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Social Security Administration Announces Expedited Processing of Disability Benefits for Certain Disabled Veterans
The process for receiving social security disability (SSD) benefits can take many long months, but a new initiative launched by the Social Security Administration (SSA) promises an expedited process for certain disabled veterans. Effective March 17th, veterans with a VA compensation rating of 100% permanent and total (P&T) from the Department of Veterans Affairs… Read More »
Was There Ever Really a Medical Liability Insurance Crisis?
Earlier this month, the Supreme Court of Florida knocked down the state statute that imposed caps on noneconomic damages in wrongful death cases arising out of medical malpractice. The court ruled that the cap violated the Equal Protection clause of the Florida Constitution (Article I, Section 2) by treating wrongful death claimants in an… Read More »
Physicians Group Lauds Indiana’s Medical Liability Environment
The American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) has just released its report card of emergency medicine for 2014, grading each state and the nation as a whole for how well it performs in the areas of Access to Emergency Care, Quality & Patient Safety Environment, Medical Liability Environment, Public Health & Injury Prevention, and… Read More »
Fatality Results in New Years Day Drunk Driving Car Crash in Indianapolis
As reported online in the Indy Star on January 2nd, a crash occurred at two in the morning on New Years Day in the Southside of Indianapolis when a 2002 GMC SUV collided with a 2001 Ford van. The driver of the Ford was a 77-year-old woman who died as a result of her… Read More »
Oklahoma Court Rules in Favor of Equitable Subrogation between First-Level and Second-Level Insurers
Earlier this year, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit certified a question to the Oklahoma Supreme Court in the case of Steadfast Insurance Company v. Agricultural Insurance Company, asking if a second-level excess insurer can assert a claim for equitable subrogation against a first-level insurer when the insured has already agreed… Read More »
Celebrate Indiana Adoption Month by learning more about adopting a child in Indiana
November is National Adoption Month, and Governor Pence has declared November to be Adoption Month for the state of Indiana as well. In support of the event, the state held an Information & Awareness Adoption Fair on November 13th at the Indiana Statehouse. The Indiana Adoption Program is planning more events throughout November in… Read More »
Court Upholds Patients’ Privacy Rights, Strikes Down Florida Medical Malpractice Provision
A major piece of Florida’s new medical malpractice law was struck down recently in federal court. The offending provision in Florida Statutes 766-1065 required a plaintiff, when filing a pre-suit notification of a medical malpractice claim, to authorize the defense team (the lawyers, insurance company adjustors, and the defendant doctors themselves) to talk to… Read More »
Failure to Heed Stop Sign Sends Four People to the Hospital Traffic Violation May Prove Negligence
Earlier this month, a car crash at a county road intersection in DeKalb County in northeastern Indiana sent four people to the hospital and sent one of the cars crashing into a home, which quickly caught on fire. Fortunately, no one was home at the time; otherwise, there may have been even more serious… Read More »
After Nearly 40 Years, California May Increase Medical Malpractice Caps
A California consumer group, Consumer Watchdog California, is circulating an initiative petition to put a question on the next general election ballot, asking voters to increase the statutory cap on damages in medical malpractice cases. Presently, injured plaintiffs are limited to recovering no more than $250,000 in noneconomic damages (pain and suffering) when they… Read More »
Weekend Car Accident Takes the Lives of Lynn Couple, Injures Others
A two-car collision near U.S. Route 35 and 675-E on Saturday claimed the lives of two of the occupants of one of the vehicles and injured several others. The accident occurred late Saturday morning on July 20th amid pouring rain. The crash occurred when a Chevrolet Equinox traveling northbound apparently hydroplaned into the southbound… Read More »
