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

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
  • Dan Frith

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
  • Dan Frith

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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LEAVING YOUR JOB? HERE IS WHAT YOU NEED TO DO! 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

LEAVING YOUR JOB? HERE IS WHAT YOU NEED TO DO!

I receive telephone calls all the time from individuals who are getting ready to leave their current job and GO work for a competitor. The phone call goes like this, ” I signed this non-compete agreement 3 years ago…I have not seen it in yearS and don’t know exactly what it says…will I get into…

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ASSISTED LIVING FACILTY EVICTING 99 YEAR OLD 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

ASSISTED LIVING FACILTY EVICTING 99 YEAR OLD

I don’t make these things up…though it is hard to believe these types of stories are true! An assisted living home in Sumner, Washington is trying to evict a 99-year-old resident who has exhausted her life savings and now depends on Medicaid. Cordelia Robertson has lived at Franklin House for 10 years, but the home…

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HEY VIRGINIA – LOOK WHAT MARYLAND IS DOING TO PROTECT THE ELDERLY! 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

HEY VIRGINIA – LOOK WHAT MARYLAND IS DOING TO PROTECT THE ELDERLY!

The Virginia General Assembly has done very little to protect the health and safety of its elderly. For example, advocacy groups have pushed for years to get Virginia to establish minimum staffing requirements for nursing homes. It is without question that the best care can only be provided when the facility has a sufficient number…

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DO NON-COMPETES HINDER PROGRESS? 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

DO NON-COMPETES HINDER PROGRESS?

Here is a good economic and business debate for you.Do non-competes hinder progress, invention, discovery of new technologies? What region in the United States is known for technological developments, creativity, and an economy based on both? Silicon Valley in California, of course. And what state has a public policy (as well as code provision) prohibiting…

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“SEVERANCE” PACKAGE 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

“SEVERANCE” PACKAGE

Severance package is good, right? Yesterday the CEO of Wachovia is asked to leave and we hear he is given a “severance package” of 1.45 million. I will bet you a portion of that 1.45, that Mr. CEO had a few terms defining his exit. No working at a large bank for 5 years…. No…

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