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.
Attorney Employment Contracts Must Be Fair
January 11, 2014
As an attorney who practices law involving attorney employment agreements, I have read many cases where the contract is unenforceable because in impinges on the clients’ right to freely chose their counsel. Attorney employment agreements are unenforceable that state that when an attorney leaves a firm and takes