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What is a Hospitalist? 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

What is a Hospitalist?

Who is that doctor that keeps coming into your family member’s hospital room at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital, Carilion New River Valley Medical Center, Lewis Gale Medical Center, or dozens of other hospitals in western Virginia?  Well, he or she is a “hospitalist” – a physician who specializes in the practice of hospital medicine.  Clear…

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The Five Most Common Medical Errors by Doctors and Hospitals 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

The Five Most Common Medical Errors by Doctors and Hospitals

My law firm has handled medical negligence cases in Virginia for over 25 years and we have seen a lot of medical negligence…a whole lot!  The most common cases we see can be grouped in the following five catagories: 1.  Missed or Delayed Diagnosis: When a doctor misdiagnoses a condition (or fails to diagnose a serious…

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Residents left alone, without healthcare workers at an assisted living facility 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

Residents left alone, without healthcare workers at an assisted living facility

Do you think it would be criminal to shut down an assisted living facility leaving residents in the building without care? Do you think it would be criminal to leave elderly patients in a facility and walk out as staff? Do you think the management company should be held liable for such actions? Listen to…

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What kind of questions will the lawyers ask me in my deposition? 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

What kind of questions will the lawyers ask me in my deposition?

    So, you are the plaintiff in a personal injury, medical malpractice or nursing home abuse case. You are alleging someone was negligent, and that their failure to exercise reasonable care caused permanent injury to yourself or a loved one. Now they get to take your deposition. What kind of questions will they ask…

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We are thankful for 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

We are thankful for

Our work family at Frith & Ellerman has so much to be thankful for this year. And, we wanted to engage in a little PDA&T – Public Display of Affection and Thanks. We are grateful for: The hundreds of individuals and families that trust us with their cases, and concerns; The clients who allow us…

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Think before you leap 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

Think before you leap

I love the New Year. I make resolutions, work out, eat better and do everything that makes me a whole person, for about three weeks. Then the pace of life kicks in and I lose my resolve again until next year. For many Virginia employees, the New Year seems like a good time to finally make the…

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Medical Malpractice Verdict Martinsville, Virginia 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

Medical Malpractice Verdict Martinsville, Virginia

Sometimes we write about our cases, and clients. Today, I am writing to congratulate our colleagues Attorneys Fred Smith (Martinsville) and Anthony Russell (Roanoke) who spent last week in a medical malpractice trial against a Martinsville physician. The only guarantee in a civil trial, is that everyone is exhausted by the end – the jury, the…

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“Responsible Party.” Responsible for What, Exactly? 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

“Responsible Party.” Responsible for What, Exactly?

Helping a family member or friend get admitted to a nursing home can be a harried and vulnerable time.  Unfortunately, it is at just that time when you may be asked to sign papers you do not understand and probably will not read carefully, if at all.  And you may become a “responsible party” without…

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How do you find a good doctor? 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

How do you find a good doctor?

At some point in our lives we will all need the services of a competent, caring physician to take care of us or provide care to a family member.  We may be looking for a surgeon (general, vascular, cardio-thoracic, orthopedist), primary care doctor, internal medicine doctor, urologist, oncologist, nephrologist, gynecologist, pediatrician, and the list goes…

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Over prescribing medications for nursing home patients 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

Over prescribing medications for nursing home patients

We see it all the time. Someone is admitted to a long term care facility in Virginia (nursing home or assisted living) and their medications are immediately changed. Within days, the nursing staff finds some behavioral issue (falls, wandering, lack of appetite, depression, aggression, refusal to comply with staff requests) with the resident and asks…

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Non-Competes aren’t fair no matter how much you make 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

Non-Competes aren’t fair no matter how much you make

There is a great article in the Seattle Times about a $15 an hour job forcing new employees to sign non-compete agreements. There has been a great deal of focus the last few weeks about low wage workers being asked to sign these non-competition agreements, because basic fairness just seems to go out the window…

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Virginia Hospital Malpractice 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

Virginia Hospital Malpractice

While a hospital is a corporate entity, and not a person, we often name the hospital as the defendant in medical malpractice actions, alleging that the employees of the hospital were negligent in their care and treatment of our clients. Negligence can happen on purpose, or on accident. Rarely do health care providers intend to…

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