How A Mississippi Medicaid Lien 43-13-125 Can Shape A Deputy’s Crash Recovery Key Takeaways: A Rankin County crash in July 2026 that seriously injures an on-duty deputy raises overlapping questions of liability, insurance, and lien repayment. Mississippi is a traditional at-fault state requiring proof of negligence to recover. When Medicaid pays for care caused by…
How Tennessee Medicaid Gets Repaid From Your Car Accident Settlement Key Takeaways: A TennCare subrogation lien under Tennessee Code Annotated § 71-5-117 is the State’s legal right to be reimbursed from your car accident settlement for medical care TennCare paid after your crash. The statute subrogates the State to your rights against the at-fault party,…
Tennessee 24-5-113 Medical Bills Presumption: A Powerful Tool For Injured Memphis Drivers Key Takeaways: A Tennessee statute allows injured people to itemize medical, hospital, or doctor bills and treat them as evidence that charges were reasonable and necessary. Bills attached to a complaint that do not exceed $4,000 serve as prima facie proof of both…
Why Your Full Medical Bills Still Matter After a Memphis Crash Key Takeaways: Tennessee’s collateral source rule prevents at-fault drivers from reducing damages because your health insurer or auto policy paid your medical bills. Rooted in an 1896 Tennessee Supreme Court decision and reaffirmed in Dedmon v. Steelman (2017), the rule allows injured plaintiffs to…
Suing the City After a Memphis Crash: What the Law Lets You Recover Key Takeaways: Tennessee’s Governmental Tort Liability Act caps recovery against a city, county, or transit agency at $300,000 for bodily injury or death of one person, $700,000 for all people hurt in one occurrence, and $100,000 for property damage. The Act grants…
Understanding the Punishment Side of a Tupelo Crash Claim Key Takeaways: Mississippi Code § 11-1-65 caps punitive damages on a sliding scale tied to defendant net worth, from $20 million for defendants worth over $1 billion down to 2% of net worth for those worth $50 million or less, calculated under Generally Accepted Accounting Principles….
How One Tennessee Statute Can Open the Door to the Vehicle Owner’s Insurance Key Takeaways: Tennessee Code Annotated § 55-10-311 gives Memphis crash victims an evidentiary shortcut: proof of vehicle ownership serves as prima facie evidence that the driver had the owner’s permission and was acting within the scope of employment. Paired with § 55-10-312,…
How a Hospital’s Filing Clock Can Shape Your Memphis Crash Recovery Key Takeaways: Tennessee’s Hospital Lien Act requires hospitals to file a verified written statement before discharge or within 120 days after discharge. The filing goes to the circuit court clerk in the county where the hospital is located and, for Tennessee residents, the county…
Understanding How Multiple Vehicles Can Multiply Your Uninsured Motorist Protection in Mississippi Key Takeaways: Uninsured motorist stacking means combining UM limits across multiple vehicles or policies for greater coverage after a crash with an uninsured driver. Mississippi Code § 83-11-102 permits insureds with policies covering four or more vehicles to elect single-limit, nonstacking UM coverage,…
Why Mississippi’s Fault Rules Shape Every Tupelo Crash Claim Key Takeaways: Mississippi is a fault-based state where the negligent driver and their liability insurer are responsible for harm caused, so recovery flows through the at-fault driver’s policy rather than your own. The "25/50/25" refers to state minimum liability limits under Miss. Code Ann. Section 63-15-43(2)(b):…