The Artvoice reported today that Blue Shield California twice refused to pay $2,700 emergency room claims by Rosalinda Miran-Ramirez, concluding that it was not a “reasonable” decision for her to go to the emergency room that morning when she awoke to a shirt saturated from blood with what turned out to be a breast tumor. Only after KPIX-TV reported the story did the insurance company pay the claim. Further, it reported that the National Women’s Law Center found that the laws of eight states permit insurance companies to deny health coverage to a battered spouse (as a “pre-existing condition”) since batterers tend to be recidivists.
Target Recalls Step Stool
August 30, 2011
As a New York personal injury attorney, I am always concerned when an unsafe product arrives on store shelves for sale to the public.
Today, the Consumer Product Safety Commission reported that Target is recalling a product known as “Step Stool with Storage” as the wooded step stools