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
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
$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
The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation: What Steps Must Members of the Hospitality Industry Take?
Featured on Hospitality Upgrade Magazine’s Tech Talk. Written by: Sam Crochet, Esq. US companies collect, analyze, and leverage consumer data to optimize efficiency, advertise and, hopefully, increase profits. However, with the rise of data
Fostering Physician Compliance with the Evolving Opioid Prescription Requirements
Written by: Jacob H. Raehn, Esq. Why are Government Organizations “Targeting” Physicians? Short answer: Law enforcement is seeking to stop the Opioid-abuse epidemic at the source.[1] Long answer: Opioids are the apex predators of the substa
Basis in Assets: What it Means and Why it’s Important for Gifts and Inheritances
Written By: Wills, Trusts, & Estate Administration “Basis” is defined by Black’s Law Dictionary (6th ed.) as “The value assigned to an asset for the purpose of determining gain (or loss) on the sale or transfer or in determining valu
Recent Case Decision: Defining Workers Compensation Medical Benefits
By: Mariel Smith, Esq. On June 20, 2017, in the case of Kendrick v. SRA Track, Inc. the Court of Appeals of Georgia held that in a case where the employee was injured in a motorcycle accident, the employer was not time-barred under OCGA. § 34-
Proactively Defend Malpractice Claims with the Opioid Defense Task Force
Doctors are facing greater scrutiny for injuries and deaths related to opioids, which have been increasing at an exponential rate, and now is the time to act. Don’t wait until you are served with a lawsuit to evaluate the policies and procedur
Hall Booth Smith Creates Opioid Task Force to Defend Malpractice Claims
In response to the rising opioid overdose and death epidemic and related surge in litigation, Hall Booth Smith, P.C. created an Opioid Defense Task Force to work with health care providers to deter and defend against opioid prescription malpra