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Medical Expenses Evidence

Marshall Dennehey

Superior Court Reverses Verdict, Orders New Trial for Pain and Suffering and Loss of Consortium in Amputation Case

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Banasiak v. Robinson, 2025 WL 587038 (Pa. Super. Feb. 24, 2025) - On appeal, the Superior Court of Pennsylvania reversed and remanded a trial court’s verdict that failed to award damages to the plaintiff for pain and...more

Snell & Wilmer

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

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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

Tyson & Mendes LLP

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

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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

Marshall Dennehey

Plaintiff Does Not Have to Pay for It and Neither Should You: Preventing Plaintiff’s Introduction of Past Medical Expenses that...

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Key Points: Evidence of past medical bill charges that have been paid, adjusted, or written off are not relevant. Florida case law establishes that Medicare/Medicaid recipients are precluded from showing evidence of medical...more

Butler Weihmuller Katz Craig LLP

Dial v. Calusa Palms Master Association, Inc. - Florida Supreme Court Confirms Only Amounts Actually Paid By Medicare Are...

On April 28, 2022, the Florida Supreme Court issued its decision in Dial v. Calusa Palms Master Association, Inc., which addressed the question: DOES THE HOLDING IN JOERG V. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE CO., 176...more

Proskauer - Proskauer For Good

Making a Difference for Families with Disabled Children

For low-income families with disabled children, receiving Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits is critically important to the safety and security of their households. Navigating the difficult claims process without...more

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP

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

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

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

Medical Litigation Newsletter - October 2016

When a Defensible Claim Goes Sour: Defending Spoliation of Evidence Claims - Let us assume you have a credible defense to the negligence allegations as to the care and treatment provided by a doctor, hospital, medical...more

Haight Brown & Bonesteel LLP

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

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

Haight Brown & Bonesteel LLP

Re-Examining the Admissibility of Unpaid Medical Bills as Evidence

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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