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Dealing with hospital liens

The Hospital Lien Act, Civil Code sections 3045.1-3045.6, including a checklist for negotiating HLA liens

From Issue: 2019 November

Person most knowledgeable depositions in employment disability discrimination

You can use PMK testimony in place of expert testimony to demonstrate how the employer failed to protect a disabled employee’s rights

Griselda S. Rodriguez

From Issue: 2019 October

The defense medical examination

Protecting your clients and their cases from improper examinations and interrogations during DMEs

Andrew Owen

From Issue: 2019 October

Depositions: Use honey, not vinegar

Experience dictates the kinder approach usually wins with most deponents

Robert Abiri

From Issue: 2019 October

Getting the corporate incident report and witness statements

Application of attorney-client and work-product privileges to corporate incident reports and employee-witness statements

Lyssa A. Roberts

From Issue: 2019 October

Buying immunity

The lid is off the policy! Can insurers immunize themselves from their bad-faith failure to settle by buying the bad-faith claim from their own policyholder?

Jeffrey I. Ehrlich

From Issue: 2019 September