HBS Announces Reproductive Health Specialty Team
Legal considerations surrounding reproductive healthcare are more complex than ever before and continue to change almost daily. To address these considerations, Hall Booth Smith has launched its new Reproductive Health Specialty Team. HBS has a
Hall Booth Smith Attorneys Honored by The Best Lawyers In America 2023
Hall Booth Smith, P.C. (HBS) is pleased to announce 47 lawyers from the firm were honored in the 2023 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. This award is based on an evaluation process that includes a collection of client and lawyer evaluation
Part B News: Beth Boone on Raising Medical Malpractice Insurance Rates
In the last three years, medical malpractice insurance rates have increased year-over-year, reaching highs not seen since the 2000s, according to a report from the American Medical Association. The trend has some providers questioning why premiu
Hall Booth Smith Attorneys Honored By The Best Lawyers In America© 2022
Hall Booth Smith, P.C. (HBS) is pleased to announce 25 lawyers from the firm were honored in the 2022 edition of The Best Lawyers in America© . This award is based on an evaluation process that includes a collection of client and lawyer evaluat
Proper Protocols in Correctional Health Care Help Reduce Liability Risk
Written by: Beth Boone, Esq. Administrators, officers and health care providers who work in correctional facility settings should make sure they aren’t giving plaintiffs’ attorneys a commonly exploited opening for litigation: protocol lapses
Navigating Outside Provider Appointments in Correctional Health Care
Written by: Beth Boone, Esq. Getting appointments with a health care provider can be challenging for anyone, and it can be much more complicated for individuals who are in custody — especially when the matter requires a specialist or diagnos
Suicide Underscores Need for Mental Health Care in Correctional Facilities
Written by: Beth Boone, Esq. Death by suicide behind bars is a serious challenge in correctional health care, and there is a greater focus on expanding mental health services and prevention programs to reduce fatalities. Corrections officers, fa
COVID Vaccine Implications For Inmates & Corrections Officers
Written by: Beth Boone, Esq. As COVID vaccines become more widely available and distributed across the United States, state and local corrections facilities are receiving vaccines according to their jurisdiction’s vaccine plan. Sometimes that
Defending Deliberate Indifference Claims
Brunswick Partner Beth Boone has been published in the Winter 2020 edition of CorrDocs, the newsletter of the American College of Correctional Physicians. Her article is titled “Defending Deliberate Indifference Claims” and can be re
Hall Booth Smith Attorneys Honored By The Best Lawyers In America© 2021
Hall Booth Smith, P.C. (HBS) is pleased to announce 24 lawyers from the firm were honored in the 2021 edition of The Best Lawyers in America© . This award is based on an evaluation process that includes a collection of client and lawyer evaluat