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A fellow plaintiff’s lawyer, David Lewis of KELLY & WEST ATTORNEYS in Lillington, NC, has correctly pointed out that the new SEHP legislation uses the language from the NC Medical Lien Statute and that the analysis should probably follow that line of lien reduction.(i.e. I got it wrong) He’s absolutely correct, I think. The final…

Governor Signs the Bill, but SEHP doesn’t Get it The governor signed the SEHP bill (Session Law 2006-264** SB 602) yesterday on the last possible day to sign the legislation. Great news, right? Well, maybe. Looks like SEHP is interpreting the statute in a very odd manner. SEHP is not reading the new statute correctly…

Fine Discussion! Thanks to Health Plan Law.com for the positive mention of my recent post setting out practical guidelines for using the recent Supreme Court Ruling in Ahlborn to reduce Medicaid liens in personal injury settlements. Here is what they had to say: Nonetheless, U.S. Supreme Court has held that these provisions do not support…

Living Wills? I thought you were a personal Injury Attorney? Ok, I assure you that I am not branching out into a new area of practice. I receive the occasional inquiry about wills and estates and always refer people on to someone who likes that kind of law. What I’m talking about here is a…

Ahlborn an exciting development for Plaintiffs (maybe) The recent United States Supreme Court decision of Arkansas Department of Human Services v. Ahlborn 547 U.S. ___, 126 S.Ct. 1752 (April 2006) has created an excellent opportunity for plaintiff’s lawyers to ensure clients receive a fair share of their settlements in personal injury matters.Those of us that…

My dog, Winston. About as excited as he ever gets when I’m blogging. I really do not intend to make the NCTL blog into some sort of law-like “My Space” and I promise we will keep things serious and on point, but I gotta tell you, when I’m reading articles on thrilling topics like “liens…

I found an interesting website that acts as an aggregator of links that pertain to law and technology. This website is more about actual Intellectual Property Law and Technology Law, and not so much about the use of technology in law. The sub-catagories provide a pretty simple way to browse article to get the “gist”…

I drove past this sign today and it cracked me up. I’ll also note that this same place offers “kids eat free on Sunday.” Free, if you don’t count fighting Child Protective Services for custody.

I stumbled across a neat little site by Professor Douglas Linder, a professor at the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law.  You can view Professor Linder’s website here: Famous Trials – UMKC School of Law – Prof. Douglas Linder. Would John Brown have fled in a white SUV? Linder teaches a class on “Famous…

I actually read the Terms Of Service (TOS) on websites where I register. It’s that thing you always have to check mark before you download software or register yourself. These contracts are pretty interesting, but the one I read today, on a MAJOR website had a pretty funny spelling goof…. 17. Procedure For Making Claims…