Applying evidence in fraudulent claims. How these cases are decided will have a potentially far-ranging impact on American citizens, insurers and personal-injury litigation from coast to coast. (Photo: Shutterstock)

Americans often jest about the differences between our right (East) and left (West) coasts and their differing impacts on American culture, lifestyles and politics. Civil cases pending in California and New York could have lasting impact on automobile personal-injury litigation if the decisions percolate into other jurisdictions, often called fly-over states.

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