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  ~ Jeff Kramer

Every May our firm is involved with two very important industry events.  We enjoyed seeing many of you this month at one of them:

  

  

On April 30, 2013, the California Court of Appeal issued its opinion in Corenbaum v. Lampkin, 2013 WL 1801996 (Cal.App. 2013).  This is an important case on damages in personal injury lawsuits, and it  answers questions posed by Howell v. Hamilton Meats & Provisions, Inc., 52 Cal.4th 541 (2011). The Corenbaum Court held that evidence of billed, but unpaid, medical expenses cannot be used to show future economic damages or pain-and-suffering.  Nor may experts rely on such unpaid bills when opining on the value of future medical services.