How federal health reform legislation will affect Michigan seniors
By Caroline M. Dellenbusch, Esq. The Affordable Care Act is used to refer collectively to the Patient Protection and Affordability Care Act of 2010 and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act...
View ArticleRespiratory therapy manager claims unjust termination
In a whistleblower lawsuit filed in Wayne County Circuit Court, plaintiff Elizabeth Williamson sought economic and non-economic damages from defendants G&K Management Services, Inc., and Ciena...
View ArticleIn whistleblower suit, nursing care worker says ‘adversarial’ management...
A respiratory therapy manager for a Detroit-based nursing facility claimed that her cooperation in a state investigation was the basis for her firing. A Wayne County Circuit Court jury agreed with her,...
View ArticlePayback: Estate recovery plan for Medicaid beneficiaries now in place
The federal government recently approved Michigan’s Estate Recovery program, which was originally signed into law back in 2007. Michigan is the last state in the nation to implement estate recovery and...
View ArticleScheduling conflicts
In his concurring opinion in the influential no-fault case of Advocacy Org for Patients & Providers v. Auto Club Ins Ass’n, Michigan Court of Appeals Judge Thomas Fitzgerald “strongly recommended”...
View Article2012 ballot proposals: Proposal 4
This week, Michigan Lawyers Weekly is looking at the five constitutional amendments and approval of a state statute that are on the Nov. 6 ballot. Writer Brian Frasier analyzes the issues and talks to...
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