Evidence, Appeals, Medical Expenses

Redefining the Rules: How Audish v. Macias Reshaped Future Medical Expense Claims in California Personal Injury Cases

Snell & Wilmer on 2/28/2025

In Audish v. Macias (2024) 102 Cal.App.5th 740, the California Court of Appeal decided a key issue concerning the admissibility of a plaintiff’s future Medicare eligibility in calculating damages for future medical expense...more

Audish v. Macias Builds Upon the Foundation Started in Howell v. Hamilton Meats & Provision, Inc.

Tyson & Mendes LLP on 12/30/2024

Earlier this year, the Fourth District Court of Appeal decided Audish v. Macias. This groundbreaking case builds upon the foundation started in Howell v. Hamilton Meats & Provision, Inc. by clarifying the application of the...more

Client Alert: Clever Trial Tactic Meets Resistance at the South Carolina Court of Appeals

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP on 2/19/2019

In a matter of first impression, the South Carolina Court of Appeals recently put the brakes on a successful trial strategy increasingly employed by the plaintiff’s bar. In the case of Gary Nestler and Julie Nestler v. Joseph...more

Value Paid by the Medical Lien Holder Alone Will Not Establish the Reasonable Value Medical Expenses

Haight Brown & Bonesteel LLP on 11/3/2015

In Uspenskaya v. Meline (filed October 28, 2015), the California Court of Appeal for the Third District held that evidence of payments made by a medical lien holder offered to prove the reasonable value of medical services...more

Re-Examining the Admissibility of Unpaid Medical Bills as Evidence

Haight Brown & Bonesteel LLP on 6/25/2015

In Bermudez v. Ciolek (No. G049510, filed June 22, 2015), the California Court of Appeal, Fourth District, held unpaid medical bills, joined with expert testimony regarding their reasonableness, were properly admitted and...more

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Redefining the Rules: How Audish v. Macias Reshaped Future Medical Expense Claims in California Personal Injury Cases

Audish v. Macias Builds Upon the Foundation Started in Howell v. Hamilton Meats & Provision, Inc.

Client Alert: Clever Trial Tactic Meets Resistance at the South Carolina Court of Appeals

Value Paid by the Medical Lien Holder Alone Will Not Establish the Reasonable Value Medical Expenses

Re-Examining the Admissibility of Unpaid Medical Bills as Evidence

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