There have been many stories lately about the tremendous toll Medicaid fraud takes on agency resources. A small fraction of healthcare providers engaged in fraud are responsible for a large financial drain on public funds.
Catching specific incidents of fraud is difficult, however, because Medicaid is an enormous, complex healthcare program that works as a state/federal...
On September 21, 2010, Leslie MacLean, a partner in the Dallas office of Waters & Kraus, LLP, discussed the mechanics of negotiating Medicare liens at a seminar produced by HB Litigation Conferences titled “The Medicare Mandatory Reporting Requirements.” MacLean, who heads...
Gary M. Paul to Lead World’s Largest Trial Bar in 2011
LOS ANGELES — July 29, 2010 — Gary M. Paul, a longtime champion of victims’ rights and a partner with one of the nation’s most prolific plaintiff’s firms, has risen through the ranks of...
John crane Inc. Found Liable for Former Navy Engineman’s Illness
PHILADELPHIA – A Philadelphia court has awarded more than $4.5 million to a mesothelioma plaintiff and his wife of 57 years. Few mesothelioma plaintiffs live long enough to hear a final verdict in their cases, making the outcome of this reverse bifurcated trial especially...
Court of Appeal opines trial court did not abuse its discretion by denying Union Carbide’s motion to exclude asbestos plaintiff’s out-of-state deposition
LOS ANGELES – January 20, 2010 – The Second Appellate District of the California Court of Appeal, in an opinion issued on January 15, 2010, has found that the trial court did not...
Verdict is First-Ever Against Rockwell Automation, Inc. in a Mesothelioma Case
PHILADELPHIA – March 11, 2010 – A Philadelphia jury has found Rockwell Automation Inc., sued as successor to Allen-Bradley Company, liable for the asbestos-related death of Navy electrician’s mate, David Lanpher. The liability finding is the...
Case Summary
45-year-old Leroy Conway, Jr., is the son of a merchant mariner who served aboard the S.S. Baltimore Trader as an engineman between 1974-1977. The elder Conway’s work brought him in contact with asbestos particles and dust that permeated his work uniforms, which he brought home to be laundered. Leroy, Jr., then a...
January 15, 2010 – Letters to the Editor Column Reprinted and/or posted with the permission of Daily Journal Corp. (2010).
In responding to Mark Behrens’ Nov. 18, 2009, column, “Home of the Asbestos Litigation ‘Gold Rush’?” it is diffcult to know where...
Widow of Oil Field Consultant Awarded $1.2M in Asbestos-Exposure Case
First known drilling mud additive verdict in Texas; Montello, Inc. and Union Carbide Each Found 15% Liable
TEXAS – October 7, 2009 – A Brazoria County jury has awarded the widow of Danny Puckett, an industrial engineer and oil field consultant, $1.2 million...
John Crane Inc. Found Liable for Product Defects
SAN FRANCISCO – September 24, 2009 – A San Francisco County jury has awarded $2.3 million to the family of a man who spent his career working as a civilian marine machinist and maintenance manager for the U.S. Navy. Peter Galassi...
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