  Because it means Citizens can do what they want and get away with it.  What?  Yes, unfortunately, there is no law to punish Citizens when they fail to act in a good faith manner.  The case described above might change it all.  Stay tuned....