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Golf Cart Injuries
Golf Cart Accidents A classic American pastime, hundreds of thousands of people play golf every day for exercise, love of the game, and in no small part—to socialize and network. Nearly 25 million...
Understanding Motions for Summary Judgment
One of the most important phases a of a personal injury lawsuit, or any lawsuit for that matter, is the motion for summary judgment. In this post we explain what a motion for summary judgment is and...
How to Use Medical Records in Depositions and at Trial
How to use medical records effectively in depositions and at trial a. Foundations for Use and Admissibility When we discuss using medical records and getting them into evidence the two key...
Medical Records and Rule 26 Expert Disclosures
How to use medical records effectively at the Rule 26 expert disclosure stage in personal injury Cases a. Send/Review all records to expert What is sent to a “Rule 26” expert? The short...
Obtaining Electronic Medical Records (EMR) in Personal Injury Cases
Obtaining and Using Electronic Medical Records in Personal Injury Cases a. Case Law Update Federal legislation in 2008 (Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 “MIPPA”,...
Reviewing and Organizing Medical Records for Personal Injury Cases
Reviewing and Organizing Medical Records for Personal Injury Cases a. Hospital/Doctor Records With the advent of the EMR, pdf files and OCR scanning the goal should be to organize all records...