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  • How Does The Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act (“Obamacare”) Affect Injury Claims?
    Most readers would be surprised to learn that the new Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act might have a big affect on injury claims. Right now, hospitals typically have at least two tiers of rates that they charge.   They have a list price that they charge uninsured people.  And then...
  • Personal Injury Claim: What If The Victim Dies Before Bringing A Lawsuit?
    If a person is injured and later dies as a result of a car wreck or other type of accident, then the nature of the claim is changed.  In such a situation, there are two types of claims.  The person's family members may bring a wrongful death lawsuit to seek...
  • A Video Game To Help Head Injuries And Brain Injuries?
    I'm a huge fan of TED, the Technology, Entertainment, & Design conference.  It's an annual event that asks some of the world's most brilliant people to give short speeches on a wide-range of topics.  People pay thousands (or tens of thousands) of dollars to attend live, but most of the...
  • Phases of a Personal Injury Trial
    As we've mentioned previously, one of our goals is to make sure our potential clients and clients know as much as possible about the process so that they can make informed decisions along the way.  We previously discussed the phases of a personal injury claim.  This piece describes the phases...
  • Phases of a Personal Injury Lawsuit
    We're big believers in the idea that clients and potential clients need to know as much as possible about their claims and the claim process so that the clients can make informed decisions when deciding how  to proceed witgh their claims.  One of our repeated conversations is a description of...
  • Stages Of A Claim: The Investigation & Healing Stage
    In most cases, our clients come in to see us shortly after their accident. Both of us have jobs at that point. You have two main jobs:  to get better and to document your injuries.  You get better by going to your medical providers, following their advice, and doing what is necessary to...