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Responding To The Anticipated Fallout Of The Haygood And Howell Decisions

December 6, 2011 by

No one is surprised when people who are hurt in accidents go to the doctor’s office for care.  In the past, many went to doctors who provided them care through their group health insurance programs.  These group healthcare providers usually have pre-negotiated reimbursement agreements with the group health insurance carriers.  Those insurance carriers pay the providers a sum certain for each service provided.  The pre-negotiated reimbursement agreements normally prevent the doctors from charging … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Billed vs. Paid, Collateral Source, Damages, Expert Testimony, Howell, Liens, Medical Payments, Panel Counsel Tips, Trial Strategy, Worker's Compensation Tagged With: , , , , , , , , , , , ,

LexisNexis Names Nevada Insurance Law As A Top Insurance Law Blog For 2011

November 21, 2011 by

The Advisory Board of the LexisNexis Insurance Law Community has selected Mills & Associates' Nevada Insurance Law as one of the nation’s Top Insurance Law Blogs for 2011.  The Advisory Board described what it saw in the winning blogs. The Top Blogs contain some of the best writing out there on insurance law.  They contain a wealth of information for the insurance law community with timely news items, practical information, expert analysis, practice tips, frequent postings, and helpful … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Alternative Dispute Resolution, Attorney's Fees, Bad Faith, Bankruptcy, Collateral Source, Comparative Fault, Contribution, Contributory Negligence, Court System, Criminal Convictions, Damages, Defaults & Default Judgments, Direct Action, Dram Shop, Duties to the Insured, Evidentiary Inferences, Expert Testimony, Federal Court, Fee Shifting, Finality, Five-Year Rule, Good Faith Settlements, Good Samaritan Law, Legal Research, Liability, Liens, Limitation of Actions, Medical Payments, Minor's Compromise, Motions for Summary Judgment, Offers of Judgment, Offsets, Parental Liability, Policy Interpretation, Rebuttable Presumptions, Removal, Res Ipsa Loquitur, Short Trial, Sovereign Immunity, Spoliation of Evidence, Stacking Policy Coverages, Statutes of Limitations, Strategies to Consider, Subrogation, Survival Actions, Technology, Title and Registration of Autos, Traffic Citations, Trial Strategy, UM/UIM, Vicarious Liability, Wrongful Death Tagged With: , , , , , , , , , ,

Got Questions?

August 3, 2010 by

These posts on the Mills & Associates Nevada Insurance Law blog are published to provide useful insights on Nevada insurance law to our clients and other subscribers. Many times the topics are suggested by recent case law, or issues raised by litigation. As part of our ongoing effort to provide both timely and helpful information, we invite all our readers to submit issues which they would like to see addressed in future blog posts. Likewise, please submit questions concerning prior … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Alternative Dispute Resolution, Attorney's Fees, Bad Faith, Bankruptcy, Collateral Source, Comparative Fault, Continuing Legal Education, Contribution, Contributory Negligence, Court System, Criminal Convictions, Damages, Defaults & Default Judgments, Direct Action, Dram Shop, Duties to the Insured, Evidentiary Inferences, Expert Testimony, Federal Court, Fee Shifting, Finality, Five-Year Rule, Good Faith Settlements, Good Samaritan Law, Legal Research, Liability, Liens, Limitation of Actions, Medical Payments, Minor's Compromise, Offers of Judgment, Offsets, Parental Liability, Policy Interpretation, Rebuttable Presumptions, Removal, Res Ipsa Loquitur, Short Trial, Sovereign Immunity, Spoliation of Evidence, Stacking Policy Coverages, Statutes of Limitations, Strategies to Consider, Subrogation, Survival Actions, Technology, Title and Registration of Autos, Traffic Citations, Trial Strategy, UM/UIM, Vicarious Liability, Wrongful Death Tagged With: , , , , , , , , ,

Credentialing A Biomechanical Expert In Nevada

November 11, 2008 by

In the recent case of Hallmark v. Eldridge, 124 Nev. 492, 189 P.3d 646 (2008), the Nevada Supreme Court addressed the admissibility of expert witnesses in general and biomechanical experts in particular.  In its July 24, 2008 opinion, the Supreme Court did not create an outright exclusion of all biomechanical expert testimony.  However, a firm foundation must be laid must before biomechanical testimony can be admitted.  The standard for determining whether an expert can be used is found in … [Read more...]

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