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Risks and malpractice from elective surgeries 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

Risks and malpractice from elective surgeries

https://frithlawfirm.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/zoom_0.mp4 Bo and Lauren discuss an uptick in elective surgeries, and the types of mistakes that can lead people to our door. If you want to know whether your bad outcome was caused by negligence – call us today – 540-985-0098.

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The End of Virginia’s Medical Malpractice Cap 150 150 Bo Frith
  • Bo Frith

The End of Virginia’s Medical Malpractice Cap

We may be reaching the end of Virginia’s longstanding and patently unjust limitation on damages in a medical malpractice lawsuit. Under Virginia law, the amount recoverable in a medical malpractice lawsuit is capped by statute.[1] It does not matter the degree of negligence, sky-high medical bills, or the pain and suffering of patients and loved…

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When medical malpractice harms a child – what can parents do? 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

When medical malpractice harms a child – what can parents do?

This is a difficult article to write. It is personal and raw. 8 years ago my husband and I joined a group of parents we didn’t want to join. The group that understands how fragile life, health and happiness can be.  A group of parents who has seen their  children on ventilators.  A group of…

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Our Clients 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

Our Clients

Last week, my daughter (age 8) asked me “What is a client?” She had heard me relay some comment to my husband about an old client who called to say hello. “My clients are the people who call me and need help. My clients are people who have had something really bad happen, and they…

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Delay in Diagnosis – not always malpractice – not always a lawsuit 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

Delay in Diagnosis – not always malpractice – not always a lawsuit

I would like to start with the following statement – NO ONE SHOULD WANT TO HAVE A MALPRACTICE LAWSUIT. Being a plaintiff (that is what we call the party who files a lawsuit) is not fun. It’s emotionally exhausting, people pry into your personal and professional life, and you spend a year being judged, questioned,…

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Information is Power: A New Tool for Patients 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

Information is Power: A New Tool for Patients

Have you ever read your medical records from your healthcare providers? I know…it is too hard and too time consuming. But if  you read them you might be shocked at how inaccurate they are on some very basic and potentially life threatening ways.  Examples I have seen include the wrong blood type, failing to include…

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What I learned from my partner Dan Frith on Virginia’s New Non-Compete law 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

What I learned from my partner Dan Frith on Virginia’s New Non-Compete law

Elections have consequences. Last year, Virginia’s General Assembly was mostly blue for the first time in decades. Laws were passed that protect WORKERS not COMPANIES. One of these laws, is a total change on how Virginia handles Non-Compete agreements. I have likely written 100 blog posts, podcasts and articles on Virginia Non-Compete law. Heck, we…

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Why did your healthcare trauma cause depression, anxiety or worse? 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

Why did your healthcare trauma cause depression, anxiety or worse?

This week, I received an email from a client explaining how their life is so drastically different now, than it was before their healthcare trauma. They had a wonderful, productive life before. Now, after almost dying, being on a ventilator, losing work, self esteem, etc. – life is much altered. Life is much harder. In…

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Whistleblowers for Nursing Home Fraud 150 150 Bo Frith
  • Bo Frith

Whistleblowers for Nursing Home Fraud

  Fraud occurs with surprising frequency in facilities with especially vulnerable patients. For this reason, nursing homes can be easy targets for Medicare and Medicaid fraud. These facilities are not under as much official scrutiny as hospitals. Nursing home residents are often unable to advocate for themselves. It is up to whistleblowers who have insight…

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Defense Contractor Whistleblowers 150 150 Bo Frith
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Defense Contractor Whistleblowers

The United States spends more on national defense than China, India, Russia, Saudi Arabia, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Japan, South Korea, and Brazil – combined.[1] For Fiscal Year 2020, the Department of Defense has a discretionary spending budget of $712.6 billion.[2] The federal government spends a significant portion of that amount on goods and…

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Telemedicine and the Coronavirus 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

Telemedicine and the Coronavirus

Yes they are related.  Telemedicine, or the use of remote audio-visual technology to provide medical care has been around for years.  It probably got its first start when smaller rural hospitals used remote radiologists to interpret x-rays, CTs, and MRI studies during the middle of the night or on weekends when local radiologists were unavailable. …

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Whistleblower Protection for Sexual Orientation Discrimination 150 150 Bo Frith
  • Bo Frith

Whistleblower Protection for Sexual Orientation Discrimination

Due to recent developments nationally and at the state level, Virginia workers now enjoy protection from retaliation when bringing forward allegations of sexual orientation discrimination. As we have written about previously, Virginia enacted a sweeping statute effective as of July 1, 2020 providing broad protections for Virginia workers from retaliation for protected whistleblowing activities. Specific…

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