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MONTANA SUPREME COURT SAYS NO TO NON-COMPETE 150 150 Dan Frith
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MONTANA SUPREME COURT SAYS NO TO NON-COMPETE

This doesn’t come from my home state of Virginia but I just couldn’t let this good decision pass without mention. The Montana Supreme Court ruled last week that an employee’s noncompete contract cannot be enforced in the state. The court said that Montana law is tough on contracts which restrain trade (as is Virginia) such…

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CASE REPORT: NURSING HOME EMPLOYEE RAPES ALZHEIMER’S PATIENT 150 150 Dan Frith
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CASE REPORT: NURSING HOME EMPLOYEE RAPES ALZHEIMER’S PATIENT

This sad story comes to us from Texas but could be from anywhere in the U.S. A state investigation revealed a laundry worker was caught raping an Alzheimer’s patient at the Village Creek Nursing Home in Fort Worth. Charles Schealy, 67, told police the sex was consensual. However, he was arrested and charged with one…

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BIG PHARMA 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

BIG PHARMA

I had the misfortune of having to go to the doctor yesterday. A slight case of bronchitis. The woman in line in front of me, was a drug rep. When I was taken back to the exam room, I passed two more drug reps in the hall. One doctor joked “Hey Bob – which drug…

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MY WISH FOR 2008: IMPROVED NURSING HOMES 150 150 Dan Frith
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MY WISH FOR 2008: IMPROVED NURSING HOMES

Nursing home residents are among society’s most vulnerable citizens. Regrettably, the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, which regulates nursing homes, reports that the number of citations for putting patients in “immediate jeopardy” increased 22 percent from 2000 to 2006. Those citations include the physical or sexual abuse of patients and leaving them without…

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BAD NEWS FOR DIABETICS – AGAIN! 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

BAD NEWS FOR DIABETICS – AGAIN!

Bayer recalls Contour test strips for diabetes – AP Reports Wed Dec 26, 2007 WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A unit of Bayer AG recalled diabetes test strips used with its Contour TS Blood Glucose Meter because they may result in 5 to 17 percent higher blood glucose readings, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on…

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RECENT ROANOKE JURY AWARD 150 150 Dan Frith
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RECENT ROANOKE JURY AWARD

Dan blogged this week on a local jury verdict of $340,000 in a medical malpractice case. We know the case and the attorneys well. It is actually the 4th time the lawyers tried the case – that means they started trial 3 times earlier and something occurred along the way to prevent the trial from…

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CASE REPORT: GILES COUNTY FAMILY WINS MEDICAL MALPRACTICE CLAIM 150 150 Dan Frith
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CASE REPORT: GILES COUNTY FAMILY WINS MEDICAL MALPRACTICE CLAIM

A Roanoke jury awarded a verdict of more than $340,000 to the relatives of a Giles County woman who died in 2001 as a result of a botched lung removal surgery. The jurors found Dr. Bradley Nicholson negligent in the death of 62-year-old Frances Cumbee. Their judgment determined that Nicholson should pay more than $66,000…

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NO FREE LUNCH 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

NO FREE LUNCH

I was reading the St. Petersburg Times, a Florida Newspaper this morning – and they featured the only local doctor that was a member of http://nofreelunch.org/. The group is dedicated to the practice of medicine without influence of pharm reps. You know, let your doctor prescribe the right medication, and hope he/she is not influenced…

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NON-COMPETES AND THE FRANCHISE AGREEMENT 150 150 Dan Frith
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NON-COMPETES AND THE FRANCHISE AGREEMENT

Franchises are everywhere…from McDonald’s to Bed, Bath &Beyond! Most of the agreements which govern these franchises have non-compete provisions. Most franchise agreements have two types of non-compete provisions. First, the “in-term” restriction applies to the parties during the life of the franchise agreement. Secondly, the “post-term” restriction applies to what the parties can and cannot…

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Interesting story on the AP before Christnas, about West Virginia nurses: “LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Hundreds of striking nurses from eastern Kentucky and West Virginia voted Saturday night to ratify a new contract with the region’s largest health care provider.More than 600 of the Appalachian Regional Healthcare hospital system’s 750 registered nurses walked off the…

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CASE REPORT: WOMAN MISDIAGNOSED WITH HIV GETS $2.5 MILLION 150 150 Dan Frith
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CASE REPORT: WOMAN MISDIAGNOSED WITH HIV GETS $2.5 MILLION

Most of the time we discuss cases where the doctor failed to diagnose or properly treat a medical problem and, as a result, the patient died or was seriously injured. Well, here is a report of a verdict in a medial malpractice case, which is equally bad, but a little different! A jury awarded $2.5…

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ADDICTED DOCTORS ARE ALLOWED TO PRACTICE 150 150 Dan Frith
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ADDICTED DOCTORS ARE ALLOWED TO PRACTICE

Nearly all states have confidential rehabilitation programs that let doctors continue practicing as long as they stick with the treatment regimen. Nationwide, as many as 8,000 doctors may be in such programs. Most addiction specialists favor allowing doctors to continue practicing while in confidential treatment, as does the American Medical Association. Between 10 percent and…

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