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Injury Lawyer & Arbitration Attorney
Helping Clients in Raleigh and Throughout North Carolina
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- 2022-08-30: What Can I Do if My Health Insurance Denies My Medical Claim As Being “Not Medically Necessary”?
- 2022-08-25: List of North Carolina Medicaid Lien Contacts for 2022 To Request Lien Statements for Personal Injury Cases
- 2020-07-21: In a Health Crisis, Make Sure You Have Legal Permission To Speak for Your Loved Ones
- 2020-03-04: What Happens When I Get Hurt or Injured by a Drunk Driver in North Carolina?
- 2018-09-11: Preparing Your Home and Commercial Business for Hurricane Insurance Claims- Hurricane Florence Edition
- 2018-08-08: Where Do I Find the Medicaid Lien Statute That Allows a Lawyer To Reduce a Medicaid Lien in North Carolina?
- 2018-04-18: NCGS 108A-57 Medicaid Lien in NC- Answers to Questions on What Law Applies in 2018
- 2018-03-29: How Long Do I Have To Settle My Case in NC? What Do I Have To Do at My Three Year Statute of Limitations for Personal Injury? How Long Do I Have To Settle a Wrongful Death Case?
- 2018-02-13: Medicaid: “Ahlborn Hearings” Are Back Thanks to the 2018 Federal Budget Which Makes Medicaid Provide Lien Reduction Hearings Again. But Watch the Deadlines!
- 2015-08-11: Easy Link to All Trial Court Administrator and Coordinator Emails in North Carolina
- 2015-08-06: Fabulous Post Describing How To Get Fees When ERISA Plan Administrators Do Not Comply With Requests for the Plan Documents
- 2015-06-24: Last Week Was an Exciting Week at the Nichols Law Firm As I (Chris Nichols) Assumed the Presidency of the North Carolina Advocates for Justice
- 2014-10-10: Case Set for Middle School Mock Trial Competition 2014-15
- 2014-10-01: Ligon Middle School Mock Trial Form
- 2013-12-11: Is There a Statute of Limitations on ERISA Subrogation Claims?
- 2013-10-22: Highlights of the New Medicaid Subrogation Lien Statute After Wos v EMA Supreme Court Case
- 2013-07-20: Live Blogging J1 Committee on Pharmaceutical Liability Immunity
- 2013-07-09: Useful List of Insurance Company Claims Phone Numbers
- 2013-05-14: Useful Link to Medicare and MSPRC Billing and Diagnostic Codes for Auditing Conditional Payment Letters
- 2013-05-09: Can a Hospital Seek a Medical Lien if the Bills Were Submitted to Workers Compensation in NC?
- 2012-08-30: One Deposition Taken in Matter Designated for Arbitration May Waive Right to Arbitration
- 2012-04-03: Priest Joked About Abusing 3 Boys in Week – Yahoo! News
- 2012-03-23: Oral Argument Audio From EMA v Cansler Considering Whether NC Medicaid Liens Comply With Ahlborn Case
- 2012-03-22: 4th Circuit Court of Appeals Upholds Application of Ahlborn in NC- Rejects Reasoning of NC Supreme Court in Andrews
- 2012-01-19: A Brief “How To” for Dealing With Medicare
- 2011-10-25: Medicare (CMS) Offering New Fixed Percentage Subrogation Option for Settlements of Less Than $5,000
- 2011-10-07: North Carolina Supreme Court Historical Society: 20th Annual Meeting Thursday, October 27, 201
- 2011-04-12: NC Senate Bill 33 and Loss of Liberty: How the NC GOP rolls back 235 years of independence and makes big PHARMA the new “King”
- 2011-04-10: Live Blogging From Tory Reform Committee
- 2011-04-10: Why Conservatives Should Hate NC “Tort Reform” in Senate Bill 33: A Tea Party Primer
- 2011-04-06: Will NC Be the Worst State for Manufacturers? The Unintended Consequence of HB 542: Destroys Insurance and Business Subrogation for Losses From Product Failure
- 2011-04-03: If NC House Bill 542 Passes, We Will Need Some New Welcome Signs for NC
- 2011-04-01: House Bill 542: NC To Be Dumping Ground for Dangerous Products
- 2011-03-31: Rep. Jonathan Rhyne Speaking
- 2011-03-31: John Faulkner, MD Whose Wife Was Burned by Medical Negligence
- 2011-03-31: Steve Wilson for NC Farm Bureau and Trespass Act
- 2011-03-31: Still Talking About Annuities
- 2011-03-31: Tacket Lecarpentier From Lawyers Insurance Agency
- 2011-03-31: Sammy Thompson for Negligent Doctors
- 2011-03-31: Lorrie Sanders. Patient Advocate
- 2011-03-31: Defective Product Seller Still Speaking
- 2011-03-31: Missed Janet Ward Black
- 2011-03-31: David Hood for Chamber of Commerce
- 2011-03-31: Gary Clemmons
- 2011-03-31: Dr Charles Bregier, President of NC College of ER Physicians
- 2011-03-31: Bill Wilson AARP
- 2011-03-31: Kyre in Daubert, Continued
- 2011-03-31: Ken Kyre for NC Chamber and Defense Lawyers
- 2011-03-31: Dick Taylor Continued NCAJ
- 2011-03-31: Dick Taylor for NCAJ Speaks
- 2011-03-31: McComas Begins Meeting
- 2011-03-31: Meeting About To Begin
- 2011-03-31: Committee Room Filling With Insurance Lobbyist
- 2011-03-31: NC House Bill 542 May Give Immunity to Not Only Emergency Room Doctors but Also to Doctors Delivering Babies
- 2011-03-31: Live Blogging Test Post
- 2011-03-30: North Carolina Legislature Wants To Give Immunity From Law Suits to Manufactures of Deadly Products That Kill and Maim People and Destroy Property
- 2011-03-17: How Some Lawyer Lobbyists Are Posing As “The People” in Order To Take Away the Right to a Trial by Jury for Those Maimed or Killed by a Small Group of Bad Doctors: The Birth of “Astro-Turf” Organization “North Carolinians for Affordable Health Care”
- 2011-02-02: Medical Malpractice “Reform” Proposed in NC: Do It Yourself Tort Reform Release
- 2010-04-19: The Customer Service Model of Emotion for Better Trial Results
- 2010-04-06: When Is a Medical Provider Required To Accept Medicaid in an Injury Case?
- 2009-07-17: Attorney Fees and Medicaid Lien Cap in North Carolina Personal Injury Cases
- 2009-06-16: Obama on Medical Malpractice Reform and Health Care
- 2009-06-09: Terrible News for Wake County: Garner ConAngra Foods Plant Explosion
- 2009-05-12: Prejudgment Interest in Arbitration Awards: Updated Decisions
- 2009-04-22: PA Federal Western District Tosses Out Medicaid Lien…Sorta
- 2009-04-15: NC Supreme Court Rejects Ahlborn (Mostly)
- 2008-11-14: Can the Tides of Change Push Back Bad ERISA Decisions? Let Us Hope
- 2008-11-13: Results of 2008 NC Judicial Elections and Downticket Endorsements
- 2008-10-14: Judicial Endorsements and Down Ticket Races in North Carolina
- 2008-09-18: Q & A for Lawyer’s Clients About Structured Settlements and the AIG Problem
- 2008-09-16: Lawyers and Structured Settlements: What Should a Lawyer Do for Clients in the AIG Crisis?
- 2008-08-30: McCain v. Obama on Tort Reform
- 2008-08-08: Lawyers and iPhones
- 2008-06-25: NC Trial Law Blog Hits 30,000 Views
- 2008-04-20: How Does Medicaid Interact With Medical Payments Insurance?
- 2008-03-11: Law Suit Crisis in NC? Not Even Close, Malpractice Refund Check “In the Mail”
- 2008-03-04: Contributory Negligence in NC: Why Comparative Won’t Raise Insurance Rates
- 2008-01-31: NC Arbitration and Prejudgment Interest: New COA Case Allows Award
- 2008-01-19: New Video
- 2007-12-12: Allstate Pays Millions to Hide the Truth of Unfair Claims Practices
- 2007-10-03: NC Court of Appeals Upholds Ban on Sexual Predators in Public Parks
- 2007-09-14: Raleigh Personal Injury: Lawyers Paying Bloggers To “Testify”
- 2007-09-13: New Lawyers Seminar Materials: NC Personal Injury Lawyer Checklist
- 2007-09-12: Handy Age Calculator
- 2007-09-07: Converting Documents to PDF Files
- 2007-08-08: Medicare Will No Longer Cover Hospital Mapractice Costs and Could Eliminate Liens
- 2007-08-07: Allstate Pleads Guilty to Criminal Charges
- 2007-07-16: Could Prisoners Escape ERISA Claims for Subrogation?
- 2007-07-12: Great Video on the Myths of “Tort Reform”: Mr. Fancy Pants
- 2007-07-11: A Conservative Christian Physician Against Tort-Reform
- 2007-07-10: How NOT To Avoid Jury Duty
- 2007-06-01: The Truth That Juries Never Get To See
- 2007-05-25: Judge Paul Ridgeway Rules Witnesses Can Be Sworn In With Quran
- 2007-05-22: MySpace to Begin Sharing Information on Sex Offenders
- 2007-05-16: NC Trial Law Blog Hits 10,000
- 2007-04-28: Drunk Drivers and BAC Limits in Wrongful Death Cases
- 2007-04-24: New Sex Offender Site Unveiled
- 2007-03-24: NC Paralegal Association PowerPoint
- 2007-03-16: Liens and Workers’ Compensation
- 2007-03-03: Corporate and Insurance Company Propaganda and Lies
- 2007-02-26: Lien Manual Published by Chris Nichols
- 2007-02-12: Is the SEHP Entitled to Payment From Medical Payments Coverage?
- 2007-01-09: Medicare Lien Contact Information
- 2007-01-02: Business Community Says Too Much “Tort Reform” Not So Good
- 2007-01-02: Updated Sex Offender Site for NC
- 2006-12-20: Better Writing: William Safire’s Self-Violating Rules
- 2006-12-20: State Employee Health Lien: No Cap Under Wrongful Death Statute
- 2006-12-19: NC Medicaid and Ahlborn: Ezell Not Fixed by NC Supreme Court
- 2006-12-19: Request for Monetary Relief Ideas
- 2006-12-15: Peyton Strickland Murder Case
- 2006-12-14: Medicaid v. State Employees v. Medical Provider Liens: An Epic Battle
- 2006-12-07: Durham Teen Killed in Wilmington, NC
- 2006-11-20: NC Injury Liens: SEHP Update
- 2006-11-09: Ahlborn Amicus Brief From ATLA
- 2006-11-09: Free Mapping Technology for Smart Phones From Google
- 2006-11-08: Judicial Election Results in NC
- 2006-11-01: Judicial Elections in NC
- 2006-11-01: How To Identify if a Health Plan Falls Under ERISA: Form 5500 and More
- 2006-10-27: Anti-Tort Reform Blog: The Tortellini
- 2006-10-26: HIPAA Form for Download
- 2006-10-23: Email, Ethics, Conflicts and Lawyers
- 2006-10-20: NC Sex Offender Registry Link
- 2006-10-20: Medicare Liens and Set Asides (MSA) in Liability Cases: Myth or Reality?
- 2006-10-18: Punitive Damages Against an Estate Blocked by Court
- 2006-10-16: Insurance Company Profits Soar to $60 Billion
- 2006-10-16: History of a Sex Abuse Law
- 2006-10-13: Insurance Points in NC
- 2006-10-05: Medicaid, ERISA, Medicare & Ahlborn Seminar: What to Do With Ahlborn
- 2006-09-29: Sex Offenders Banned from Public Areas in NC Mountain Town
- 2006-09-28: The $10,000 PC: Need One?
- 2006-09-25: NC Injury Lawyers: Ahlborn Resources for Medicaid
- 2006-09-22: Preview My New Website
- 2006-09-22: Exhibits: Make Them Big for Free
- 2006-09-19: Medicare Office Address to Change
- 2006-09-14: Email, Lawyers, Disclaimers, Confidentiality and Conflicts
- 2006-09-05: Medicare Lien Formula Explained
- 2006-09-01: Want Medicaid? Be a Citizen, Not an Illegal
- 2006-08-31: Expert Speed Testimony Now Allowed in NC
- 2006-08-30: North Carolina Trial Law Blog
- 2006-08-30: NC Lawyer Seeks Declaratory Judgment on Ahlborn and NC Medicaid
- 2006-08-30: Mea Culpa: The Right Way To Apply the New SEHP Legislation
- 2006-08-30: SEHP Lien Statute Signed by Governor, but Not Helping
- 2006-08-25: Thanks to Health Plan Law for the Positive Mention
- 2006-08-25: NC Living Will Free Download
- 2006-08-21: Ahlborn: What Does It Mean?
- 2006-08-17: Bored by the Law
- 2006-08-15: The Cyberlaw Encyclopedia Version 2.0
- 2006-08-13: Bold Statement of the Obvious
- 2006-08-13: Famous Trials: Trials That Shaped History
- 2006-08-12: Spell Check & Contracts
- 2006-08-12: Some New Links and Feeds for NCTLB
- 2006-08-11: Will SEHP Lien Pro-Rate With Other Liens?
- 2006-08-11: Mobile Blogging Gone Wild
- 2006-08-10: Another Teacher Sex Scandal
- 2006-08-10: Thanks to Insurance Coverage Blog for the Mention
- 2006-08-10: When Will the Governor Sign the Bill??
- 2006-08-08: SEHP Lien Request Forms
- 2006-08-07: Redact Trial Exhibits on Your Computer
- 2006-08-04: Example of How SEHP Lien Operates
- 2006-08-03: Beware Umbrella Policy Exclusions
- 2006-08-01: What if SEHP Hasn’t Paid YET…
- 2006-07-31: Date Calculator (How To Count Days)
- 2006-07-31: Using Two Monitors on Your Computer
- 2006-07-28: How To Make a .PDF Form Fillable
- 2006-07-27: State Employee Health Lien Goes to Governor for Signature
- 2006-07-27: Portable Technology Tested
- 2006-07-24: Request for Admissions About Depo Testimony
- 2006-07-24: Can Trial Judges Overrule Each Other?
- 2006-07-24: Blogging Fun With RSS Feeds
- 2006-07-23: How To Choose a Lawyer
- 2006-07-21: Female Teachers Having Sex With Students
- 2006-07-21: What’s the Last Thing a “Red Neck” Says Before He Dies?
- 2006-07-21: State Employees Lien Statute REVISED!!! (ALMOST)
- 2006-07-21: Statute: NC Health Choice
- 2006-07-21: Statute: NC Teachers & Employees Health Plan Lien
- 2006-07-20: On Losing a Trial…
- 2006-07-19: General Comments
- 2006-07-19: Property Damage and Car Loans
- 2006-07-19: Teenagers, Cell Phones and the Law
- 2006-07-18: Medicaid Liens and Wrongful Death Cap
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- Insurance Law (18)
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- Medicaid Liens (20)
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- Medicare Liens (10)
- NC Law Changes (28)
- NC State Employees Health Plan Lien (14)
- News and Law for Non-lawyers (40)
- Personal Injury Law (28)
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- Sports (1)
- Structured Settlements (1)
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- Trial Tips and Strategies (14)
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- Wrongful Death (13)