The Social Security Administration administers two (2) kinds of disability programs — which provide monetary assistance for people in different situations.
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…
On May 30, 1997, the Indiana Supreme Court handed down its opinion in Erie Insurance Co. v. George…
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.
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…
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…
In 1986, the Indiana legislature passed a law against “frivolous, unreasonable, or groundless” actions or defenses on a claim…
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…
Before discussing strategies of what to focus upon within the mental disorders listing, a brief review of the structure of the mental disorder listing may be helpful.
The mental disorder listing does contain a separate listing for personality disorder. That listing is set out at 12.08. The section A criteria is…
The basis of this listing is to award benefits to claimants who meet SSA’s definition of mental retardation. It is important to note that Social Security has its own definition for mental retardation…