Many clients come to me after being injured in a car accident in Georgia and they complain that their health insurance company is refusing to pay their bills claiming that it is a car accident and therefore the money has to come from the other driver.This is a lie being…
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Lawyers Face Stubborn Hospital Billing Departments
As an attorney I see constant changes in the tactics used by hospitals and health insurers that are designed to put more money in the hospital and insurer’s pocket from the injured victims settlement and I have written about some of them previously. Today we will be talking specifically about…
Georgia Lawyers Encourage Owners to Implement Reasonable Security Measures
Georgia Inadequate Security cases are complex and time consuming but rewarding in that I can help encourage property owners to behave responsibly. Inadequate security cases are grounded in general premises liability law and therefore the entire analysis begins and ends with superior knowledge. As I explained in my articles on…
Wrongful Death Lawyers Must File Claims Within Two Years, But the Estate has an Exception
Wrongful death lawyers know that claims for the statutory claimants and the claim for the Estate of the deceased are separate and distinct claims and that suit must be filed within two years of the death, in most cases. There are a few exceptions and one of them is that…
Injury Lawyers Should Not Wait Until the End of the Statute of Limitations to File Suit
In Georgia, there is a two year statute of limitations within which your injury lawyer must file your lawsuit for injuries, with a few exceptions. Over the past few weeks a number of clients have called with the two anniversary fast approaching. Waiting until the last minute to file an…
Georgia Hospitals Filing Liens Improperly on Car Accident Victims with Health Insurance
I see hundreds of cases a year and we are getting more and more Georgia notices of medical liens. This past week I noticed that we have received several Georgia Medical Lien notices filed by Feiler and Associates and Clinton Harkins on behalf of their medical provider clients against potential…
Appellate Court Rules that Victims Injured in Georgia Car Accidents Cannot Encroach on their Underinsured Motorist Coverage When they Voluntarily Settle Hospital Liens as Payment is Not Mandatory
When you are injured in a car accident in Georgia and there are serious medical bills and the at fault driver only has minimum insurance coverages, the availability of Georgia Uninsured and Underinsured Motorist Insurance is a major issue. As you may recall from my post a few weeks back,…
Lawyers Having to File Suit Against Insurers More Often
Lawyers find that they have to file suit more often to obtain fair compensation for their clients than in years past. Years ago when I represented insurance carriers for injury claims in Georgia as a defense lawyer, I found that most of them had a fundamentally sound philosophy. They would…
Atlanta Hospitals Aggressive on Reimbursement when Patient Injured In Car Crash
Georgians injured in a car crash have to be on their toes when it comes to hospital billing departments. Most hospitals code the intake so they know if the patient came in with a broken leg from a car accident or a broken arm from a trucking crash. Even where…
Soft Tissue Injury Cases Face Hurdles With Insurance Companies
Practicing law as an Injury attorney, I see a variety of serious injuries on a weekly basis and I spend hours talking to clients about the impact these injuries have on their lives. Serious car accidents frequently result in soft tissue injuries and many clients come to me after being…