On December 12, 2013, the Florida Supreme Court issued an opinion expressing its disapproval of a 2011 Florida law that placed restrictions on the ability of expert witnesses to testify in medical malpractice cases. The law allows Florida-licensed medical professionals to present expert testimony in medical malpractice cases, but requires out-of-state medical professionals to get […]
Author: Steve Williams
Supreme Court Strikes Down North Carolina Medicaid Lien Rule
Medicaid provides assistance at the state level to those individuals who lack sufficient liquid assets to pay their medical bills. If a Medicaid recipient’s need for medical care arises from injury caused by a third party, the state may recover a portion of any subsequent judgment the person obtains from that third party in a […]