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NON-PROFIT NURSING HOMES DO A BETTER JOB 150 150 Dan Frith

NON-PROFIT NURSING HOMES DO A BETTER JOB

This story should not surprise anyone. A nursing home focused on resident care and not just making money will usually provide the best care. Canadian researchers (at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario) have concluded that non-profit nursing homes provide better care than for-profit facilities after reviewing the results of 82 studies from 1965 to 2003.…

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VALUE OF YOUR BOOK OF BUSINESS 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

VALUE OF YOUR BOOK OF BUSINESS

Some professionals call their client list a “book of business.” A law firm, accounting firm, skilled workers like plumbers and electricians, have loyal customers. These customers may follow this professional wherever they go. We often see in our non compete work, that an employee is hired away from company #1, and given a great opportunity…

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FAMILIES OF NURSING HOME RESIDENTS SHOULD BE ON GUARD 150 150 Dan Frith

FAMILIES OF NURSING HOME RESIDENTS SHOULD BE ON GUARD

The title to today’s post is not mine…it is the title of a letter to the editor of the Virginia News Leader in Staunton, Virginia. The letter starts out as follows: In light of the recent allegations of a molestation of a 97-year-old woman at Living Waters Assisted Living in Fishersville, I feel compelled to…

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NUDE PHOTOS TAKEN IN VIRGINIA NURSING HOME 150 150 Dan Frith

NUDE PHOTOS TAKEN IN VIRGINIA NURSING HOME

This is sad and outrageous. Imagine wrestling with the decision to place mom or dad in a nursing home. You want to take care of them yourself but with your job demands and kids, its impossible. So, you look around for a clean, well-run nursing home that is located close enough to visit on a…

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BANK OF AMERICA SUING OVER NON-COMPETES 150 150 Dan Frith

BANK OF AMERICA SUING OVER NON-COMPETES

As if banks were losing enough money….here is a story about Bank of America (BoA) suing several ex-employees for violations of their non-compete contracts. The suit was filed Monday in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri. BoA accuses “certain of the individual defendants”, now employed by UMB Financial Corp., of sending direct-mail…

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CHOKING DEATH RESULTS IN NURSING HOME FINE 150 150 Dan Frith

CHOKING DEATH RESULTS IN NURSING HOME FINE

Elderly nursing home patients often have difficulty swallowing. Technically, its called “dysphagia” and provides the resident with the sensation that food is stuck in the throat or upper chest. The causes are many and include blockages caused by cervical spine disease and tumors, to nerve and muscle problems. A good nursing home will assess new…

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GREAT MEDICAL BLOGS 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

GREAT MEDICAL BLOGS

Want to join the conversation about medical issues in the United States? Best way to do that is to stay connected. I recommend the following sites to stay up to date: http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/ http://www.codeblog.com/ Enjoy these… and stay tuned.

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NURSING HOMES: WHERE DOES ALL THE MONEY GO? 150 150 Dan Frith

NURSING HOMES: WHERE DOES ALL THE MONEY GO?

As the readers of this blog know, Lauren and I spend a great deal of time representing nursing home residents, and their families, in civil lawsuits against nursing homes which provide poor, sometimes shocking, care. Once we get into the lawsuit and get to depose the Director of Nursing and Administrator we “learn” (ha ha…

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PREVENTING MALPRACTICE 150 150 Dan Frith

PREVENTING MALPRACTICE

I tell folks all the time – “the goods sir, is that you don’t have a malpractice case because you will get better.” Medical negligence cases aren’t fun. You don’t file them unless you are so damaged by a mistake, that you cannot recover. I would like to prevent all medical malpractice if possible. So…

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COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS OF LITIGATION 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS OF LITIGATION

I realize most of our clients don’t want to spend thousands of dollars on having a business contract reviewed, before or after they sign it. Nor do they want to get legal help when they leave a job. I do however, believe in an ounce of caution. If you have the contract reviewed, you could…

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ED VA CASE NON-SOLICITATION CLAUSE 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

ED VA CASE NON-SOLICITATION CLAUSE

In this week’s VA. Lawyer’s Weekly is a blurb about a case in Norfolk’s federal court. Bank of America asked the court to enjoin – stop ex-employees from contacting clients when they left BOA. The Court held there simply wasn’t sufficient proof that the employees had solicited any old clients. In fact, the new employer…

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TRADE SECRET CASE LEADS TO BANKRUPTCY 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

TRADE SECRET CASE LEADS TO BANKRUPTCY

Trade Secret Claims are serious. Just how serious? Read this article about a successful Roanoke Virginia company – who recently had a California Court order they pay over $30 million dollars for a trade secret case. “Roanoke-based Luna Innovations Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection this morning in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the…

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