In September of 2018, my mom passed away, and her fight with cancer ended. Through our visits and phone calls in the years before that, I heard about her battles with rampant medical billing errors, debt collection abuses, and the stress that those things cause to someone already dealing with their cancer diagnosis. I made it my new focus to fight against unfair and deceptive business practices, including illegal and deceptive medical billing. Today, I wanted to write about something related, but different. Families need to know that they have consumer protections under Ohio law when dealing w ..read more

It appears that a pending lawsuit over the Cleveland Clinic’s billing and pricing practices has put the Cleveland Clinic at odds with the Cleveland Clinic (and its own attorneys). In a motion to strike filed recently with the Cleveland Clinic Billing lawsuit, the Cleveland Clinic and its lawyers are accused of trying to sell a “demonstrably false” story to the court while telling the public something completely different. Publicly, the Cleveland Clinic has claimed it can, and will, provide estimates to patients. In a recent News 5 Cleveland story about the pending billing lawsuit, the Clevelan ..read more

For years, hospitals have been overbilling patients and sending them to collections over bills that were already paid, or overpaid. This happens in large part because hospitals make it nearly impossible for patients to know what will be owed ahead of time, or track prior payments to specific service charges. Dan Myers plans to change that in Ohio. On December 9th, Dan filed a lawsuit against two Cleveland / University Hospitals entities, alleging that they have double-billed patients, ignored patient requests for itemized billing records, shared patient medical information with debt collectors ..read more

Recently, Attorney Dan Myers of Myers Law teamed up with Scott Perlmuter of Tittle & Perlmuter to take on the unfair, deceptive, and unconscionable acts of hospitals and other medical providers in Ohio, starting with the unfair, deceptive, and confusing billing practices of the Cleveland Clinic. But this effort does not end with the Cleveland Clinic. Since the beginning of 2020, Myers Law focused its efforts on fighting illegal and unfair billing and pricing practices of hospital systems across Ohio. From various patients treated in different hospital systems, Myers Law has discovered ille ..read more

Lots of companies applied for and received forgivable loans from the Small Business Administration under the Payroll Protection Program. But many found out they couldn’t spend all the money they needed to get forgiveness of the loan, and they started getting “creative.” One creative idea was that companies would make their independent contractors (who receive a 1099 for tax use) into employees (who receive a W2). Some companies were advised to do this by their banks and their CPAs. Whether you are an employee or independent contractor is not based solely on what your employer calls you. If you ..read more

For homes with working parents who are now forced to work from home, I empathize.  My wife and I are working from home with a toddler and an infant.  We have all been feeling the stress of working while also being a teacher, cook, referee, and parent at literally the same time, and you have to manage tighter finances and an overall fear of what’s to come.  If you’re like me, you end up getting less done during the day and more done when your kids are asleep.  1:00am is the new 3:00pm… I’d hate to add one more thing to your parental-worry list, but we need to talk about not getting ripped off d ..read more

Contractor scams and rip-offs happen all the time in Ohio, especially in the Cleveland  and Akron areas.  Recently, ABC News 5’s Bob Jones ran a story about an asphalt company allegedly ripping off homeowners in the area.  These asphalt contractors were going door-to-door to get homeowners to pay money and sign up for asphalt work. When dealing with door-to-door sales people, it’s hard to know whether the company is legitimate or not, whether they do good work, whether they are selling an actual product or service, or whether they are scam artists trying to take your money.  While there is a 3 ..read more

You’ve heard the expression “Now I’ve seen everything.”  Every few weeks I say that to myself, and without fail, some vehicle dealer does something to surprise us.  It’s almost like these used car dealerships innovate and research the most effective ways of ripping-off consumers.  In this post, I want to go over some of the most common, and surprising, ways that Used Car Dealerships rip-off their customers, why we end up suing them, and what their normal game plan is after we sue them.  Be warned, and be prepared. These warnings are in addition to the normal warnings, like that you should nev ..read more

Earlier this year a Cleveland west-side developer / contractor / investment company and its owner were sued by a consumer.  At the center of the case was a false mechanic’s lien, and various threats, intimidation, and deceptive/unfair acts taken by the contractor and its owner.  The contractor claimed to be owed between $10,000 and $17,900.  The consumer claimed that she was forced to buy another lot to build her home on because the lien made it impossible to get a mortgage on her original lot. What if I were to tell you that after hearing all of the evidence and arguments, a unanimous jury de ..read more