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... Contact the U.S. postal inspector assigned to the area in which the private postal company is located. If the case seems shady, the postal inspector may be willing to try to help, especially if there's a suspicion that the mails were used by the claimant during the claims process. Q: Many of the dubious claims that come across my desk seem to be using the same attorneys and medical clinics. Do you know where an individual can obtain lists of questionable attorneys and clinics? A: Obviously, due to the tremendous liability potential, private companies won't publish a list of questionable attorneys and medical clinics. I recommend that you talk to adjusters and investigators to see what information they have developed. I've also been told that the NICB is keeping a database of attorneys and medical clinics amassed ... all the files referred to it, and this information can be accessed by its members. Q: Just out of curiosity, how often does surveillance affect settlements of cases before or during a trial? A. That's extremely difficult to answer. I've had cases in which we were requested to show the claimant's attorney our film. On one case, he saw the film and dropped the claim. In other cases, the attorney wants to go to trial even though he or she is aware that we have incriminating film of the client. Recently, we obtained film for a defense firm, which then allowed the film to be used for two other named defendants. Two defendants settled for substantially less than the demand and even advised the attorney that they were settling, in part, because of ...

... Contact the U.S. postal inspector assigned to the area in which the private postal company is located. If the case seems shady, the postal inspector may be willing to try to help, especially if there's a suspicion that the mails were used by the claimant during the claims process. Q: Many of the dubious claims that come across my desk seem to be using the same attorneys and medical clinics. Do you know where an individual can obtain lists of questionable attorneys and clinics? A: Obviously, due to the tremendous liability potential, private companies won't publish a list of questionable attorneys and medical clinics. I recommend that you talk to adjusters and investigators to see what information they have developed. I've also been told that the NICB is keeping a database of attorneys and medical clinics amassed ... all the files referred to it, and this information can be accessed by its members. Q: Just out of curiosity, how often does surveillance affect settlements of cases before or during a trial? A. That's extremely difficult to answer. I've had cases in which we were requested to show the claimant's attorney our film. On one case, he saw the film and dropped the claim. In other cases, the attorney wants to go to trial even though he or she is aware that we have incriminating film of the client. Recently, we obtained film for a defense firm, which then allowed the film to be used for two other named defendants. Two defendants settled for substantially less than the demand and even advised the attorney that they were settling, in part, because of ...