People here in Mississippi that were harmed by the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill often come to me with the same refrain, “there’s no more money to distribute,” or “BP has already paid all the money it’s going to pay.” I always try to disabuse people of these notions, as there is still more money […]
As you likely know from other blog posts I have posted, if you knowingly sell the government a product that does not meet government specifications—whether it is a missile, a mammogram machine, or a mortgage-backed security—you are violating the False Claims Act, a 150-year-old law written to prevent war profiteering. You also cannot bilk the […]
Many clients here in Mississippi come to me with questions about fraud, asking if they can be whistleblowers. The answer is usually “maybe.” It is not enough to allege fraud against a company simply because you believe they are “up to no good.” Being a whistleblower means that you are inside the company, are aware […]
I have said it before—if you want to know where the next big whistleblower case will come from, “follow the money.” In the United States, if you follow the money, it will lead you to health care. Healthcare comes into play in False Claims Act cases because the federally-funded Medicare and Medicaid programs pay the […]
I was intrigued by the story of new U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s brush with the law back when he was a student at Yale in 1985. According to witnesses and police reports of the time, he got into at least a shoving match with a gentleman whom he believed to be the lead […]
I have seen so many people devastated by car accidents. I’ve unfortunately watched them be devastated a second time when they learn that the other motorist involved in the accident lacks sufficient insurance to cover the damage he or she caused. Of all of the advice I give clients, perhaps the most common one is […]
If you are like me, you do not look forward to going to the dentist’s office. Whether it is a just a routine cleaning or a root canal, it is rarely any fun. That said, I appreciate my dentist and the professional work he does to keep my teeth clean. But what if your dentist […]
The term “pain and suffering” rolls off peoples’ tongues as if everyone knows what it means. It is a legal term that represents a particular category of damage—it is the emotional distress endured as a result of a third party’s negligent acts. Emotional distress covers a wide range of adverse effects, including emotional or psychological […]
The most common accident I see here in Mississippi is a “rear-end” car accident, where one automobile strikes another from behind. A host of physical injuries ranging from whiplash to death can result from this sort of accident, some of them develop immediately while others take years to become a debilitating problem. Cars often suffer […]
I have represented countless people here in Mississippi injured in workplace accidents. While I have seen a wide variety of accident types, forklift injuries represent a recurring theme. Forklifts can be dangerous for many reasons, including ineffective driver training, overloading, lack of maintenance, or unsafe driving conditions. While any one of these dangers can harm […]
