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Heard of Eli Lilly? That huge pharmaceutical company? Bad news – they expect to take an accounting charge in the 2nd quarter this year (according to the Wallstreet Journal) and are therefore planning on staff reduction of 500. Sad I think. Staff reduction of 500 manufacturing jobs in Indianapolis, before you reduce your marketing budget?

I will begin by stating my office is entirely Hokies (but for me)….. and on this day last year, I witnessed my close friends and colleagues experience a terrible loss. No one in our community remains untouched by this tragedy, but as we specialize in wrongful death law suits, we have a very unique perspective…

Today’s post will take a slight detour. I want to talk about how people find out what is going on in the world. Where we get our news shapes and forms our opinons. Many of my friends get most, if not all, of their news from Fox. I worry about those people…. In my opinion,…

Lead paint can ruin the lives of young people and this fact has been known to paint manufacturers and landlords for years! The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has warned us about these dangers but, unfortunately some people just look the other way in an attempt to avoid responsibility. I am happy to report that a…

We write about this issue frequently – being asked to waive your access to the local court system, in a nursing home contract. I would venture to say that at least 75% of Virginia Nursing Home contracts have arbitration agreements in them today. It isn’t just a Virginia issue however – Today’s Wall Street Journal…

By now almost everyone knows that lead paint is extremely dangerous for infants and children. Lead may cause a range of health effects, from behavioral problems and learning disabilities, to seizures and death. Children six years old and under are most at risk. Kudos to Jersey City, NJ! According to an ordinance to be presented…

Let me make my concession right up front. Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital, for the most part, provides the residents of Western Virginia with high-end medical care. Further, Carilion is the economic engine which drives Roanoke and the surrounding area. However, it is not a nonprofit hospital regardless of what members of that institution tell you.…

This sad story comes to us from Richmond, Virginia and was reported in today’s Richmond Times Dispatch newspaper. Wendy Reardon’s father, age 90, was admitted to a local nursing home for rehabilitation after shoulder surgery. Her father is blind and wears hearing aids in both ears. “I was told he was supposed to see a…

The “frontline” care provider in nursing homes is the nursing staff. That staff is made up of Registered Nurses, Licensed Practical Nurses, and Certified Nursing Aides. The problem is that nursing homes, in an attempt to decrease overhead and increase profits, have too few nurses taking care of too many residents! We often see each…

This is the trend: FDA approves your drug, stock sales go up and up, shareholders are happy, company is happy. Few thousand cardiologists stop prescribing your drug because a recent study shows it doesn’t help cholesterol as expected, and severe side effects exist, stock prices go down, company is not happy. So what does the…