Limiting medical and health care expense recovery in a civil action to the amount actually paid or incurred, by or on behalf of the claimant, was one of the significant civil justice reforms passed in 2003. Prior to 2003, plaintiffs were allowed to recover the full billed amount, including the “phantom” charges that were never paid because the bills were reduced—a common practice in medical care.
Border Security
Mexican Cartels Have Infiltrated Our Cities
Mexican cartels, with dangerous motives, have quietly and consistently infiltrated urban areas across the United States, leaving everyone to wonder about the scale and scope of their impact. Arrests have been made in the brutal killing of a pregnant San Antonio woman and her boyfriend—in what police say is a drug-related crime. Savanah Nicole Soto,...
January 29, 2024