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We are a lawfirm who believes in educating the public about the legal system, updates on crime and courts, and news updates regarding the justice and court systems. We provide you with the latest news on crime and courts accross the country. We believe this will enable you to learn the latest happening around you. This is why we publish this website, updating it with news we think will interest you.
Unlike most firms, we want to make sure the news is understandable, entertaining and informative. We welcome your feedback on any post that we make on this site. We also are posting legal forms for your use (we do advise that you get a lawyer when possible). We also provide updated information on judges, jury veridcts, statutory changes and results in cases handled by our firm and others. We hope this site will educate and inform you. From the layman's law dictionary to crime and courts, we will do our best to keep updating this site daily. Just click on the TN Attorny link to learn more about lawyers working with our law firm.
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817 Broad Street, Second Floor Chattanooga Tennessee 37402 Phone 423-756-3646. We have offices in Chattanooga and Nashville covering the states of Tennessee, Georiga and Alabama.
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Our firm members include:
Stuart F. James
W. Gerald Tidwell
Tony Kestner
W. Adam Izell
Latest News
March 27, 2012
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OFF TO THE RACES! A FEW INSIGHTS INTO THE SUPREME COURT ARGUMENTS OVER HEALTH CARE REFORM!By: B. Allen Bradford
We're off to the races! Supreme Court oral arguments have begun regarding constitutionality of the health care reform law. “Oral argument” is when lawyers on both sides (and some specially appointed by the Court) debate the pro’s and con’s of a case that’s been appealed to the Court. First up today was the relatively obscure but very important question: may the Court even make a decision at this time? Click here to read a Washington Post article on the issue.[READ MORE] |
February 2, 2012
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Why Health Insurers Don’t Pay and What You Can Do About It Part 5 A Real Life Example: Chapter 3 Lessons Learned By: B Allen Bradford, Esq
This column is primarily for individual consumers, physicians, small businesses and small health care companies. Big hospitals and insurers play a vital role in the American health care system and I have nothing against them. In fact, I spent 15 years inside the health insurance industry. But the big players have plenty of very good lawyers to help them already. My purpose here is to help others better understand how to navigate the health care system, which is sometimes bewildering, even to me. I’ll describe how to exercise your rights, some of the new rules imposed by the 2010 Affordable Care Act and other laws, and other topics that may be of practical value.
In my last 2 posts, “an actual, real-life, frustrating and ultimately successful attempt to get health claims paid.” In this post, I will review “Lessons Learned” from our story, with reference to portions of 2 posts in did in June titled “Why Health Insurers Don’t Pay and What You Can Do About It.” [READ MORE] |
January 23, 2012
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Why Health Insurers Don’t Pay and What You Can Do About It Part 4 A Real Life Example: Chapter 2 By: B. Allen Bradford, Esq.
This column is primarily for individual consumers, physicians, small businesses and small health care companies. Big hospitals and insurers play a vital role in the American health care system and I have nothing against them. In fact, I spent 15 years inside the health insurance industry. But the big players have plenty of very good lawyers to help them already. My purpose here is to help others better understand how to navigate the health care system, which is sometimes bewildering, even to me. I’ll describe how to exercise your rights, some of the new rules imposed by the 2010 Affordable Care Act and other laws, and other topics that may be of practical value.
In my two June, 2011 posts titled “Why Health Insurers Don’t Pay and What You Can Do About It,” I had promised a future post to describe “an actual, real-life, frustrating and ultimately successful attempt to get health claims paid.” I began that story in my last post (“A Real Life Example: Chapter 1”), will complete it in this post, and will review lessons learned from our story in Chapter 3, with reference my June posts. [READ MORE] |
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