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A MIRACLE DRUG FOR PROSTATE CANCER? 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

A MIRACLE DRUG FOR PROSTATE CANCER?

Finasteride – some cancer specialists believe the drug can reduce the risk of developing prostate cancer by 30 percent. The drug is available from Merck & Company, as Proscar, and from six companies as a generic to shrink the prostate in older men whose prostates can enlarge, making urination difficult. The drug is available as…

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OHIO NURSING HOME SAYS IT IS LOSING MONEY 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

OHIO NURSING HOME SAYS IT IS LOSING MONEY

I ran across an article about a nursing home in Columbus, Ohio (Wexner Heritage Village) which complains it is losing money caring for Medicaid patients. Wexner Heritage Village is shrinking its popular nursing home but adding assisted-living and home-care services to attract those with private insurance, while still trying to adhere to its mission of…

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MY BOSS ASKED ME TO SIGN A NONCOMPETE AFTER I STARTED MY NEW JOB 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

MY BOSS ASKED ME TO SIGN A NONCOMPETE AFTER I STARTED MY NEW JOB

I am frequently asked this question, “I started my new job 6 months ago and now my boss wants me to sign a noncompete agreement…can they do this? The answer is YES. Virginia is an “employment at will” state. This means that, absent a written employment agreement which defines the job and its duration, your…

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CHOICE OF LAW PROVISIONS ARE BIG 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

CHOICE OF LAW PROVISIONS ARE BIG

When you are asked to sign a non-compete (or flip side if you ask your staff to sign a non-compete) consider what state you want to govern the contract. I have had folks call me from Washington State with contracts that had Virginia Choice of law provisions, and Virginia employees call with Michigan, North Carolina,…

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ONE DOCTOR’S STORY ABOUT TORT REFORM 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

ONE DOCTOR’S STORY ABOUT TORT REFORM

I hear it all the time….”we need to stop these greedy lawyers from filing meritless cases against caring medical professionals.” In my opinion, there are few frivolous cases filed against doctors and hospitals – it is just too expensive and difficult to file worthless cases. But the reason for this post is to urge you…

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VIRGINIA JURY AWARDS $350,000 IN MEDICAL MALPRACTICE CASE 150 150 Dan Frith
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VIRGINIA JURY AWARDS $350,000 IN MEDICAL MALPRACTICE CASE

A Henrico County, Virginia jury has awarded a Richmond woman $350,000 in damages after an operation almost four years ago left her seriously injured. The defendant, Dr. Gregg A. Valenzuela, had removed intestinal polyps in September 2004 from then 66-year-old Margaret C. Dennis, leading to severe bleeding. The jury found that Dr. Valenzuela (a gastroenterologist)…

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BE CAREFUL OF THE ADS 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

BE CAREFUL OF THE ADS

We would be ashamed if our local hospitals ran ads with “specials / discounts / or “coupons,” wouldn’t we? Open the paper and you see a coupon, for “1 cardio-cath, get the angioplasty free” – or, half off mammograms until Labor day… Perhaps the ads would reminded us that hospitals are most often for profit…

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HEPARIN RECALLED BY FDA 150 150 Dan Frith
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HEPARIN RECALLED BY FDA

Heparin is a anticoagulant commonly used in the treatment of deep vein thrombosis (DVT). Although called a “blood thinner,”Heparin does not actually thin your blood. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has now issued a recall of injectable Heparin products and Heparin flush solutions that may be contaminated with oversulfated chondroitin sulfate (OCSC). The action…

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NURSING HOME CAUSES DEATH IN VA 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

NURSING HOME CAUSES DEATH IN VA

MontVue Nursing Home has denied culpability in its legal response to a $10 million wrongful death lawsuit filed against it last month. “Shenandoah resident Joyce Smith sued MontVue’s parent company Shenandoah Valley Care Inc. after her mother, Joyce Earline Bigelow, a former patient at MontVue, died of complications from a fall last October. The suit…

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VIRGINIA VICTIMS OF MEDICAL MALPRACTICE ARE AT A DISADVANTAGE 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

VIRGINIA VICTIMS OF MEDICAL MALPRACTICE ARE AT A DISADVANTAGE

Many of my friends are unaware of the “special protection” enjoyed by physicians and hospitals in Virginia. For example, if one of my friends gets drunk and kills a father (with an unemployed wife and 4 children) in an automobile accident…a jury may award full and complete damages to the family for their loss. Those…

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INJURYBOARD – WHAT IS IT? 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

INJURYBOARD – WHAT IS IT?

I am a trial lawyer and represent individuals, families, and consumers of health care. Although I do not always agree with my colleagues who make up the trial bar, by and large I am proud of my profession and what trial lawyers have done for the “little guy” in America. Fighting for open government, stricter…

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LOOKING BACK – LOOKING AHEAD 150 150 Dan Frith
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LOOKING BACK – LOOKING AHEAD

Lauren and I started Legal Medicine about 2 years ago! At the beginning, we really didn’t know much about blogging and had no idea how we could write anything people would want to read. It is with that background that we shared with our readers our 750th blog post this week! That is right…750 blog…

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