- Jon Lewis | December 05, 2009 1:49 PM | Birmingham, AL
Category:
Tractor-Trailer Accidents
Did you know that hospitals and physicians rarely ever receive the amount they charge for their services? Health insurance companies do not pay the actual bills invoiced by medical professionals....
- Michael Roberts | March 30, 2011 4:39 PM | Gadsden, AL
Category:
Medical Devices & Implants
Contaminated intravenous feeding bags used for hospital patients receiving TPN (total parenteral nutrition) are the focus of an investigation by the Alabama Department of Public Health and the...
- Greg Cusimano | December 15, 2009 10:29 AM | Gadsden, AL
Category:
Medical Devices & Implants
Have you had a CT scan lately? They are commonplace in medicine today. These sophisticated X-Rays have been beneficial in diagnosing illnesses. Are the benefits worth the risk? 29,000 people will...
- Jon Lewis | August 17, 2009 9:41 AM | Birmingham, AL
Category:
Miscellaneous
At our firm, we pride ourselves on helping others. In that regard, when we conclude a case, we contribute a portion of our fees to one of three children's charities in the names of our clients. The...
- Jon Lewis | June 03, 2008 11:00 AM | Birmingham, AL
Category:
Automobile Accidents
Hospitals have a new practice in Alabama. It's called, "Let's Wait and See What the Patient Recovers in the Accident." What do we mean? We'll give you an illustration below.
Let's say a person is...
- Billy Cunningham | January 18, 2011 4:39 PM | Mobile, AL
Category:
Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
The red fire ant is now spread throughout the southern United States. Infestations have been reported in California and New Mexico. It is believed they originally came to the United States in the...
- Michael Roberts | August 23, 2010 6:05 PM | Gadsden, AL
Category:
Automobile Accidents
If you are injured in an automobile accident, should you encourage your hospital or other medical providers to bill the liability insurance company of the at-fault driver, or should you...
- Pete Mackey | August 15, 2009 6:22 PM | Mobile, AL
Category:
Medical Malpractice
When a lay person calls me about a legal problem, it is generally a friend or former client. We encourage them to call us because, although we confine our practice to civil jury trials, we want them...
- Jon Lewis | July 27, 2009 9:32 PM | Birmingham, AL
Category:
Medical Malpractice
For years, we have received calls about potential medical malpractice claims. Many times, the potential client is only complaining about poor bedside manner. Had the doctor or nurse simply said, I'm...