Few things say “summertime” like an afternoon at the ballpark cheering on the home team. Even if Major League Baseball tickets have gotten a little pricey, there are hundreds of minor league teams dotting the map offering an affordable diversion. Baseball games may be a…
Over the last month or so, Medicare fraud prevention has been making major headlines. In June, the Department of Justice led the FBI and other law enforcement agencies in a nationwide sweep resulting in 243 arrests representing the largest Medicare fraud “takedown” in terms of…
Former President H.W. Bush was injured after falling at his summer home in Kennebunkport, Maine. Bush broke the C2 vertebrae in his neck. According to CNN, he remains hospitalized, in fair condition and in good spirits. He will be fitted for a neck brace and begin physical therapy over the…
Self-driving cars are becoming more and more advanced, but, as with any developing technology, they are not 100% safe. Earlier this month, an event many thought to be inevitable finally happened: the highly publicized Google self-driving car was involved in a personal injury incident for…
Along with beautiful weather, the joy of summer brings more barbeques than we can keep up with. Something about food fresh off the grill puts a smile on just about every ones face. Although summer barbeques are joyous occasions, there is danger lurking. Grilling causes…
Earlier this week I wrote about Farid Fata, the disgraced Detroit-area “oncologist” convicted of healthcare fraud for performing unnecessary cancer treatments on unsuspecting patients, many of whom did not have cancer. Over 500 people underwent painful and often dangerous treatment, believing Fata was doing his…
In a Michigan auto accident, in order to recover for noneconomic or “pain and suffering” damages, an injured party (or their family) has to show that he or she suffered a “threshold injury” including death, permanent serious disfigurement, or a serious impairment of body function. …
When you visit your doctor, you hope and expect to receive care, treatment, and advice based on what’s best for you, the patient. When Detroit-area cancer “specialist” Dr. Farid Fata saw his patients, however, he had something else in mind: money. As part of a…
With the historic United States Supreme Court (SCOTUS) decision in Obergfell v. Hodges, our wonderful country has taken another huge step forward in the name of social justice. Federal law now guarantees same-sex couples the right to marry. Aside from the social effects of not…
Last week the story of Tiffany Ingham, an anesthesiologist who insulted a patient while he was undergoing a colonoscopy, flooded the web and mainstream media. Ingham had been inadvertently recorded during the procedure, and she was captured calling the man a “retard,” a “wuss,” threatening…