Reasonable Assumptions About Future Employment in Oil and Gas Industries
Reasonable Assumptions About Future Employment in Oil and Gas Industries. Will certain jobs in the oil and gas industry exist in the future in a pre-injury scenario?
Determining Earnings for Oil and Gas Workers
This white paper, authored by Dr. Brian Piper, details volatility in price, rigs, production jobs and median earnings in the oil and gas field between 2000 and 2022, and the methods that should be used to calculate base wages and wage growth. The paper is applicable to injured parties working in drilling, extraction and [...]
Analyzing Large and Complex Databases of Medical and Billing Records
Healthcare litigation often involves the analysis of large and complex databases of medical and billing records. These databases can contain valuable information relevant to the legal theory of the case - from data elements one might expect such as volume of patients and cost of services to less obvious but still potentially useful records such as the dates and times of patient appointments or the severity of the injury. In this blog, we will discuss how RPC can analyze large and complex databases of medical and billing records.
RPC’s Overview of the Supreme Court of Texas’ Decisions on Reasonable Value of Medical Expenses
The Supreme Court of Texas (“SCOT”) has handed down decisions that better define the limits on a plaintiff’s liability to a defendant for medical expenses in a personal injury case. These decisions have also clarified a defendant’s right to reasonable discovery from a plaintiff’s medical providers to determine the damages for medical expenses. In this blog, we review what this means for plaintiff and defense attorneys.
Analysis of Medical Expenses in Personal Injury Litigation
Medical expenses, past and future, are often the largest element of damages in a personal injury case. Indirectly, medical expenses are often the keystone used to calculate non-economic damage elements. Plaintiff and defense counsels know to carefully analyze the plaintiff’s medical expenses. RPC has the data, expertise, and experience to assist counsel in personal injury cases by analyzing past and future medical expenses. This blog lists specific ways we have assisted
Model Stipulations for Zoom Depositions
Recently, an RPC expert was deposed in a non-stenographic Zoom deposition. No court reporter or videographer was present. In this blog, we present a legal memorandum of the law governing oral depositions taken remotely without a court reporter and model stipulations to ensure the accuracy of depositions.
Developments in Texas Law on Past Medical Expenses
In recent years the Supreme Court of Texas has issued a series of decisions that affect damages for past medical expenses in personal injury and hospital lien cases. These decisions affect the evidence plaintiffs and defendants need to offer on past medical expenses. This blog post is intended to briefly summarize my understanding of the state of the law, and is not intended as a formal legal article.
Summary of Changes to the Tennessee Certificate of Need Statue
Tennessee lawmakers significantly changed the CON law during this year’s legislative session. The new Health Services and Planning Act of 2021 takes effect October 1, 2021. This law will change CON requirements and administration of the CON program. This blog details each major and minor change to CON law. Each section dissects each change and references the former law, where applicable. Read more to learn about what changes to expect in October 2021.
Mapping For Health Planning and Certificate of Need
CON programs are used, in part, to correct health care market deficiencies. To identify casual factors and alternative courses of action, planners must be able to spatially analyze multiple factors across a community. A GIS analysis and spatial modeling can increase the ability of planners to interpret data and reach reasonable conclusions. This blog will discuss the types of data and maps used within Esri to create GIS analysis and spatial modeling.
Contract Considerations to Avoid Physician Compensation Disputes
Physician employment contracts must not only make business sense but also must comply with federal laws that prohibit certain practices. To comply with these laws and to reduce the possibility of disputes between the physician and the employer, the employment contract should address these topics explicitly and precisely.