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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
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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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Jimmy Johns – really? 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

Jimmy Johns – really?

You have likely heard by now of the recent issue with Jimmy Johns sandwich shops, and their desire to have their minimum wage employees sign non-competes (as well as managers, etc.). Normally, specialty food stores have employees sign confidentiality agreements, that may say (paraphrasing of course) “hey employee, don’t go share our secret sauce recipe…

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Tortious Interference of Contract / Business Expectancy – and what every Virginia employee should know 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

Tortious Interference of Contract / Business Expectancy – and what every Virginia employee should know

Dear Virginia employee: Whether you signed an employment agreement or not, you owe various legal duties to your employer. Nope, its true. And two of these unspoken duties, are that you will not interfere with your employer’s contracts or business expectancies. So what does that practically mean? Under Virginia common law, if an employer can…

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Who pays for costs in a malpractice case? 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

Who pays for costs in a malpractice case?

When our office meets with potential clients, we discuss how our office will investigate their potential claim, and if we think it is a valid claim, we will hire experts to review the records, and if the experts believe it is a valid claim, we can file a lawsuit. That is a lot of “ifs”…

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The scary truth about urinary tract infections in long term care setting 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

The scary truth about urinary tract infections in long term care setting

Have you noticed that when mama gets a UTI, she gets confused? She feels weak, sleepy and has no energy? Have you also noticed that when she gets the right antibiotic, drinks more water, she feels better in a few days? According to the National Institute of Health, “most urinary tract infections are caused by…

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Lawsuits don’t prevent bad doctors from practicing medicine 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

Lawsuits don’t prevent bad doctors from practicing medicine

I had bad news for a client yesterday. It turns out that she is not the only patient concerned about the care a local doctor has been giving. There are three current lawsuits against the doctor, alleging malpractice. She erupted with the news. “How is he allowed to keep treating patients?” she asked. I had…

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What you should know about LinkedIn when you change jobs 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

What you should know about LinkedIn when you change jobs

“Hey, congratulations on making partner,” someone says to me in the gym. I wonder how on earth they know that and then I realize they probably got an email from LinkedIn notifying them of my promotion (albeit 6 months after the fact because I didn’t rush to change the title). As most of us in the…

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Joan Rivers and the danger of surgical centers 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

Joan Rivers and the danger of surgical centers

A loved one who is facing an impending surgery told me today, that Joan Rivers’ death scared her. Why? Because it is a very visible example of that medical procedures come with very real and certain risks.  While my loved one however does appreciate the difference between a procedure done at a surgical center, and…

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