Posts tagged Motor Vehicle Accidents

• Healthcare System Still a Mess

  Steve Klearman | April 11, 2007 6:28 PM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  I see and talk with potential clients every day. One thing becomes increasingly clear: the American healthcare system is in dire shape. Consider, for instance, the following:As of 2005, nearly 41 percent of Americans lacked health coverage;More than half of Americans making less than $20,000 a year have no health insurance.;Nearly 60% of Americans who were uninsured and have chronic conditions...

• Expert Witness Fees or Windfalls?

  Steve Klearman | March 23, 2007 6:52 AM | 2 CommentsReno, NV Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Nevada medical malpractice cases were put on the road to extinction several years ago by a voter-approved initiative that restricted lawsuits to such an extent that many attorneys stopped practicing in this area altogether.I still do and will continue to. But I've noticed that as medical malpractice lawsuits have become more limited, doctor's expert fees have continued to spiral. Several days...

• Medicare for All Nevadans?

  Steve Klearman | March 19, 2007 10:23 AM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  I was watching a back episode of West Wing last night.The presidential candidate played by Jimmy Smits had a health plan: take the words "over 65" out of the Medicare statute. Allow Medicare for all.It's an interesting idea.Probably 40% of my clients do not have health insurance. Something like 50 million Americans do not have health insurance. Lately, our local hospitals here in Reno are...

• Negotiate With Nevada Medical Providers

  Steve Klearman | March 18, 2007 7:50 AM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  I've tried to provide practical advice with my blogs. I don't repeat news stories about car accidents as a rule, and I try to set out information that Nevada legal consumers can use.This blog is no exception and I have one simple message: when it comes to health care, everything is negotiable.A while back, 60 Minutes did a story about the advantages of having heatlh insurance to cover a...

• Allstate Takes Major Hit in Nevada

  Steve Klearman | January 09, 2007 3:12 PM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  For years, Allstate has managed to anger trial attorneys and others with its practices.Now, the Nevada judiciary has given Allstate special dubious recognition. I borrow from an email that my colleague, Nevada attorney Peter Chase Neumann, sent to me recently:On December 28, 2006, the Nevada Supreme Court issued a 35-page opinion by Justice Hardesty for an en banque court (over a short dissent...

• Your Prescription History Report

  Steve Klearman | December 15, 2006 2:33 PM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Ever wonder how easy it is for just anyone to access your healthcare records? That's a complex subject that we'll explore more of here at this blog.Here's an initial observation. I received an email today from a national litigation support service informing me that for a price I could discover a 5-year list of all prescription information with respect to a given client or defendant.Of course,...

• How Private is Your Health Information?

  Steve Klearman | December 14, 2006 2:20 PM | 1 CommentReno, NV Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  This will be an ongoing topic starting today. As a technology-obsessed attorney, our privacy as healthcare consumers interests (distresses) me.A recent example: I had a small, simple auto accident case in which my client was the passenger in a vehcle that was hit. Clear liability any way you look at it. My client broke bones. Her only medical claim related to those broken bones. ...

• Attorney Client Privileges - Terms Defined

  Steve Klearman | December 06, 2006 9:12 AM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Last blog we looked at the definition of attorney/client privilege in Nevada.This blog we examine the definitions within the definition.For instance, under Nevada law, the term "client" is defined as follows:49.045. "Client" defined"Client" means a person, including a public officer,corporation, association or other organization or entity, either publicor private, who is rendered professional...

• Attorney Client Privilege Defined

  Steve Klearman | December 04, 2006 9:05 AM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  One of the most common privileges we hear about is the attorney/client privilege.The general scope of this privilege is set out in NRS 49.095 and provides:49.095. General rule of privilegeA client has a privilege to refuse to disclose, and to preventany other person from disclosing, confidential communications:1. Between himself or his representative and his lawyer orhis lawyer's...

• Evidentiary Privileges in Nevada

  Steve Klearman | November 30, 2006 8:59 AM | 1 CommentReno, NV Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  The evidentiary concept of "privilege" protects certain types of disclosures in certain situations.NRS 49.015 provides, generally:49.015. Privileges recognized only as provided1. Except as otherwise required by the Constitution of theUnited States or of the State of Nevada, and except as provided inthis Title or Title 14 of NRS, no person has a privilege to:(a) Refuse to be a witness;(b) Refuse...