Injuries
Is One U.S. Insurance Company Requiring Patients to Self-Diagnose?
By Zach Christiansen of The Bowling Christiansen Law Firm, A Professional Law Corporation on Tuesday, July 24, 2018. BATON ROUGE, Louisiana. The New York Times and Consumer Reports have been investigating cases where Anthem, an insurance company, has denied patient’s ER claims, claiming that the patients went to the ER when their situation wasn’t an emergency. In cases where the insurance company has denied claims, it has said that patients should have called the insurance company’s 24/7 hotline or gone to an emergency clinic. According to Consumer Reports, Anthem isn’t basing whether it denies claims on a person’s initial symptoms but rather on the final diagnosis that the ER gives. This is problematic because the insurance company is essentially asking…
Read MoreThe Risks of Jump-Starting Your Car’s Batteries
By Zach Christiansen of The Bowling Christiansen Law Firm, A Professional Law Corporation posted in Injuries on Tuesday, July 17, 2018. JACKSON, Mississippi. In the old days, if your car’s battery died, it was often easy to solve your problem. You asked a stranger for a boost, using jumper cables and went on your merry way. These days, as car’s computer systems have become more complex, boosting your car is not always the best idea. According to the Globe and Mail, making an error when boosting the battery of modern cars can sometimes have dire consequences. At best, you could fry your car’s computer system and at worst, you could cause a battery explosion, leading to serious injury or even…
Read MoreNew Car Features May Be Promoting Distracted Driving
By Zach Christiansen of The Bowling Christiansen Law Firm, A Professional Law Corporation on Thursday, July 5, 2018. JACKSON, Mississippi. Distracted driving kills and injures. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reports that distracted driving left 3,450 people dead in 2016, and left another 391,000 people injured. While some safety features on new cars can decrease the risks of accidents, many of these safety features make cars safer when they take decision-making out of the equation. Automatic emergency braking and forward collision warnings take some of the decision-making away from drivers to make cars safer. Yet, some new features on cars may be having the opposite effect. When people stop paying attention to the road and start paying more attention…
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