By Guest Author Teresa Kenyon, Esq. – Director of Lien Resolution for Synergy Settlement Services In HMS Holdings LLC v Ted A Greve & Associates P.A. et al, 2021 WL 5163308, an ERISA self-funded health plan was denied a temporary restraining order (TRO) on settlement…
By Guest Author Samantha Webster – Director of Case Management for Synergy Settlement Services Settlement – What to Consider for a Medicare Set-Aside (MSA) When settling a case involving a current Medicare beneficiary and before finalizing, it is important to understand what actions need to…
By Guest Author Rasa Fumagalli, J.D., MSCC, CMSP-F – Director of MSP Compliance Services In Penelope Stillwell v State Farm Fire and Casualty Co., et al. case (2021 WL 4427081), a plaintiff attempts to impose primary payer status on a liability insurer post settlement via…
A leak in the 42-year-old Collins (aka Meraux) Pipeline has spilled 300,000 gallons of diesel fuel near a St. Bernard Parish levee east of New Orleans, contaminating the water in two artificial or “borrow” ponds and killing thousands of animals including fish, birds, snakes and…
Catholicism, in what is now the 18th state of the Union, predates Louisiana’s statehood by nearly two centuries. Its culture, religion, and economy have all been deeply influenced by the Catholic Church which were first embedded in this multi-cultural state by Catholic France and Spain.…
Professional football has struggled for decades with a perception that player safety has taken a backseat to profits. The hit 2013 movie and book League of Denial helped elevate and personalize those concerns among the general public, and the NFL has responded by trying to…
Because every car accident is unique, so is every associated claim. As such, there’s no standard timeline for resolving them. Ranging from a few weeks to a few years, their total duration depends on a variety of factors, most of which are out of the…
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary recently released the federal government’s new National Roadway Safety Strategy (NRSS). This is a roadmap for addressing fatalities and injuries on our roads and highways. Between 2011 and 2020, more than 370,000 people died in transportation incidents in…
A groundbreaking new study by a San Francisco Brain Injury doctor found that the key to treating or preventing the long-term effects of a traumatic brain injury (TBI) could lie in a specific molecule, previously overlooked by researchers. Dr. Jeanne Paz of San Francisco’s Gladstone…
Snowmobiling is one of the most popular winter sports in the North Star State. Parts of Minnesota get as much as 70 inches of snow per year, and whenever a layer of fresh powder touches down, the state boasts more than 22,000 miles of groomed…