Articles & Guidelines
Social Security Guidelines
The Social Security Administration administers two (2) kinds of disability programs -- which provide monetary assistance for people in different situations.
Dealing With Attorney-Client Privilege And Work Product Doctrine Objections To Discovery Requests
In our judgment, receiving Answers To Interrogatories or responses to Requests For Production in which opposing counsel objects to answering certain questions or producing documents, stating that...
Dealing With Non-Party Defenses
In our judgment, plaintiffs' counsel should take an offensive posture with regard to nonparty defenses that are asserted by defendants and aggressively seek to force defense counsel to properly identify nonparties in a timely manner and move to strike inappropriate nonparty defenses.
Did You Know That Health Care Providers Who Accept Assignment of Medicare Must Reduce Their Bills?
It has been estimated that 77% of the doctors in Indiana currently accept Medicare assignment in all cases. If Medicare has paid a portion of your client's medical expenses, can the client's doctors and other healthcare providers still have outstanding balances which they can collect...
Indiana Recognizes A New Cause Of Action: Spoliation Of Evidence
On December 29, 1998, the Indiana Court of Appeals handed down its opinion in Thompson v. Owensby, et al, in which it recognizes an independent cause of action for spoliation of evidence...
Indiana Supreme Court Refuses To Allow Insurance Carriers To Circumvent Subrogation Statutes
On May 30, 1997, the Indiana Supreme Court handed down its opinion in Erie Insurance Co. v. George...
The Law Against Frivolity
In 1986, the Indiana legislature passed a law against "frivolous, unreasonable, or groundless" actions or defenses on a claim...
New Tax Law Changes Affect Trial Lawyers
Under the new Internal Revenue Code Section 6045(f), which was passed last summer by Congress and signed into law by President Clinton, the method by which trial lawyers report contingent fees has been changed...