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
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