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Medical Care: Is it Getting Better or Getting Worse? 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

Medical Care: Is it Getting Better or Getting Worse?

I spend most of my time representing people who have been harmed by medical malpractice. These cases involve many types of serious errors, including botched gallbladder surgeries, spinal fusions that leave patients permanently paralyzed, and poor care in emergency rooms that results in death. My two law partners and I have seen just about every…

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How to change a broken long term care system, through political action 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

How to change a broken long term care system, through political action

If Virginians agree that their loved ones deserve to receive the care they have been promised in nursing homes and assisted living facilities, and we all know from collective experience that in many many facilities that is not happening, what can we do about it? Let’s start by considering what happens to a bad driver…

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Why Nursing Home Care is political 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

Why Nursing Home Care is political

I wish I could fix the long term care crisis. I wish patients would get the care they have been promised; that their physical and emotional needs would be met, and that their families could rely on facilities who say adequate care will be provided. I wish I could magically wave a wand, or file…

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Why health care trauma (Medical Malpractice) feels like a hundred tiny funerals
Why health care trauma (Medical Malpractice) feels like a hundred tiny funerals 1912 2560 Lauren Ellerman

Why health care trauma (Medical Malpractice) feels like a hundred tiny funerals

Lauren here.  I am the lawyer in our office who likes to talk about feelings, and engage people about the hard stuff that motivates them to call our office, which is often loss and grief. Why would I do that? Why would I enjoy talking about loss and hardship with strangers, other lawyers? Well, because…

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Why So Few Lawyers Will Take Your Medical Malpractice Case
Why So Few Lawyers Will Take Your Medical Malpractice Case 512 512 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

Why So Few Lawyers Will Take Your Medical Malpractice Case

Have you ever tried to find a lawyer for a medical malpractice case? If so, you’ve probably discovered something frustrating: most attorneys won’t take these cases. In fact, you might have called dozens of law firms only to hear “no” again and again. This isn’t because lawyers don’t care about victims of medical negligence. The…

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The Five Most Risky Surgical Procedures
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The Five Most Risky Surgical Procedures 1200 800 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

The Five Most Risky Surgical Procedures

I’m often asked what surgical cases we see repeatedly. I reviewed our case files and created this list: Cardiac Surgery – Includes bypass surgery and valve replacements. These involve delicate heart work. Errors like improper monitoring or instrument misplacement can cause severe complications. These include heart failure or stroke. Neurosurgery – Brain or spinal cord…

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Landmark Virginia Whistleblower Case: Jury Rules Against ER Doctor in Roanoke
Landmark Virginia Whistleblower Case: Jury Rules Against ER Doctor in Roanoke 1472 832 Bo Frith
  • Bo Frith

Landmark Virginia Whistleblower Case: Jury Rules Against ER Doctor in Roanoke

At Frith & Ellerman Law Firm, we closely monitor significant whistleblower and employment law cases in Virginia, particularly those setting precedent under newly established statutes. A recent verdict in Roanoke County has important implications for healthcare whistleblowers throughout the Commonwealth. First Trial Under Virginia’s New Whistleblower Law Ends With Defense Verdict In what is believed…

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Virginia Healthcare Whistleblower Case: Sentara Health Insurance Investigation Moves Forward
Virginia Healthcare Whistleblower Case: Sentara Health Insurance Investigation Moves Forward 1472 832 Bo Frith
  • Bo Frith

Virginia Healthcare Whistleblower Case: Sentara Health Insurance Investigation Moves Forward

At Frith & Ellerman Law Firm in Roanoke, we handle significant Virginia whistleblower cases, particularly those involving healthcare fraud in the Western District of Virginia. A recent development caught our attention as it demonstrates the powerful impact whistleblowers can have in holding large healthcare organizations accountable. Important Case Advances in Western District of Virginia In…

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When Virginia allows healthcare companies to put profits over patients 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

When Virginia allows healthcare companies to put profits over patients

I spent some time over the weekend reading the News – because – well, that is what my people do. We read stuff to stay informed. ANESTHESIA STAFF The first article I read was sent to me by my law partner Bo, and was about a Bill sitting on Gov. Youngkin’s desk that would allow…

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Virginia law: What is Medical Malpractice v. Bad Medical Care v. Bad communication 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

Virginia law: What is Medical Malpractice v. Bad Medical Care v. Bad communication

Scenario 1:  Husband takes trash cans down to the curb on Wednesday morning, and mentions to you that the chore is complete. Good action. Good communication. Good husband. Scenario 2: Husband takes trash cans down to the curb on Wednesday morning, forgets to mention it. Good action. Bad communication. Scenario 3: Husband takes trash cans…

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Brooke Shields and her “Mr. Malpractice Experience” – How malpractice impacts even the wealthy and powerful 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

Brooke Shields and her “Mr. Malpractice Experience” – How malpractice impacts even the wealthy and powerful

On a drive across Virginia I recently listened to Brooke Shield’s new book – Brooke Shields is Not Allowed to Age. For a Gen X woman like me, it was a delightful listen / read. What struck me most however, wasn’t her wit or reflections on motherhood or marriage, but the entire chapter (Chapter 5)…

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