Georgia Medical Board Guidelines for the Use of Opioids for the Treatment of Pain
Written by: Jeffery Saxby, Esq. On an average day in this nation, more than 650,000 opioid prescriptions are dispensed,1) 3,900 people initiate non-medical use of prescription opioids,2) 580 people initiate heroin use,3) and 78 people
Goodbye, Parsons Presumption
Written by: Robert J. McCune, Esq. It is of course the plaintiff’s initial burden of proof to establish that their work-related accident caused compensable injuries. What happens when the plaintiff develops different injury claims arising fro
Data Protection Weekly
Compiled by: Richard Sheinis, Esq. Swedish Government Scrambles to Contain Damage From Data Breach New York Times STOCKHOLM – Sweden’s government is scrambling to contain the political fallout from a huge breach of confidential data, includ
An Overview of Powers of Attorney and Advance Directives (a/k/a, Medical Powers of Attorney)
Written by: Wills, Trusts, & Estate Administration Any “basic” estate plan will (or should!) include a Last Will and Testament, along with a Power of Attorney, and an Advance Directive for Healthcare. Let’s look briefly at these latt
Hall Booth Smith Attends the “Doing Business in Africa Investment Forum”
Hall Booth Smith, P.C. hosted a half-day program at its offices on November 1 for a Chinese delegation from the Shanghai Administration Institute and UGA’s International Center of the Carl Vinson Institute. HBS attorneys John Hall, John Pa
Life Care Planners: Strategies for the Defense
Written by: Sean Cox, Esq. Life Care Planners purport to calculate the total cost of future care related to the catastrophic injury. The term is a misnomer. Typically they do not, nor are they typically qualified to, determine what medical care
New CDC Report Shows Opioid Epidemic Still Raging
Written by: Charles A. Dorminy, Esq. A report released by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention July 6, 2017, shows that the opioid epidemic is still raging. https://www.cdc.gov/vitalsigns/opioids/index.html The report showed
Data Protection Weekly
Compiled by: Richard Sheinis, Esq. Cyber Attack Could do as Much Damage as Superstorm Sandy New York Post A major, global cyber attack could trigger an average of $53 billion of economic losses, a figure on par with a catastrophic natural disas
$15,000,000 Punitive Damages Award Shows True Risk of Opioid Litigation
Written by: Jeffery R. Saxby, Esq. A St. Louis (MO) jury recently spotlighted the considerable danger associated with opioid injury or death litigation – a jury’s potential imposition of exorbitant punitive damage awards as an effort to cur