You’ve just been injured in an accident and were taken to a hospital emergency room for treatment. Now, you owe the hospital for their services. Assuming you have no health insurance, the hospital may file a hospital lien. Therefore, it is important that you know how hospital liens work in Texas.
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Just when you thought that fighting the insurance company is a challenge, more and more of my clients find themselves in the grips of the hospital when it comes to settling their personal injury case. From filing hospital liens, getting “assignments of benefits,” and refusing to file on health insurance, I have noticed that many
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Let’s say you are involved in a car accident in Dallas and are taken to Parkland Hospital. You will be seen in the emergency room and possibly have x-rays or even CT scans performed. Then, the hospital will generate a bill for the services rendered. The hospital may then file a lien at the Dallas
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Lately, I have noticed that hospitals (and other healthcare providers) are becoming much more aggressive in gaining a legal strong-hold in your injury claim after a car accident. With the Texas Hospital Lien statute and the way insurance companies are handling your Personal Injury Protection (PIP) benefits, more and more of your money is being
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I called my primary care doctor after my car accident and he won’t see me. You are injured in a car accident. You do the right thing and call your doctor. A staff member asks you how you were injured. You state that you were injured in a car accident. You are in pain and
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What Should I Expect from my Personal Injury Lawyer From my years of practice as a Dallas Personal injury lawyer, I have heard what clients say about their personal injury lawyer. Not only about me, but also about other lawyers. Here are some of the things that clients have told me about their experiences with
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I called my primary care doctor after my car accident and he won’t see me. What should I do now? Throughout my years as a car accident lawyer in the Dallas/Fort Worth area, I hear this all the time. You are injured in a car accident. Naturally, you want to see the doctor. So,
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Many clients often ask me if they can get more than the policy limits for their personal injury case. My answer is usually the same. It is highly unlikely, and practically impossible, to get more than the policy limits. In order to understand why, we must cover some basic legal concepts about how liability insurance
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Since I have starting practicing personal injury law in 1994, the internet was still in development. Now, the internet has become so common that it has effected the way we run our everyday lives. With the explosion of the wealth of information on the web, people feel empowered to handle their own claims by researching
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Question: I just need advice on the value of my case. I want to keep the entire insurance settlement and don’t want to share any percentage with some attorney. I was injured as a passenger in a two-car accident and have some cuts and serious bruising on my face. How much can I expect to
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