I re-read Dr. King’s Letter from Birmingham Jail every year at this time. My kids are then subjected to yet another missive from dad – it hits me differently every year….
With a new year comes, new years resolutions, and one of the most common new years resolutions is to lose weight and get healthy. Unfortunately in the desire to look skinny, people sometimes go…
My partner, Pete Mackey, recently posted a blog about how we evaluate cases to determine whether we can represent someone in lawsuit. Nursing home abuse cases are unique. Often the resident has…
When you sue an insurance company for failing to pay your medical bills, chances are that your lawsuit will be governed by the Employees Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. That Act was…
Senators will vote on the Lilly Ledbetter bill when it comes for a final Senate vote in the very near future. The bill supports equal pay for equal work by removing a loophole that has allowed…
UnitedHealth’s $350,000,000 settlement is not enough money, says a lawyer for some of the plaintiffs in that case: “We believe the amount agreed to is inadequate and does not reflect as…
UnitedHealth Group entered into a $350,000,000 settlement of three class actions on behalf of the American Medical Association, health plan members, healthcare providers and state medical societies….
The UnitedHealth settlement with the state of New York has been hailed as a boon for healthcare plan subscribers who want to use doctors aho are not part of their network. Perhaps it is not all that…
UnitedHealth Group has agreed to settle a case filed by the New York Attorney General’s office. That lawsuit, filed in the spring of 2008, accused the health care giant of defrauding its members by…
The bailout for the financial industry has been somewhat of a mystery to me. I have been busy with work and have not been able to delve into the details. So … watching from afar, I am not sure…
Hospitals around the country were scrambling to put new programs in place to prevent pressure ulcers after the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced in May 2008 that starting…
George Will’s recent op-ed piece, Exploding Litigation Means the death of Common Sense, lacks a key ingredient – a basis in fact. Mr. Will, generally a stickler for detail, offers only anecdotal…