Saving You Money For Life

Las Vegas is number one in the nation in personal injury lawsuits, and the FBI is reportedly trying to find out why. Federal authorities want to know if local attorneys are conspiring with doctors to manipulate the disposition of personal injury awards, which, if true, contributes to the ever spiraling cost of health insurance.

Hundreds of millions of dollars in personal injury awards have allegedly been generated by a particular group of 7 lawyers and at least 16 doctors. Federal investigators continue to probe the case and aren’t commenting much.

The Nevada Insurance Council has been making noise about this issue for some time. Spokesman Bob Feldman said, “I am aware they were conducting a rather thorough investigation.” Feldman says he and other Nevada insurance professionals have been raising this matter with law enforcement for years and that he hopes the FBI is taking a hard look. For every 100 property damage cases in Clark County, he says, nearly half become personal injury cases.

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