Newspapers are printing an advance overview of a GAO (Government Accountability Office) report, due out next week. The GAO investigated nursing homes receiving Medicaid/Medicare payments, to see if incidences of nursing home abuse had lessened since a 1998 GAO report, targeting such disgraces. The new report is not encouraging. Even homes in which instances of shocking abuse occur, receive...
The New York Post reported this week on a new study finding that as many as 26 Ground Zero firefighters have contracted an inflammatory lung sickness called sarciodosis since 9/11. The findings of this study have raised frustration levels among the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association, a group that says the NYPD as not acknowledged 9/11-induced sarciodosis in police officers who served at Ground...
In a new article courtesy of AAJ, attorneys Elizabeth Faiella and Peter Gulden examine the issue of "ageism" in health care and litigation.They write, among other things:When the plaintiff has suffered injury because of a doctor's failure to diagnose cancer or provide adequate treatment, the lawyer can count on jurors to hold certain biases. They have been conditioned to believe that medical...
The Arizona Public Records Act requires that records maintained by all state and local government agencies be open and available for inspection in a manner: reasonably necessary or appropriate to maintain an accurate knowledge of their official activities and of any of their activities which are supported by monies from the state or any political subdivision of the state.A.R.S. section...
A Broward family and a girl left paralyzed after spinal cord surgery, may soon be able to claim their medical malpractice award.Following surgery in 1989, the girl was left paralyzed from the waist down after an operation on her spine when she was only six months old. She was born with spina bifada, a congential defect in which the spinal cord fails to properly close.In 1999, a jury found the...
A 23-year-old Wilson man was killed after driving his car over the center lane of La. 19 and hit a truck. His car caught on fire and he was unable to get out of the vehicle. Troopers were notified of the crash near La. 19 and La. 955 shortly before 3 a.m. Saturday, Brown said.Sims was unable to exit the vehicle when it burst into flames, and he was later pronounced dead at the scene by the...
Over three years ago, our client was a passenger in a vehicle driving on U.S. 60 in La Paz County. Unfortunately, a truck driver that had stopped at an intersection on the highway, proceeded to cross the intersection and did not see our client's vehicle approaching.The vehicles collided, resulting in serious injuries to our client and another passenger.As is sometimes the case, even though the...
FDA announced the entry of a Consent Decree of Permanent Injunction against PharmaFab Inc., its subsidiary, PFab LP, and two company officials, to stop the illegal manufacture and distribution of prescription and over-the-counter drug products. The products are illegal because they are not produced according to the required current good manufacturing practice (CGMP) and many also lack required...
Choosing a personal injury lawyer for an automobile accident case has become somewhat easier with the use of the internet. You can now click on various firms' web sites using Google or other methods. Obviously, I hope that you choose to let me and my firm represent you after a car wreck with injuries. I hope to attract your interest in hiring me through this blog and our law firm's web site at...
Due to a possible fire hazard, The Holmes Group of Milford, Mass. has recalled 300,000 oil-filled electric heaters. The hazard is reported to be a "poor electrical connection within the heater," which can lead to overheating and possible fire and burn dangers. The company has apparently received at least 59 incident reports involving this defective product. The incidents include burns and...