The Georgia State Patrol released a report of number of traffic related fatalities in Georgia over the Labor Day Weekend.  In total there were a reported 443 accidents statewide with 226 of those accidents resulted in injuries.  The report states that 10 of those accidents resulted in fatalities.  The total number of fatalities was 14 for this Labor Day weekend. 

The report includes accidents that occurred in Georgia between 6:00 pm on Friday through midnight Monday.  The total number of auto accident fatalities in Georgia over Labor Day Weekend in 2012 was 13. 

Our thoughts and prayers are with all the families impacted by these accidents.  

A plaintiff with federal employee health insurance benefits will have her medical bills paid after months of negotiations by Jarrett & Price and the healthcare plan's sponsor. The plaintiff was in a serious auto accident resulting in medical bills of more than $100,000, as well as a need for future surgery. Citing a contract provision, the plan refused to pay for treatments until the plaintiff agreed to reimburse the plan for all claims paid by the plan on a dollar-for-dollar basis. In August, the plan finally agreed to accept only $10,000 in reimbursement, reducing the plaintiff's obligation to repay the plan by approximately 90-percent.

After months of negotiations, the law firm of Jarrett & Price successfully reduced a plaintiff's obligation to repay Medicaid by almost 50 percent. The result will save the Plaintiff more than $200,000 in recovery funds which otherwise  would have been claimed by the lien holders, Wellcare and the Georgia Dept. of Community Health. 

Jarrett & Price is one of a few law firms in the country which specializes in resolving healthcare reimbursement or "liens" for personal injury victims. Following a successful recovery through settlement or verdict, healthcare plans or medical providers often assert "liens" against portions of the victim's recovery proceeds. We are hired by other plaintiff's firms to investigate the rights of these lien holders, and attempt to eliminate or negotiate significant reductions to the liens. To date, these negotiations by Jarrett & Price have saved plaintiffs more than $1 million of their total recovery dollars.