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WHAT TO DO IF YOU SUSPECT NURSING HOME ABUSE OR NEGLECT 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

WHAT TO DO IF YOU SUSPECT NURSING HOME ABUSE OR NEGLECT

Did you loved one tell you that he had been verbally abused at the nursing home? Was your grandmother dropped from a lift? Did your uncle tell you he fell from a Wheelchair? My experience is that no matter what some one’s mental state, they are probably NOT inventing stories of abuse or neglect. I…

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BROKERS NON-COMPETES AND “PROTOCOL” 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

BROKERS NON-COMPETES AND “PROTOCOL”

If you are a broker, I am confident you have a non-compete. I am also confident you know about the “protocol” signed by leading houses, such as ML, Citigroup etc. What if you move from a protocol signatory firm to a non-signatory firm? Well, in my experience, the protocol firm will say you CANNOT take…

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CAN I ASK TO BE RELEASED FROM MY NON-COMPETE? 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

CAN I ASK TO BE RELEASED FROM MY NON-COMPETE?

Can I ask to be released from my non-compete? In a word, yes. Does your employer have to let you out of it? In a word, no way. Often times we have clients call our office who may know they are stuck with a non-compete, but are hopeful their employer will let them out of…

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DOCTOR OPERATES ON WRONG SIDE OF PATIENT’S MOUTH 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

DOCTOR OPERATES ON WRONG SIDE OF PATIENT’S MOUTH

No…I am not making up this story. Officials at a Providence, Rhode Island hospital have reported an oral surgeon began operating on the wrong part of a patient’s mouth this week before discovering the error. It’s the fifth wrong-site surgery in the last two years in the Lifespan hospital chain. This time the “mistake” occurred…

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DOCTORS AND NON-COMPETES: CASE #9 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

DOCTORS AND NON-COMPETES: CASE #9

The last case we will discuss in this series of Virginia court decisions on non-compete contracts and physicians comes from the Virginia Supreme Court. The case, Greenbrier Obstetrics and Gynecology v. Zenette Moore Leao,MD, was decided January 9, 2009. Dr. Leao entered into a 3 year employment contract with Greenbrier, a professional corporation providing obstetric…

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VIRGINIA DOCTOR IN THE NEWS…FOR ALL THE WRONG REASONS 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

VIRGINIA DOCTOR IN THE NEWS…FOR ALL THE WRONG REASONS

Physicains are well-educated, well-trained professionals with high standards…correct? Well, someone forgot to tell Dr. Gomez in Richlands, Virginia. You see, Dr. Roy Gomez pleaded guilty last week to obtaining controlled substances by misrepresentation, making false statements on tax returns, and failing to file reports of his foreign bank accounts. As a result of his plea…

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RESIDENT RIGHTS IN THE NURSING HOME 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

RESIDENT RIGHTS IN THE NURSING HOME

Lauren wrote a great blog yesterday about the legal rights of the elderly in nursing homes. In regard to legal rights, one of the frequent questions we hear is, ” Can they kick my dad out of his nursing home?” In Virginia, there is a specific law which answers the questions. Basically, a resident can…

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DOCTORS AND NON-COMPETES: CASE #7 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

DOCTORS AND NON-COMPETES: CASE #7

The Roanoke Valley is again the location of the next important physician non-compete case in Virginia. The case, Carilion Healthcare v. William Ball, was decided by the Roanoke County Circuit Court in 2001. Carilion is western Virginia’s 800 pound healthcare gorilla and began purchasing local medical practices in order to guarantee a stream of hospital…

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GUESS WHAT? THE INSURANCE INDUSTRY LIED 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

GUESS WHAT? THE INSURANCE INDUSTRY LIED

Medical associations have been telling state legislators (and the public in general) that unless America curbs the right of patients to file medical malpractice cases, all of the doctors are just going to pack up their medical bags and stethoscopes and quit. I have always felt this was “baloney” as I do not see doctors…

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HELPING THE ELDERLY EXERCISE THEIR LEGAL RIGHTS 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

HELPING THE ELDERLY EXERCISE THEIR LEGAL RIGHTS

As I was driving to work this morning I heard a news story on the rights of elderly persons in Virginia Nursing Homes. A Virginia attorney, Kathy Pryor, was explaining that you have a legal right to appeal a decision to be removed from a facility. Truth is, I have only heard of a few…

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NEW RIVER VALLEY MALPRACTICE ATTORNEY 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

NEW RIVER VALLEY MALPRACTICE ATTORNEY

Do you live in Radford? Christiansburg? Blacksburg? Shawsville? Dublin? and need a medical malpractice attorney to evaluate your case? Living in a small community is both a blessing and a curse. Your local attorney may not want to take a malpractice case against your family doctor, if he goes there too. So often you may…

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DOCTORS AND NON-COMPETES:#6 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

DOCTORS AND NON-COMPETES:#6

The Circuit Court of Fredericksburg (VA) decided the next important Virginia case involving doctors and non-compete contracts. The case, decided in 1998, was Clara Belle Wheeler v. Fredericksburg Orthopedic Associates and Mid-Atlantic Health Alliance. Dr. Wheeler (an orthopedic surgeon) and medical practices entered into a written employment agreement for a 12 month period. The agreement…

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