Posts Tagged ‘healthcare’

Caps Insurance

caps insurance

is there a cap on insurance settlements when it comes to workmans comp?”?

i have a settlement coming up and was wondering is there a general cap on the most an insurance company would pay. No surgury involved but it was a back injury that finally resulted in arthiritus in the facet joints.

Not in this country!

Uninsured Losses

uninsured losses
I hold a TPFT policy and have been involved in a non fault accident?

now i was asked to arrange 2 estimates and submit to the company pursuing my uninsured losses. my question is how do i go about and arrange 2 estimates? i know it’s a very silly question but i really have clue how to go about and do it. first time i have been involved in an accident. please help…

go to 2 different garages and get written estimates of them then send them off but keep a copy for yourself as well scan the original and keep the copy send the original off to insurers

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Insurance Litigation

insurance litigation
Fred Loya Insurance. is the the worst insurance to deal with.?

I had an acciddent on the highway where a driving truck’s debris fell and hit my car in front causing my car to overheat after waiting for 4 hours for the police to clear the highway and push my car out of the median. me and my granddaughter were given a ride to my home in a police vehicle. and my car was towed to friendly chevrolet dealership in dallas, tx. after alot of litigation and arguing with fred loya insurance. fred loya agent decided that only my bumper would be covered. and that was that. they said it was a maintenance issue that cause my engine to overheat…the guy from fred loya came to my house to determine whether and right away said nope, it all would not be covered, he gavve me his card and left my house. then I called the 800 number for fred loya and tlked to the agent in charge of my claim . he took advise for me to take my car to friendly cheverolet because they do business with each other… stuipid me said ok. they refuse to pay anyting else but the bumper…

I don’t understand how damage to a bumper can cause a car to overheat. I don’t understand how anything hitting the front of the car can cause it to overheat without doing a lot of other front end damage, unless you can prove something managed to puncture the radiator. I also don’t understand why your car wasn’t going anywhere, but it was running for 4 hours.

Social Networking Sites and Insurance Litigation

Medical Malpractice Tort

medical malpractice tort

Med mal filings falling in MadCo
Medical malpractice filings are down significantly in Madison County so far this year. With less than two months to go, only a dozen cases have been filed at the Madison County Circuit Clerk’s office, down from 26 filed in 2009.

Litigation Malpractice

litigation malpractice

Boston Personal Injury Law Firm Lubin & Meyer Ranked a “Best Law Firm” by U.S. News & World Report
Lubin & Meyer PC, a leading medical malpractice and personal injury law firm representing injured plaintiffs in Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Rhode Island, has received Tier 1 ranking in the areas of Medical Malpractice Law (Plaintiffs) and Personal Injury Litigation (Plaintiffs).

Malpractice Tort

malpractice tort

Medical Malpractice… Tort Reform anyone?

I am applying to medical school and would love to learn more about people’s opinions regarding the outrageous medical malpractice suits.

In conjunction with tort reform, Doctor’s opinions should be less important. There needs to be a “checklist” like pilots must use before takeoff. Every heart patient for example, should have the same diagnosis plan and treatment plans throughout the country. Uniformity keeps our airways relatively safe as every pilot must follow a specific set of rules.
This type of practice will not only reduce mistakes causing injury and death due to human error but it will also reduce spiraling medical costs.

Three major endorsements for health courts Three major endorsements of the health courts have recently arisen before, as a nation is dealing with ever-rising costs in health care and the reality that better care at lower cost is required.

Lawsuits Insurance

lawsuits insurance
If llimits are put on malpractice lawsuits, how much have the insurance co’s promised to lower premiums?

Sorry about the “llimits” – gotta clean my glasses…
This is the right’s answer to controling healthcare costs. How much will it save me?

California has tort reform. They cap malpractice awards. Medical insurance is not significantly cheaper in California. The reason medical costs keep going up is because we don’t let people die in the streets of curable ailments. People are treated and they pay until they go broke. The hospital eats the rest. They then pass the costs on to those who can still pay. It is is a vicious cycle. You get sick, you go poor, you pass the cost on to others, they get sick, they go poor even faster, and so on.

Employee Related Lawsuits and EPLI Insurance

Litigation Reform

litigation reform

Is constitutional litigation an effective instrument of institutional reform?

Is constitutional litigation an effective instrument of institutional reform?

generally speaking, no … by custom, courts avoid constitutional questions whenever and wherever possible

needless to say, on the other hand it has been an enormously effective tool over the course of history

Reform Panel recent crisis, the problems that have developed foreclosure eyes in recent weeks coherently present a test of whether regulators can react more aggressively and a newly emerging problems, as it did to the subprime crisis three years ago.

Malpractice Law

malpractice law

what are front-end and back-end limits when referring to filing malpractice law suits?

Because states often had separate provisions for injuries that were immediately obvious and for injuries that might take years to discover, three separate scales were constructed: for “front-end limits” or the years allowed from injury or “reasonable discovery” to suit (scores ranged from 1 [more than four years with significant exclusions] to 7 [one year with no significant exclusions]); for “back-end limits” or the maximum number of years allowed from alleged event to filing (scores ranged from 1 [no limit] to 7 [one-year limit]); and for special provisions for injuries to children (scores ranged from 1 [minors excluded until at least age eighteen] to 3 [no exclusion for minors]).

Source: http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/full/26/2/500

NY Medical Malpractice Lawyer welcomes new report shows Apple Schwartz Health Care Help to improve patient care negligence claims to help personal injury lawyer Steven J., a lawyer with expertise in the patient by a medical malpractice injured, says a Wall Street Journal report indicates that Lessons learned from misconduct cases can contribute to future mistakes.

Legal Fees Insurance

legal fees insurance

Is “Legal Cover” worth it for a bike insurance policy?

At least 2 companies offer it for free but my insurance company always try and sell it as an extra for £27. Is there any difference between the fee companies and the ones I’ve paid for. It’s my understanding that the legal cover companies earn commission separately from your claim/ Please help.

Absolutely. If you don’t have legal cover, your insurance company will have no responsibility to collect money from a third party to cover repairs to your car – I had a ‘not my fault’ claim years ago with no legal cover, and my insurer paid out the other chap, but basically told me that if I wanted money for my car, I’d have to pursue it with the other insurance company myself.
It’s a complete con, but a necessity.

Legal fees bust budget Fairhope Fairhope, Alabama – With a month and half to the end of the fiscal year, the city has spent the budgeted before twice as much money on legal fees than it, Councillor Rick Kingrea said this week.