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Your Provider: Doctor or Nurse Practitioner? 150 150 Dan Frith
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Your Provider: Doctor or Nurse Practitioner?

As the Roanoke Times recently reported, Proposal Calls for Medical Teamwork Between Doctors, Nurse Practitioners, Virginia health care providers may soon increase the number of nurse practitioners delivering primary care. Here is my problem: Patients rarely get to see their doctors anymore. They are pushed off on nurse practitioners, who work very hard on behalf of patients but…

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Injunction: Often Sought, Not Often Granted 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

Injunction: Often Sought, Not Often Granted

Injunction is a great word. It is quite popular these days, for attorneys to draft language into an employment agreement that says something like the following: EMPLOYEE agrees that should he or she leave the employ of COMPANY and violate any of the covenants outlined above (namely Non-competition / non-solicitation provisions) that COMPANY will suffer…

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If You Have Been a Victim of Medical Malpractice 150 150 Dan Frith
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If You Have Been a Victim of Medical Malpractice

If you think you have been the victim of medical malpractice, this is the advice I would give you if you called our office: 1. Be patient. It does not help to call a lawyer the week something happened, because rarely does anyone know the scope of their injury within a week. In order for…

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What Would the World Look Like Without Non-Compete Agreements? 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

What Would the World Look Like Without Non-Compete Agreements?

I get it. You shouldn’t be able to take some one’s secret information and use it for the benefit for yourself. That is why we have the Uniform Trade Secret Act and states have adopted their own Trade Secret Acts. I also get that stealing is wrong. Its a Commandment afterall, so it makes since…

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Medical Malpractice Claims Against the Veterans Administration 150 150 Dan Frith
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Medical Malpractice Claims Against the Veterans Administration

The VA (Veterans Administration) is not like your private hospital. If a physician at your local hospital is negligent, and causes a patient injury, you can file a lawsuit in state court. If a physician at the VA is negligent, and that physician is an employee of the VA, you cannot file suit in state…

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New Year: Great Time for a Lawsuit? 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

New Year: Great Time for a Lawsuit?

Last night at a Christmas gathering I asked friends and family if they had a New Years resolution. The reply was the same. No resolution. Not yet. Despite my group’s non committal response, I believe many of us are making resolutions. To take more time for family. To learn to sew. To lose weight. To…

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Hey Texas, How is Tort Reform Working Out For You? 150 150 Dan Frith
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Hey Texas, How is Tort Reform Working Out For You?

The tort reform movement took hold of the Long Horn State in 2003 guaranteeing to rid the state of those pesky, scumbag trial lawyers and, as a result, keep all of those great doctors from leaving the state and keeping medical, hospital, and surgical bills within reason since no one would be paying those outrageous…

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Choosing a Nursing Home 150 150 Dan Frith
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Choosing a Nursing Home

Lauren and I have written numerous blogs on issues to consider in selecting a nursing home. It can be a very important decision. The Richmond Times Dispatch published an article today titled, “MODERN AGING: Do research on nursing homes.” It is a very good read.

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Virginia Trucking Attorney 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

Virginia Trucking Attorney

I just read about a federal jury verdict in New Hampshire – $8.5 million dollars to a woman and her small children. Why did a jury give them $8,500,000?Because their father / husband was killed when he was run over by a tractor trailer. I wish this was an isolated incident but it is not.…

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How I Left Microsoft 150 150 Dan Frith
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How I Left Microsoft

On this blog, Lauren and I share our thoughts on the legal issues and available strategies when dealing with non-compete and non-solicitation contracts. I just read an article from Business Insider titled, “How I Left Microsoft And Started A Competing Company Without Violating My Non-Compete.” No one could write it better. I strongly urge you…

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Inmates and Parolees Moving Into Nursing Homes: Are You Kidding Me? 150 150 Dan Frith
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Inmates and Parolees Moving Into Nursing Homes: Are You Kidding Me?

We place our mothers, fathers, brothers, and sisters into nursing homes because they can no longer take care of themselves and we are, for a number of reasons, unable to provide the care they need. In short, these very important loved ones in our lives are vulnerable and need to be cared for and protected.…

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The Hazards of Health Care in America 150 150 Dan Frith
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The Hazards of Health Care in America

My local paper, The Roanoke Times, ran a syndicated article today written by Joe and Teresa Gradeon of The People’s Pharmacy. The provided the following scary statistics about health care in America: * Between 76,000 and 137,000 people die annually from fatal drug reactions in the hospital * Fatal drug reactions kill more than 100,000…

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