Unfortunately, there is a lot of medical malpractice in our health care system. Usually, it is not the fault of individual practitioners but the fault of the system dropping the ball during handoffs of the patient from one service to another. For sure, there are bad surgeons and poorly trained ER docs, and mistakes made. But, most often, in the …
Winston Wolf: “It’s 30 minutes away, I’ll be there in 10” aka Ugh, the driving out there is terrible.
Several times a week, I weave my way down to Philly and I must say that people seem to be taking liberties with ye olde traffic laws that I did not see before the pandemic. Much like airline passengers acting out, you see some crazy stuff out there these days. Driving the wrong way to avoid having to wait for …
You Get What You Pay For: Mediation
I am in the middle of negotiating the end to a case with clear liability, clear damages, and some thorny legal issues. When I get towards the end of a case, mediation is often a way to resolve it. I rarely arbitrate cases these days. Mediation is basically a negotiation where both sides want the case to settle but …
Medical Malpractice: Easy vs. Tough Calls
Some cases are easy to understand and some require research and expert opinions. All malpractice cases in Pennsylvania require that I obtain a certificate of merit from a doctor with a specialty in the appropriate area of medicine. Generally, I prefer a clean, clear set of injuries and damages. What sort of cases are ones that I take vs. turn …
Lawyer as Negative Feedback Loop and The Fair Share Act
I view myself as a professional vengeance machine. The penance or vengeance I get is in money terms and never quite the revenge people wanted and rarely ever complete, but it is a form of retribution. What do I mean? If someone crashes their car into you and hurts you or your family or just simply postpones maintenance until someone …
Flo and Progressive
Progressive insurance has decided that it wants to be more like State Farm. Sort of like DeSantis trying to be Trump. Snake Farm has developed a reputation on my side of the fence for being exceedingly unreasonable on offers and settlements. This is very well known in the business of insurance lawyering. Does this help their bottom line? I don’t …
Things That We Should Change
The state minimum insurance coverage is $15,000. This has not changed for years and is simply unfair to 75% of my clients. Limited tort is simply a scam crafted by the insurers. Don’t have this on your auto insurance. Fetterman should wear a suit to the Senate. I have to wear a suit to Court. I got chastised recently for …
DON’T CRY FOR ME GEICO/PROGRESSIVE/STATE FARM
Recently, a lot of articles in the business news have caught my eye on this tearjerker subject. Apparently, the insurers have been getting far more automobile crash claims than they expected and have been taking underwriting losses. That means that State Farm for example lost $3.5 billion dollars in 2021 because they paid out more claim dollars than they received …
Door to balloon time?
In medical malpractice cases, there are a lot of guidelines or standards of practice to sort through. So, what is door to balloon time? In treating heart attacks, the first surgical treatment is in the catheterization lab and involves placing a balloon into your artery to expand the blockage and place a stent or metal tube in the artery to …
Should You Drop Collision Coverage on An Old Car That You Still Use?
The short answer is No, don’t drop collision coverage if you will struggle to buy a new or even a used car after a crash. A lot of people, me included, drop collision coverage on older cars. Collision requires the insurer to repair your vehicle, no matter how old, unless the cost of repairs is larger than the book value …
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