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• "We'll Take Care of Your Medical Bills For You"

  Ben Glass | May 24, 2006 5:48 PM | 1 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  I thought the insurance companies had stopped the practice I am about to describe but maybe I've just been missing it. I call it the "don't worry, we'll cover everything and give you a little for pain and suffering" gambit. Here's how it works:You get into an auto accident and the person who hit you is clearly responsible. You spend some time in the emergency department and start treatment with...

• Congress Not Fooled by Reformers' Cry

  Ben Glass | May 09, 2006 10:06 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  Two proposed federal medical malpractice bills got hammered (again) in Congress yesterday. The arguments of those beholden to the insurance industry are getting tired. Nothing new. Most folks see through their smoke. What is almost laughable is the position taken by Pennysvlania's Senator Santorum. What a hypocrite this guy is.(I'll have to give him credit, though, for taking a stand even when...

• New Jersey in "Testimonial Battle"

  Ben Glass | May 08, 2006 8:40 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  According to the website NJ.com, there is another lawyer advertising "can we use testimonials?" fight brewing. What's interesting is that the Federal Trade Commission has weighed in, and says the proposed restrictions on the use of testimonials are overly broad.The lawyer advertising article is here. Here's what I think about this. The various state bar ethics boards thinks all consumers are...

• Roanoke Neurosurgeons Critical of Judge

  Ben Glass | May 08, 2006 12:36 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  While going through some of my archives this weekend in preparation for a talk I am giving soon, I ran across this letter that a couple of Roanoke, Virginia neurosurgeons had sent to a local judge following a verdict in a Roanoke medical malpractice case. It shows the type of pressure that judges are under. You can read the letter from the malpractice case and draw your own conclusions, but here...