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Florida’s Medical Malpractice Reform: Navigating the Shifting Landscape for Providers

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Florida’s healthcare providers and their insurers are on the verge of a significant adjustment to the state’s medical malpractice landscape. For over three decades, a controversial provision within Florida’s medical...more

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What Does a Wrongful Death Lawyer Do?

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In the blink of an eye, a bad car wreck or another serious incident can result in a death. Losing a loved one is absolutely devastating. In North Carolina, when an individual's negligence, wrongful acts, or intentional acts...more

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New Personal Injury Laws in California for 2024

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The year 2024 comes with new laws that impact the practice of personal injury law in California. The legislature enacted traffic laws to establish new standards of care at crosswalks and intersections. With these measures,...more

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Calculating Pain and Suffering in a Medical Malpractice Case: What You Need to Know

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Medical malpractice happens when a patient is injured by the mistake of a healthcare professional. Medical providers are expected, by their patients and by the law, to provide a certain standard of care, and if they fall...more

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

California Expands Non-Economic Damages In Survival Actions

Effective January 1, 2022, plaintiffs in survival actions in California will be able to obtain damages for predeath pain, suffering, or disfigurement. This marks a dramatic change in California law that will likely impact the...more

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The Effect of Immigration Status on Personal Injury Claims in North Carolina

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Sadly, accidents happen, and individuals are injured across our state in all sorts of different ways. When the victim is a recent immigrant to the United States, they sometimes have questions about how immigration status...more

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Massachusetts: Third-Party Claim Handler Made Reasonable, Prompt Efforts to Settle Nursing Home Liability Claim, and Therefore Was...

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On March 18, 2019, the First Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a decision holding that Sedgwick Claims Management Services made reasonable and prompt efforts to settle a nursing home liability claim, and therefore was not...more

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Wrongful Death Claims in North Carolina

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Introduction - When someone is injured by the negligence of another, the injured party often has a legal claim against the at-fault party under North Carolina law. Sadly, however, sometimes these incidents result in the...more

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Shouldn’t Congress Try to Save Lives of Americans?

What kills between 250,000 and 440,000 people in the United States each year; 700 deaths per day? What is the third leading cause of death in America? Isn’t it one of the responsibilities of the US Congress to...more

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