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EMERGENCY ROOM STAFF FAILS TO DIAGNOSE HEART ATTACK 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

EMERGENCY ROOM STAFF FAILS TO DIAGNOSE HEART ATTACK

I just read about a tragedy which, unfortunately, happens all too frequently but could have been avoided. The case report comes from Texas. Stacy Meaux, 46, was overweight and had a family history of coronary artery disease (CAD). When she experienced radiating chest pain and tightness, she went to a hospital emergency room where she…

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IS YOUR NON-COMPETE ASSIGNABLE / TRANSFERABLE? 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

IS YOUR NON-COMPETE ASSIGNABLE / TRANSFERABLE?

Lets say your boss sells the business. Or, lets say he starts a new business and you become an employee of that. Is your original agreement, with the original company, still binding on you? We are asked this question often. Under Virginia law, the answer is – IT DEPENDS. Does your contract state it is…

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BIRTH INJURY CASE IN SOUTH WEST VIRGINIA 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

BIRTH INJURY CASE IN SOUTH WEST VIRGINIA

Sometimes I will receive a medical malpractice case to review, and I realize as I read the records, how devastating the event at issue was for the family experiencing it. Losing a loved one is always a tragedy. Losing a loved one because someone was careless, or intentionally refused to provide care, is a different…

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TRINITY MISSION NURSING HOMES: BEWARE OF THE ADMISSION AGREEMENT! 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

TRINITY MISSION NURSING HOMES: BEWARE OF THE ADMISSION AGREEMENT!

I have seen some unfair and unreasonable admission agreements prepared by nursing homes…but the agreements now used by Trinity Mission take the cake! Every new resident to a nursing home must sign an admission agreement or contract. If the new resident is not mentally or physically capable of signing the agreement, a family member or…

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NON-COMPETES ARE LIKE SHAKESPEARE 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

NON-COMPETES ARE LIKE SHAKESPEARE

Boy meets girl. Boy and girl love each other.They can’t get married because of family issues. They decide to elope. There is a miscommunication. One dies. The other is most regretful and dies too. Recall the story? Never was there a tale of more woe than that of Juliet and her Romeo?If not, here is…

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TEXAS DECISION PROVES NO TWO STATES ARE THE SAME 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

TEXAS DECISION PROVES NO TWO STATES ARE THE SAME

Read this – it is a great decision for those of us who fight against non-competition agreements. Texas Court Strikes Down Surgeons’ Non-Compete Covenant because “the covenant must provide for a buyout of the covenant by the physician at a reasonable price or, at the option of either party, as determined by a mutually agreed…

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DOCTORS PROTECT DOCTORS! 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

DOCTORS PROTECT DOCTORS!

Not that this story is news but the Roanoke Times ran an article recently which was also published in USA Today. The article was titled, “Many Doctors Don’t Blow Whistle on Colleagues” and was based upon a study published by the Journal of the America Medical Association. The results of the study were disappointing: The…

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BEFORE YOU CALL FRITH & ELLERMAN REGARDING YOUR NON-COMPETE: 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

BEFORE YOU CALL FRITH & ELLERMAN REGARDING YOUR NON-COMPETE:

Please, 1. Don’t search for our firm on your office computer using search terms like “how to get out of my non-compete.” This is happening. 2. Don’t call or email our office from your work email or phone. Including cell phone. Don’t do this. Please. 3. Don’t tell your colleagues you are leaving – and…

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DEFENSE VERDICT IN VIRGINIA MEDICAL MALPRACTICE CASES 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

DEFENSE VERDICT IN VIRGINIA MEDICAL MALPRACTICE CASES

I opened Virginia Lawyer’s Weekly today, a weekly newspaper that reports on Virginia cases, laws, etc., and read about 3 medical malpractice cases where the doctors won. Yes, that is 3 defense verdicts. 3 cases where after years of litigation, costs, and expenses, plaintiffs end up with nothing. Nada. Zilch. Not one penny. 3 cases…

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HOW TO AVOID GETTING SUED BY YOUR EX-EMPLOYER 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

HOW TO AVOID GETTING SUED BY YOUR EX-EMPLOYER

I am a very sensitive person. I like puppies and kittens, rainbows, sappy movies, and I don’t like when nice, good people, do stupid things and end up in Court. Now, selfishly speaking, I make a lot more money helping these nice, good, stupid people defend lawsuits from their old employers, then I do by…

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How to File a Complaint Against a Nursing Home 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

How to File a Complaint Against a Nursing Home

Are you concerned that your loved one did not receive the care he or she deserved at a Virginia nursing home? If you were to call my office, I would give you the following advice: 1. Ask to meet with the DON or Administrator to discuss the incident. You can file a complaint with the…

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PHARMACY NEGLIGENCE CASES 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

PHARMACY NEGLIGENCE CASES

Let me tell you something. Pharmacy negligence happens all the time. The wrong pills end up in the wrong bottle.The wrong dose ends up being sent home.Another person’s pills end up in your bag with your label. We hear about these cases all the time. We even know of a pharmacist sending a medication home with…

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