Are We in a Jail Health Care Crisis?

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By: Savannah Pelfrey
Member, American Journal of Trial Advocacy

            Telemedicine is a phenomenon within the health care world that is presumed to have started within the last decade; however, its history within the prison industry started much earlier.[1] Continue reading “Are We in a Jail Health Care Crisis?”

Alabama’s Amended Hospital Lien Laws

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By: Lauren Wiggins
Research and Writing Editor, American Journal of Trial Advocacy

Medical bills are a primary source of damages that personal injury suits seek to recover.  Those bills can be astronomical when such an injury requires treatment at a hospital whether through a few hours in the emergency department or an extended period of hospital admission.

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Every Vape You Take: Litigation Is Now as Prevalent as Electronic Cigarettes

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By: Sara Rogan
Research and Writing Editor, American Journal of Trial Advocacy

In 2015, smokers exhaled a sigh of relief with the introduction of the JUUL Labs electronic cigarette, also regarded as “an alternative smoking product.”[1] Continue reading “Every Vape You Take: Litigation Is Now as Prevalent as Electronic Cigarettes”