My father is receiving a Personal Injury settlement. He is on SSI and Medicaid. How can his gov't benefits be protected?

To the extent Medicaid paid for your dad's medical bills, they will be entitled to reimbursement from the settlement proceeds. Your father's...

One of the defendants I am suing never answered my pi complaint. He knows the other defendants well. Can I contact him?

You can, and should, try contacting that defendant, since he clearly has some important first hand knowledge. Alternatively, you can hire a private...

My question is, if a doctor does a surgery on your back based off a MRI of someone else that had surgery is that Med Mal?

Medical malpractice cases have two components: 1. negligence and 2. damages. It sounds, from the facts of your case, that there was negligence....

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My question is can he be held accountable? Can I sue my doctor for missing the diagnosis?

The statute of limitations for medical malpractice in California is one year. Therefore, it is likely that your case would be outside of the...

If I did not get a police report at the time of the accident is it futile to retain an attorney to seek a claim?

Your attorney should run a search for the at fault driver. There are special tools that help practitioners pull up personal information. You should...

Can i sue the hospital that due to the way he was pulled out while performing a cesarean 8 years he disable

The statute of limitations for medical malpractice in Texas is generally two years. However, in cases where minors are involved, it generally does...

We have a case with the V.A. hospital due to left knee bone chip and fracture

It really depends on where the case is currently. Did you ever submit a formal claim against the VA? Was it ever rejected? Are there issues with a...

If the car is registered under your name, you are on title or lease, and own the insurance policy, you will most likely be named in the lawsuit...

Mom was misdiagnosed end of last year. What was chronic back pain turned out to be the return of cancer.

The value of a medical malpractice case largely depends on the damages. Was your mom's cancer operable? Did it metastasize? Was she working prior...

Routine monitoring of urine samples is perfectly acceptable. It is normal to have a person go through a pat down search and have someone stand...