Maximizing Personal Injury Recoveries While Limiting Case-Related Costs
Rasa Fumagalli, JD, MSCC, CMSP-F
Personal injury settlements rarely make an injury victim whole. In light of this, cost management decisions factor into the strategy of the case. For example, while both life care plans and medical cost projection reports …
Primary Payer Status Shifts from Liability Carrier to Plaintiff Post-Settlement
Rasa Fumagalli JD, MSCC, CMSP-F
In Penelope Stillwell v State Farm Fire and Casualty Co., et al. case (2021 WL 4427081), a plaintiff attempts to impose primary payer status on a liability insurer post-settlement via a qui tam action …
Liability Medicare Set-Asides (LMSAs): Insurance Policy for All
March 12, 2020
B. Josh Pettingill
This article highlights why a Medicare Set-Aside (MSA) should be viewed by all settlement parties as an insurance policy – nothing more, nothing less. Medicare Secondary Payer Compliance is not a scare tactic, nor …
Qualified Settlement Funds: An Important Settlement Tool for Trial Lawyers to Understand
By Jason D. Lazarus, Esq.
Introduction
Assume you just settled a personal injury case for John Doe who is married to Jane. John has a significant brain injury and there are questions of competency. John was injured on the job …
Settlement Language Can Make or Break a Workers Compensation Case
B Josh Pettingill
Appropriate settlement language can make a significant impact on the total amount of the workers’ compensation settlement, as well as dollars that the injured worker receives. This brief article will provide plaintiff/applicant attorneys with the requisite settlement …
