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We have previously written about the use of hidden cameras, often called “Granny Cams” to document whether appropriate care is being provided to our loved ones who live in nursing homes. It now appears police are using this strategy to prove criminal conduct. The owners of a Cortland Nursing Home have been found guilty of…

Nursing home operators and their use of government dollars will come under closer scrutiny, according to details in the new Office of Inspector General’s (OIG) 2008 work plan. The OIG will review nursing facility cost reports and evaluate the government’s oversight of Medicare expenditures contained in the reports. My bet is the federal review will…

I was reading a case summary today, on how parents could recover for assault that occurred to their child. They recovered for their own emotional damages and the emotional damages experienced by their child. In Virginia, emotional distress claims must be brought WITHIN 1 YEAR. That means, from the date of the ACCIDENT you only…

An article in yesterday’s Washington Post: Long-Hidden Dangers?Early Exposure to DDT May Raise Risk of Breast CancerBy Rick WeissWashington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, October 9, 2007; Page HE01A new study has found a significant link between women’s exposure to DDT as young girls and the development of breast cancer later in life.The results are something…

Not a weekend goes by, when I am not asking in some social setting “What type of law do you practice?” Typically, I answer directly – “I sue nursing homes.” The last time I said this, the other person, a nurse, asked “I hope you sue the corporations and remind them they don’t hire enough…

This sad story comes to us from the Chicago Sun Times. A Lake County-owned nursing home failed to protect an 82-year-old woman resident, allowing repeated, unsupervised visits by a man who later admitted sexually molesting her, a lawsuit filed by her family contends. Duane Stapher, 64, was sentenced to probation last month after he pleaded…

Imagine this…you are 35 years old, a single mother, and your doctor informs you that you have lobular cancer! You are scared and worried! Are you going to die? You decide to undergo a double mastectomy to remove the cancer. The next thing you hear is that it was all a mistake – you never…