By Guest Author Teresa Kenyon, Esq. – Director of Lien Resolution for Synergy Settlement Services When handling a third-party liability case and you know your client had health insurance that paid the medical expenses, should you check to see if there is a lien interest…
A Kansas couple recently filed a new paraquat lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois. They claim that the husband, after being exposed to the herbicide paraquat, developed Parkinson’s disease. They seek compensatory and punitive damages. On June 7, 2021,…
By Guest Author, Evelynn Passino, J.D. – Executive Director of Settlement Solutions National Pooled Trust A person who has both Medicare and Medicaid is commonly referred to as being “dual-eligible.” If you have a client who is dual-eligible, there are special planning considerations which may…
As freeing as driving a motorcycle can be, statistics don’t lie. Of the more than 36,000 motor vehicle fatalities in 2019, 5,014 were motorcyclists. That same year, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) estimated that motorcyclists were almost 29 times more likely to be…
Personal watercraft like jet skis are one of the country’s most favored forms of recreation activities in the open water, usually linked to high adrenaline, beach-partying fun. Every year, the number of jet skis out on the country’s oceans, lakes, and rivers, keeps on increasing.…
Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon has encouraged insurers to pay evacuation expenses for those affected by Hurricane Ida. Last month, the storm battered the state, causing billions of dollars in damage and killing dozens of people. Thousands of Louisiana residents chose to drive away from…
For a few years now, Apple has been developing and rolling out health and fitness focused apps. With its most recent operating system update, the tech giant is now offering enhanced wellness-centered features. One of the major updates allows the sharing of a user’s health…
Hospital staff shortages are causing at hospitals to close beds. In Michigan, two of the largest health systems, Beaumont Health and Henry Ford Health System, have recently announced closure of a combined 300 beds, 180 and 120 respectively. The national shortage of staff, in particular…
In a newly filed paraquat lawsuit, a Michigan man claims to have developed Parkinson’s disease after being exposed to the herbicide. He blames the manufacturers for his condition and seeks compensatory and punitive damages. The case is now pending in the U.S. District Court for…
In June 2021, Medtronic abruptly discontinued its HeartWare Heart Ventricular Assist Device pump system. The company notified physicians to stop implanting the system and to transition to an alternative option. Medtronic had recalled the system several times over the years amid reports of malfunctions and…
Each year, distracted driving is the cause of hundreds of thousands of accidents nationwide. In Texas alone, there were 80,000 car crashes involving distracted drivers in 2020 – drivers who were talking, browsing, or texting on their cell phone, eating, reading, adjusting the radio and…
The most recent period of scandal involving Catholic clergy and the sexual abuse of minors began after the reporting of the Boston Globe in 2002. The daily barrage of investigative articles on numerous priests of the Archdiocese of Boston engaging in criminal abuse of children…
While countless Louisiana residents were able to protect themselves and their families at home during Hurricane Ida or evacuated to safer, higher ground, the state’s more vulnerable population, including aging seniors living in nursing homes, were forced to rely on others for protection from the…
