West Virginia attorney Paul Harris is learning the hard way that you don't mess with Uncle Sam's efforts to get reimbursement of Medicare conditional payments.

Harris's client was injured by an allegedly defective ladder. Harris sued the retailer of the ladder and settled for $25,000.  Medical expenses for the injury had been paid by Medicare to the tune of $22,000 and change.  Medicare was never reimbursed by Harris or his client.

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Many people who are involved in car accidents underestimate the consequences of a whiplash injury. They do not pursue the matter legally, believing that a whiplash claim will yield very little in the way of compensation, and so is generally seen as a waste of time and resources.

They could not be more wrong. Not only is a whiplash injury claim necessary but you can be compensated for far more than you might think. Firstly the injury itself should not be trivialised, the...

As any traveler here in the U.S. knows, there are many things that can go wrong on a vacation, but when an injury occurs, especially outside your own country, such as to Canadians and Europeans who travel to America, many such people don't know what to do or the importance of hiring an attorney.

If you've been injured on vacation in a hotel or restaurant or elsewhere as the result of the proprietor's negligence or the negligence of another, whether your injury is in...

Over the years, I have represented countless numbers of Plaintiffs in Personal Injury cases in the St. Louis area. My experience with my clients and my handling of these cases has led me to a number of conclusions regarding the factors which are important in choosing a St. Louis Plaintiff's Personal Injury attorney. For years I have had clients sitting in my office who have told me that they have been represented by other attorneys in the past. My question has always been "Why...

Paul Napoli can help you in your medical malpractice suit. It does not matter if you are a patient who was injured or a doctor being sued, he can help. Keeping our medical system honest and safe is a noble pursuit that in fact helps everyone.

Medical malpractice suits help injured patients. Paul Napoli is a lawyer who can help people in their malpractice suit. There are all sorts of reasons for having a medical malpractice suit. It always involves someone being hurt...

If you want to claim compensation for whiplash injury, you need to make sure that the incident was caused by another party. What are whiplash injuries? Whiplash injuries are injuries to the muscle and neck caused by an accident. Most of the time victims suffer such injuries in car accidents.

Whiplash injuries often show signs after an accident, even after a long time. You should always be vigilant enough to go to a doctor whenever you suffer any kind of accidents. Obtain a...

Florida family law recognizes different types of alimony: including permanent periodic, lump sum, rehabilitative, and bridge-the-gap. The court can also award temporary alimony during the duration of adivorce case. A person may receive more than one type of alimony, depending on the individual facts and circumstances of the marriage.

Temporary alimony may be granted to maintain the status quo during the pendency of a divorce case. For example, if one spouse functioned as a...

Car accidents, by their nature, can cause a wide range of injuries and disabilities, depending on their severity. As such, car accident claims are quite common and they're the second most difficult claims to prove, after medical negligence. Whether a car accident is severe or not depends on a lot of factors – the vehicles involved, the speed, the road/terrain, and other factors, that are unique to each case.

In worst case scenarios, car accident injuries result in death. In...

The human body was always a restraint for the ambitions of the human mind. Imagine a body which can’t fly, which can’t run fast, which gets tired while the mind inside of it dreams of drifting through the skies, and conquering all land speed records. Which is why humans have developed all the technology that there is today. Unfortunately it’s the body which has to suffer the blows technology brings along with it. So whenever the human is travelling at speeds much more...

Question: I fell in the grocery story 2 months ago. I have gone the the chiropractor and have now finished my sessions. I missed a couple days form work due to my injuries. I also sit down majority of the day due to the type of work I do, which makes my back hurt. I wanted to know the average...