Car accidents are the leading killer of Americans between the ages of five and 34. Every year, over 30,000 people died in car crashes across the nation. Mississippi is a dangerous place for car accidents. In fact, according to the Mississippi Office of Highway Safety, over 600 fatal car accidents occur across the state of […]
While Medicare does not have an official estimate as to the amount of money loss to fraud each year, the Federal Bureau of Investigations estimates that fraud occurs in three to ten percent of all health care billings. Each year, Medicare expenditures exceed $560 billion. Applying the FBI percentages to this amount, the cost of […]
Each year, the government recovers billions of dollars thanks to whistleblowers. The last few years have seen a host of high profile whistleblowers, from Edward Snowden and Chelsea Manning to J. Kirk McGill. Individuals and corporate whistleblowers who come forward in an effort to protect the government from fraud serve a vital function in our […]
Most tractor trailers and semi-trucks weigh in at around 80,000 pounds, over 30 times the weight of the average car or SUV. These colossal vehicles are often 70 to 80 feet long, making them four times the length of the average passenger vehicle. Safely driving a tractor trailer or other commercial truck requires extensive training, […]
Recently, in Lucedale, Mississippi, two George County school buses were involved in a serious crash. Officials report that one school bus was stopped, having just let out a group of students, when a second school bus crashed into the back of it. The buses were traveling along Mississippi Highway 26, close to Highway 63. The […]
Forklift accidents can be devastating and even deadly. In 2010, a construction worker was killed in a forklift accident in Jackson, Mississippi. The accident happened along Interstate 20 where crews were working to rebuild a bridge. The forklift accident victim perished after being run over by the forklift. One year later, a Mississippi corporation in […]
Recently, 25 residents of the Jacksonville area in Florida were indicted in a scheme to defraud the compensation fund set up following the 2010 BP oil spill. The indictments came down on Tuesday, November 25, 2014. Twenty six indictments charge a single count of mail fraud, while the other indictment charges a 33 year old […]
The following is a look at some questions most commonly asked by Mississippi whistleblowers or potential whistleblowers concerning the Federal False Claims Act. Your licensed whistleblower attorney can provide you with individualized information and an assessment of your potential qui tam action. What is the False Claims Act? The False Claims Act is a federal […]
The Ebola virus disease, also commonly referred to as Ebola hemorrhagic fever, has reached epidemic levels in West Africa. Over 4,500 individuals have died as a result of this deadly disease and twice that many have become infected. So far, three cases of Ebola have been diagnosed in the U.S. The first case was that […]
A man from Brookhaven, Mississippi recently died in a work-related accident on an oil rig in Lincoln County. The accident occurred on Monday, October 6, 2014. The County Coroner reports that the 22 year old employee was working on an oil rig when he was hit by a pipe at about 9:30 p.m. The rig […]
