Posted By: Kelly Schoening | email: kschoening@dbllaw.com
Severance Agreements are commonplace due to the tremendous benefits they provide. A severance agreement, if drafted properly, provides a release against future lawsuits or claims by employees. This can save a company thousands of dollars that might otherwise have been spent defending even a claim that has no merit. Any company that has experienced employment litigation knows the
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Posted By: James Dietz | email: jdietz@dbllaw.com
For years, federal and state laws have prohibited hospitals from giving physicians any payments or gifts with the intention of inducing patient referrals. These rules, which include the anti-kickback law and the physician self-referral law (the “Stark” law) are so restrictive, they have led one commentator to observe that health care “is the only business
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Posted By: DBL Law | email: news@dbllaw.com
Here’s a real-life scenario to ponder. Your mother has passed away of a rare cancer. You find yourself the executor of her estate. Your mother’s marriage to your step-father did not thrive, but she and your step-father never divorced. Upon your mother’s death, you discover she wrote your step-father out of her will. You and your siblings were never close to
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Posted By: DBL Law | email: news@dbllaw.com
By Jim Hannah, Enquirer staff writer
COVINGTON – The mother of a child born with brain damage lost a $120 million medical malpractice lawsuit Wednesday in Kenton Circuit Court.
A jury deliberated about eight hours before returning a nine to three verdict in favor of St. Elizabeth Medical Center South and Dr. Jerald Furer.
The decision ended the five-week trial inwhichGeoffreyFieger, a Michigan lawyer best known for representing assisted-suicide proponent
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Posted By: DBL Law | email: news@dbllaw.com
Crestview Hills, KY; Oct. 9, 2006 – Joseph A. Cleves, Jr., a partner with the law firm of Deters, Benzinger and LaVelle (DBL), will present “Matrix of Selected Clauses from Four Standard Form General Conditions plus F.A.R.” at the American Bar Association’s (ABA) Forum on the Construction Industry 2006 annual meeting. The conference will be
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Posted By: DBL Law | email: news@dbllaw.com
Crestview Hills, KY; Sept. 11, 2006 – The law firm of Deters, Benzinger & LaVelle is co-sponsoring* “Global Aging Crisis,” a government forum hosted by Senior Services of Northern Kentucky, on Sept. 14, 5-7 p.m. at Drees Pavilion in Devou Park. The open forum will allow Northern Kentucky seniors to express their views to elected
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Posted By: DBL Law | email: news@dbllaw.com
Crestview Hills, KY; Aug. 7, 2006 – Gerald Benzinger, managing partner of the law firm of Deters, Benzinger and LaVelle (DBL), has been named the honoree of the American Cancer Society’s Fore A Cure Corporate Golf Classic held Aug. 6-7 at Belterra Casino Resort and Spa.
Benzinger practices in the areas of healthcare law, litigation, corporate
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Posted By: DBL Law | email: news@dbllaw.com
Crestview Hills, KY; July 17, 2006 – Robert M. Hoffer, a partner with the law firm of Deters, Benzinger and LaVelle (DBL), was selected as a member of the Leadership Northern Kentucky Class of 2007. Sponsored by the Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce, the program requires candidates to participate in a highly competitive application process.
The
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Posted By: James Dietz | email: jdietz@dbllaw.com
It is difficult to visit any physician’s office and not notice various items splashed with the names of prescription drugs. From pens, notepads, and tape measures to stethoscopes and anatomical posters, gifts from drug companies are so common that patients may give them no more thought that they do to the magazines in the
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