ERISA LIENS AND YOUR PERSONAL INJURY SETTLEMENT
After you struggle through all the investigation, settlement negotiations, litigation, medication, and perhaps a trial you have another hurdle to cross: liens. Liens come in all shapes and sizes. I want to focus on what is called ERISA Liens. ERISA is a federal law the Employee Retirement Income…
The articulation of mere conclusory objections are insufficient to carry the resisting party’s burden. …
I’m the Senior Partner of the law firm Patton and Patton and a former Kansas State Representative. Those credentials and $2.75 will get you a cup of coffee at Starbucks. (Not currently of course as I hear they are on strike. Yipe, my barista is on strike. Reduced to making my own coffee. Sigh.)
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The material portion of the statute Kan. Stat. Ann. § 60-237 provides:
“(B) To compel a discovery response. A party seeking discovery may move for an order compelling an answer, designation, production or inspection. This motion may be made if:
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(iii) a party fails to answer an interrogatory submitted under K.S.A. 60-233, and amendments thereto;…
Hi, I’m Mike of Patton & Patton, and today, initially wanted to do a video showing you all our office and talking a little bit about our practice, but I got stuck. I got stuck because here we’re about justice. We strive to use our legal talents and abilities to help injured people seek justice.…
“The day Michelle said, “Dad, I never wanted to be a lawyer, but now, I have never wanted anything more,”…
Liens, and the negotiation of the same, have become a big part of the personal injury litigation settlement process. There are private companies that will handle the entire part of reducing claims liens, for a fee. There are many different types of liens and the responsibility of the Plaintiffs lawyer is different depending on the…
Several years ago I served in the legislature. I was on the Corrections Committee, and one of my frustrations in the legislature was the fact that people had pretty much given up on rehabilitation of folks who were in the correction facilities. The professionals would wink and nod and say that was a nice idea…
Domestic Violence Lawsuits
My daughter Michelle is in her third year of Law School at UMKC and plans to join the firm soon. Just thinking about her journey makes me cry.
My thirty-something daughter was never interested in the law until she watched her Mom, my wife and law Partner Cindy, going into court. Cindy…
Thank you, Dad, for all you did for us. My Dad: Sergeant Frederick J. Patton I, U.S. Army, retired Veteran of World War II.
