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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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NURSING HOMES: MAXIMIZING PROFIT AND MINIMIZING CARE 150 150 Dan Frith
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NURSING HOMES: MAXIMIZING PROFIT AND MINIMIZING CARE

The nursing home industry in America is run by smart, very smart business people. They know that if they pay minimum salaries they can keep their costs down and profits up. They know that if they ask 3 nurses to do what 5 nurses are needed to do…they can keep their costs down and their…

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CASE REPORT: LEAD PAINT POISONING CASE FILED IN ROANOKE, VIRGINIA 150 150 Dan Frith
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CASE REPORT: LEAD PAINT POISONING CASE FILED IN ROANOKE, VIRGINIA

Although today’s blog is not directly related to typical issues of Legal Medicine….we felt this was important news to share with the public! Today’s edition of the Roanoke Times reported on a lead paint poisoning case this firm recently filed in the Roanoke City Circuit Court. The lawsuit was filed on behalf on a 7…

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MAKE HOSPITALS PAY! 150 150 Dan Frith
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MAKE HOSPITALS PAY!

Great article in NY TIMES – Making Hospitals Pay for Their Mistakes“In most businesses, customers don’t pay for a vendor’s mistakes. But when hospitals make errors, they charge patients additional money to fix the problem.The perverse economics of hospital charges were outlined yesterday in a fascinating article in the Journal of the American Medical Association.…

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NEW MIRACLE DRUG: PROGENITORIVOX 150 150 Dan Frith
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NEW MIRACLE DRUG: PROGENITORIVOX

I typically use this space to write about all that is wrong with healthcare in America….picking on doctors, hospitals, nursing homes, and the pharmaceutical industry! Well…we are approaching the Holidays and I thought we should share this positive and exciting news about a new medication. Progenitorivox is the last medication you will ever need! Want…

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NURSING HOMES NEED TO STOP ABUSING RESIDENTS WITH ANITPSYCHOTICS! 150 150 Dan Frith
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NURSING HOMES NEED TO STOP ABUSING RESIDENTS WITH ANITPSYCHOTICS!

Use of a new generation of antipsychotic drugs to control the behavior of dementia patients has surged in recent years, despite the Food and Drug Administration’s “black box” warning labels that these drugs can increase the risk of death for elderly dementia sufferers. About 30% of nursing-home residents are on antipsychotic drugs, according to the…

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