Personal Injury
How Much Can I Get for My Personal Injury Settlement?
As far as asking how much you might be able to get for a personal injury settlement, there are so many variables. It’s like asking what will this cookie taste like before you have the ingredients. You just don’t know. You gotta wait. You gotta gather the facts. You’ve gotta get your medical treatment.…
Read MoreCan You Claim Damages if You Are Hurt by a Space Heater?
A study conducted from 2003 to 2013 by the National Institute of Health (NIH) revealed that there were 53,636 space heater-related thermal burn injuries in that time frame. Many of these injuries occurred, as one would expect, during the winter months. In January of 2018, the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) issued a release stating…
Read MoreA Hunter’s Biggest Threat – Tree Stands
Hunters wear bright orange to keep themselves safe while hunting. This helps reduce accidental shootings by other hunters. But orange can’t keep them safe from one of their biggest emerging threats. This hazard can result in broken backs, fractured bones, permanent disabilities, and even fatalities. And it’s not another animal or even another human—it’s tree…
Read MoreDo I Have a Personal Injury Claim?
You may have a personal injury claim if someone was negligent or intentionally hurt you. Each case has to be evaluated on an individual basis, which is why we would recommend that you consult a lawyer, call our firm to determine if someone’s carelessness hurt you. Our civil justice system helps get accountability from…
Read MoreAre You Being Overcharged for Medicaid and Medicare?
Do you, or perhaps your parents, receive Medicare or Medicaid benefits? If so, your doctors could be billing you improperly. Many times this isn’t due to nefarious practices or fraud—although this certainly does happen—but simply because providers don’t understand the laws or procedures, and their mistakes end up costing you money. Educating yourself on what…
Read MoreWhat Is Tort Reform?
Tort reform is the attempt by the insurance industry and large corporations in this country to take away your rights. We have the good fortune to live in a nation where our Founding Fathers for our country and for the state of Arizona, where we live, put provisions in the Constitution that level the…
Read MoreMedicaid and Medical Liens in Arizona – Know Your Rights
Arizona’s Medicaid agency, the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS), pays healthcare expenses for low-income or disabled patients. Under federal law, hospitals and providers must agree to accept the amounts the AHCCCS pays on behalf of those patients (plus any applicable copay, deductible, etc.) as payment in full. This is how it’s supposed to…
Read MoreWhat Are Mistakes a Lot of Clients Make?
Common mistakes that we see that injured people make include delaying treatment. Do not delay treatment. If you’re injured, please go see a doctor and be honest with that doctor. Don’t exaggerate whatever pain or problems that you have. And the flip side, don’t minimize it. We need documentation of exactly what’s going on…
Read MoreBalance Billing – What it is and How it Works
Have you ever made a trip to the emergency room, thought you were covered by insurance, and later received a bill that seemed way too high? Chances are you just got hit with “surprise billing,” otherwise known as balance billing. You’re not alone. Approximately one in five people who visit an ER within their healthcare…
Read MoreCan I Make an Auto Insurance Claim if I’m Hurt as a Pedestrian?
You can make a claim if you’re hurt as a pedestrian against the driver of the other vehicle and their insurance company. You may be surprised to learn that your own automobile insurance will cover you as a pedestrian even if you’re not in your own car. So long as a motor vehicle, an…
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