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DOUBLE STANDARD? OB v. MidWife? 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

DOUBLE STANDARD? OB v. MidWife?

So I read an article on Slate.com today about a Virginia Midwife that will go to jail because of her negligent handling of a home delivery. According to the Washington Post, the midwife was not licensed in Virginia and ignored signs of fetal distress. The failed delivery tragically lead to the death of the child…

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SAFETY PROBLEMS AND ASSISTED LIVING CARE 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

SAFETY PROBLEMS AND ASSISTED LIVING CARE

This story comes from Florida but that state is not unique. It appears regulators from the Sunshine State are failing to protect residents of assisted living facilities, according to an investigation by The Miami Herald and NPR member station WLRN. An analysis of state records revealed dozens of questionable deaths in assisted living facilities. The…

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SHOCKING NEWS: NURSING HOME UNDERSTAFFING ADDS TO DEATHS! 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

SHOCKING NEWS: NURSING HOME UNDERSTAFFING ADDS TO DEATHS!

Well maybe not shocking…maybe not even new information…maybe just common sense. Whatever it is, this is the title of a new story in upi.com’s Health News on May 4. The article is as follows: Infections, the cause of nearly 400,000 U.S. nursing home deaths per year, may be largely the result of understaffing, researchers say.…

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HOSPITALIZED PATIENTS SHOULD NOT GET PRESSURE SORES 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

HOSPITALIZED PATIENTS SHOULD NOT GET PRESSURE SORES

I believe pressure sores can be avoided if patients receive appropriate care…especially in the hospital setting. That is why a reported medical malpractice case from New Mexico is so disturbing. Alfred Gonzalez, age 57, fell and sustained a fractured hip. He was admitted to his local hospital for treatment and developed pressure sores on the…

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QUITTING YOUR JOB TOMORROW? HERE IS A LIST OF DON’TS 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

QUITTING YOUR JOB TOMORROW? HERE IS A LIST OF DON’TS

If you are leaving your job tomorrow and don’t want to get sued, don’t do any of the following: 1. Don’t take customer lists or customer addresses. 2. Don’t email your customer contacts or clients to tell them about your new “competing business.” 3. Don’t copy your employer’s policy manuals or other sensitive or proprietary…

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TOO MANY FALLS! 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

TOO MANY FALLS!

I recently read about a lawsuit against a Florida assisted living facility which is both disturbing and all too common, even here in Virginia. Francis Tremblay (age 99) lived at the Living Legends Retirement Center in Broward County, Florida. During her 29 day stay at this assisted living facility she fell about 11 times. The…

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JUST WHAT IS A “TORTIOUS INTERFERENCE WITH CONTRACT”? 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

JUST WHAT IS A “TORTIOUS INTERFERENCE WITH CONTRACT”?

More and more frequently employers, in addition to suing their ex-employees for breach of their non-compete agreement, are also claiming the ex-employee is guilty of the “tortious interference” of the employer’s contractual relationship with its customers. Just what does this mean? The answer is “it depends.” It depends on whether the contract at issue is…

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STATE LAW AND NON-COMPETE AGREEMENTS 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

STATE LAW AND NON-COMPETE AGREEMENTS

A great number of people who call our office live out of state, but have non-compete contracts or employment agreements that state they are written under Virginia Law. Often, we will get calls from Virginians who assume we can assist them with a non-compete agreement but upon further examination, we discover Virginia law does not…

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TURN TURN TURN… 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

TURN TURN TURN…

THE BYRDS – Turn ! Turn ! Turn ! by danadi33 Know this song. Me too. Great message. TURN TURN TURN. If you are a nursing home employee, or even a nurse at the hospital dealing with bed-ridden post surgical patients, I hope this song becomes part of your daily mantra. TURN TURN TURN… your…

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DAMAGES 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

DAMAGES

Non-compete cases are allot like marriage. No really. Hear me out on this one. Lets make the following associations:SMALL LIE = CONTRACT BREACHWIFE’S SADNESS = Employer’s ANGERWIFE’S ANGER = MAJOR HARM to EMPLOYER At the end of the day, it not only matters what you did, but whether your actions caused harm and damages… and,…

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RIGHT TO WORK LAWS IN VIRGINIA 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

RIGHT TO WORK LAWS IN VIRGINIA

I was picking up a package at our local Fed Ex warehouse the other day and saw this very stunning poster on the waiting room bulletin board. I love it. No really. LOVE IT. Why? Because it is so entirely misleading. It says — IF YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO WORK in bold letters. While…

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SPINE SURGEON LOSES HOSPITAL PRIVILEGES 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

SPINE SURGEON LOSES HOSPITAL PRIVILEGES

The Wall Street Journal ran an interesting article on April 13. The article reported on a Portland, Oregon spine surgeon who lost his hospital operating privileges at the Providence Portland Medical Center. Why you ask? Because available data revealed the surgeon had the highest rate of multiple spinal-fusion surgeries among the 3,407 spinal surgeons who…

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