Between an explosive political climate and a global pandemic, the ins and outs of the U.S. justice system are more convoluted than ever before. If you are looking for more help on the latest changes in the legal system, you will find it here.
In this episode of TLV, I speak with Sara Williams of Alexander Shunnarah Trial Attorneys. We discuss her experience as a Black female attorney in the South, her thoughts on the practice of law, philosophies on educating future trial lawyers, and what she sees in…
For clients who are on Medicaid, they will most likely have a Medicaid lien when their case is settled. When Medicaid has made payments for medical expenses related to an injury, it may assert a lien against the beneficiary’s recovery under state Medicaid third party…
Exactech has added another 40,000 hip implants to its growing list of defective medical implants. On August 11, 2022 the company announced it was recalling another group of implants over failure of polyethylene liners in the devices. The latest recalled Exactech implants are; – Acumatch…
After a lot of back-and-forth in Congress, the Camp Lejeune Justice Act of 2022 (S.3373) has finally been signed into law. President Biden signed the bill on Wednesday, August 10th, 2022. The Act will allow military veterans, their families, and civilian residents who lived or…
Today, Exactech, a Gainesville, Florida medical device manufacturer, added 40,000 hip implants to its list of defective medical implant recalls. Exactech had already recalled over 90,000 hips,140,000 knees, and about 2,500 ankles. All of the recalls related to a failure of the polyethylene parts in…
Archbishop Paul Russell, a Detroit auxiliary bishop, is the subject of a sexual abuse lawsuit filed in Massachusetts. The lawsuit stems from sexual abuse that occurred when the survivors was a 12-year-old parishioner at Saint Mary of the Sacred Heart Parish in Lynn in 1989…
Louisiana suffers many types of natural disasters, but hurricanes pose the biggest threat, wreaking havoc across the coastal state each year. The impact of hurricane damage on businesses and homeowners can be devastating; homes are flooded, store inventory is ruined, and high winds and debris…
As personal injury trial lawyers, we are occasionally faced with the question of what happens to a claim if the injured person dies before the case is resolved. A similar question is what happens if the person causing the injury dies before the case is…
By Jason D. Lazarus, J.D., LL.M., MSCC, CSSC Although a deep dive into ERISA law and liens is beyond the scope of this article, this will give you an overview and a starting point. The Employee Retirement Income Security Act was passed by Congress and…
By Jason D. Lazarus, J.D., LL.M., MSCC You might ask yourself, why hire experts to assist with lien resolution when I can do it myself. You also might ask whether it is ethically permissible to outsource lien resolution to a lien resolution company. The…