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That's fine but they don't have to pay until after the case and appeals. Meaning you have to be able to front the litigation costs in order to have a chance at

That's fine but they don't have to pay until after the case and appeals. Meaning you have to be able to front the litigation costs in order to have a chance at recovering them. There is a non-zero risk of losing. I would suggest using a pseudonym and VPN for any review written on a potentially litigious business unless you have the funds to litigate. Problem is Yelp is much more likely to mark the review as spam.

matte_black 8y ago
What if you win but they immediately go bankrupt and cannot pay you back?
- leeter 8y ago
  Courts have a tendency to look on this as criminal contempt and refer the lawyer and the client to the various AGs when this happens.
- joering2 8y ago
  They can go bankrupt the second judge handles verdict, but this would definitely be out of scope of said person bankrupcy proceedings similar to your education loan cannot be included into bankrupcy. the judge proceeding in bankrupcy claim will clearly see whats this is about.
- jessaustin 8y ago
  Physicians with their own practices might have low net worths, but they still have lots of assets to distribute in case of bankruptcy. IANAL, but a patient with a judgement would jump ahead of lots of creditors in such an event.
imbur 8y ago
Many lawyers will take anti-slapp cases on contingency so you don't have to pay up front either
- TAForObvReasons 8y ago
  > "They posted my entire medical record, including notes about my mental health, my bills, my insurance info, my driver’s license, birth date and home address," We are hearing one side of the story here. HIPAA violations have teeth -- potentially 10 years imprisonment for intentional leaks for personal gain -- so a vindictive public action is highly unlikely, and certainly some lawyers would take the case on spec. Especially if personal information like driver's license info and home address were leaked. What likely happened is this quip triggered the mess: > “I suspect that this doctor gives unnecessary procedure [sic] to a lot of people and then charges the insurance sky high prices and no one knows the difference. Levine is accusing Song of health care and medical insurance fraud. While there's some ambiguity regarding "unnecessary procedures", insurance fraud is a crime and arguably Levine is accusing Song of criminal behavior
  - Nadya 8y ago
    Another user, Siphor, went through the documents in a response on another thread [0]. I think the second paragraph adds some important context, especially in regards to the accusations of Mr. Song committing insurance fraud. >The most damning thing in there was that the Doctor tested for HHV-6 (something 100% of humans have) and then charged for it and claimed it was HHV-2 (genital herpes). Theres apparently a lab technician available to testify that the Doctor commonly tests for HHV-6. Guy seems sleazy. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17182181 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17182181
    - doktrin 8y ago
      what's the point of ordering a nonsense lab test? Is a HHV-6 test significantly cheaper than one for HHV-2?
      - protomyth 8y ago
        Order a test that comes back almost 100% positive then claim it was another test which requires treatment which generates a profit.

matte_black 8y ago

What if you win but they immediately go bankrupt and cannot pay you back?

leeter 8y ago
Courts have a tendency to look on this as criminal contempt and refer the lawyer and the client to the various AGs when this happens.
joering2 8y ago
They can go bankrupt the second judge handles verdict, but this would definitely be out of scope of said person bankrupcy proceedings similar to your education loan cannot be included into bankrupcy. the judge proceeding in bankrupcy claim will clearly see whats this is about.
jessaustin 8y ago
Physicians with their own practices might have low net worths, but they still have lots of assets to distribute in case of bankruptcy. IANAL, but a patient with a judgement would jump ahead of lots of creditors in such an event.

imbur 8y ago

Many lawyers will take anti-slapp cases on contingency so you don't have to pay up front either

TAForObvReasons 8y ago
> "They posted my entire medical record, including notes about my mental health, my bills, my insurance info, my driver’s license, birth date and home address," We are hearing one side of the story here. HIPAA violations have teeth -- potentially 10 years imprisonment for intentional leaks for personal gain -- so a vindictive public action is highly unlikely, and certainly some lawyers would take the case on spec. Especially if personal information like driver's license info and home address were leaked. What likely happened is this quip triggered the mess: > “I suspect that this doctor gives unnecessary procedure [sic] to a lot of people and then charges the insurance sky high prices and no one knows the difference. Levine is accusing Song of health care and medical insurance fraud. While there's some ambiguity regarding "unnecessary procedures", insurance fraud is a crime and arguably Levine is accusing Song of criminal behavior
- Nadya 8y ago
  Another user, Siphor, went through the documents in a response on another thread [0]. I think the second paragraph adds some important context, especially in regards to the accusations of Mr. Song committing insurance fraud. >The most damning thing in there was that the Doctor tested for HHV-6 (something 100% of humans have) and then charged for it and claimed it was HHV-2 (genital herpes). Theres apparently a lab technician available to testify that the Doctor commonly tests for HHV-6. Guy seems sleazy. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17182181 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17182181
  - doktrin 8y ago
    what's the point of ordering a nonsense lab test? Is a HHV-6 test significantly cheaper than one for HHV-2?
    - protomyth 8y ago
      Order a test that comes back almost 100% positive then claim it was another test which requires treatment which generates a profit.