What To Do In a Car Crash
After a car crash you must do three important things: call 911, get medical attention and never trust the insurance company. Lawyer up and make sure someone is fighting to protect your rights. The driver who hit you and the insurance company are out to get you. Stay protected.
Who Pays My Medical Bills in a Crash?
The number one question that my clients ask me is “who’s going to pay my medical bills?” If you’re in a crash or you’re injured through no fault of your own medical bills will start pile up. You need to get treatment, you need to get better and you shouldn’t have to worry about how […]
Fatal Truck Crashes Are On The Rise.
How You Can Protect Yourself From a Truck Crash. Fatal truck wrecks across the United States are increasing at a rate almost three times that of deadly crashes overall. Among the most dangerous and deadly are rear-end truck crashes. While big trucks collide with cars in a variety of ways, experts say these types of […]
Physician Burn Out a Public Health Crisis
Physician burnout now a public health crisis According to a new report by Massachusetts doctors, “physician burnout has reached alarming levels and now amounts to a public health crisis that threatens to undermine the doctor-patient relationship and the delivery of health care nationwide.” The report “portrays a profession struggling with the unyielding demands of electronic […]
Why and How Cancer is Misdiagnosed
The sooner a doctor diagnoses most cancers, the higher the likelihood that cancer can be treated. Delayed diagnosis or misdiagnosis of cancer, however, are all too common. In the United States, it is estimated that nearly 41% of people will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime. Sadly, 10 to 20 percent of all cases of […]
3 Things You Must Do After a Car Crash
If you’ve been in a car crash here are three important things you need to do to protect yourself: Number one: dial 911 immediately, that will ensure that the police arrive on the scene to take a statement and an ambulance comes to check out your injuries. Number two: make sure you get the medical […]
Hiring a Lawyer Doesn’t Mean Filing a Lawsuit
America has been labeled a litigious society, but the truth is that our legal system offers the best remedy in the world for righting wrongs. When you’re injured, whether it be in a car accident or as a result of someone’s carelessness, hiring an attorney is the right move to protect your family. But hiring […]
Can a Doctor be Held Liable for an Opioid Overdose?
After major surgery, patients are often prescribed opioid medications. These opioids have given rise to an epidemic of massive proportions. Opioid overdose deaths are on the rise. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports half of all fatal opioid overdoses involve a prescription. For every opioid overdose death, experts estimate nearly 130 people abuse […]
As Nursing Home Needs Grow, Elder Abuse and Neglect Follow
By 2050, people age 65 and older will make up 20% of the total U.S. population. As the need for skilled nursing home care grows, so does the rate of elder abuse and neglect. The fastest growing group of American’s are those 85 years old and up. According to the last census in 2010, there were 5.8 […]
Never Confuse a Single Defeat with the Final Defeat
One of America’s most beloved writers, F. Scott Fitzgerald, was also one of its greatest motivators. He is famously quoted as saying, “never confuse a single defeat with the final defeat.” Losing a battle for the sake of winning the war is an imperative skill to master. We think of successful people as winners. The championship […]