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SURGICAL MALPRACTICE BLACKSBURG VIRGINIA 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

SURGICAL MALPRACTICE BLACKSBURG VIRGINIA

I know no one wants to admit it, but mistakes happen during surgery and after surgery. They happen all the time. There is no such thing as an easy surgery, and complications are always possible. Sometimes however, physicians make mistakes that are bigger that simple mistakes, and considered surgical malpractice. What types of mistakes can…

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COFFEE…DONUTS…AND BIG MONEY 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

COFFEE…DONUTS…AND BIG MONEY

What kind of blog post could follow the above title? Try this story taken from the pages of The Puget Sound Business Journal. Starbucks Corp. says in a federal lawsuit it lost a key veteran executive to Dunkin’ Donuts and wants a Seattle, Washington judge to stop him from working there. Starbucks filed the lawsuit…

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EMPLOYERS LOOKING FOR FREE LEGAL HELP TO ENFORCE NON-COMPETES 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

EMPLOYERS LOOKING FOR FREE LEGAL HELP TO ENFORCE NON-COMPETES

Dear employees – congratulations. You have your employers on their toes over your non-compete agreements. How do I know this? Because they are asking google (and ending up on our blog) “What do I do when my employee refuses to sign a non-compete agreement,” or “how to convince employee they should sign non-compete agreement.” We…

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WHO IS THE BIGGEST “FOR-PROFIT” NURSING HOME CHAIN IN VIRGINIA? 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

WHO IS THE BIGGEST “FOR-PROFIT” NURSING HOME CHAIN IN VIRGINIA?

Lauren and I have been blogging over the years that, in our opinion, “non-profit” nursing homes provide better care than “for-profit” nursing homes. Our experience tells us that non-profit nursing homes hire more nurses to care for the residents than do the for-profit nursing homes. Do you know who is the biggest for-profit nursing home…

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NON-PROFIT NURSING HOMES ARE THE BEST 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

NON-PROFIT NURSING HOMES ARE THE BEST

We have shared our view of this issue before but non-profit nursing homes routinely provide the best care. Don’t believe two attorneys who spend a great deal of time representing residents and their families in lawsuits against nursing homes? Well, would you believe the British Medical Journal? The British Medical Journal (BMJ) is Britian’s version…

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EMPLOYER’S LEGAL COUNSEL SAYS IT BEST 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

EMPLOYER’S LEGAL COUNSEL SAYS IT BEST

As readers of this blog know, Lauren and I spend a great deal of our time fighting unfair and overly restrictive non-compete and non-solicitation agreements. I will admit…we are biased but we are always fighting for the “little guy.” I recently ran across and excellent article titled, Eight Ways to Guarantee Yourself a Noncompete Lawsuit,…

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NON-COMPETE LAWS ARE CHANGING 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

NON-COMPETE LAWS ARE CHANGING

I blogged week before last about at a legislative effort in Georgia that would drastically change the way courts there analyze and enforce non-competition agreements. In most other states, one single court case could change the legal climate regarding these unique employment agreements. Want to know if the agreement you signed 6 years ago is…

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COSTS OF FILING AN INJURY LAWSUIT IN VIRGINIA 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

COSTS OF FILING AN INJURY LAWSUIT IN VIRGINIA

As of today, if you have been injured in the Commonwealth by (1) a physician; (2) a nursing home; (3) or some other kind of accident (car, etc.), you have a right to file a lawsuit. In malpractice cases, you cannot file and serve the lawsuit until you have experts willing to state that the…

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CARILION CLINIC IN THE NEWS 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

CARILION CLINIC IN THE NEWS

A very interesting lawsuit is moving through the system in Roanoke, Virginia. The case, filed on behalf of Ronald Burchett, initially started out as a fairly routine medical malpractice case. The suit alleged that Burchett was admitted to Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital in March 2008. He was septic, had severely low blood pressure and was…

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DUTY NOT TO DEFAME YOUR EMPLOYER 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

DUTY NOT TO DEFAME YOUR EMPLOYER

You know how your Mom told you not to say anything at all if you couldn’t say something nice? She was probably smarter than you realized. 5. DEFAMATION Virginia recognizes two types of actionable defamation: defamation per se and defamation with proof of special damages. At common law, defamatory words are actionable per se if:…

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I SOLD MY BUSINESS…NOW I AM GOING TO COMPETE 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

I SOLD MY BUSINESS…NOW I AM GOING TO COMPETE

Do the same rules apply to employees who sign non-competes to business owners who sell their business but agree not to compete with the new owners? The simple overwhelming answer is NO! Virginia law provides greater protection to employees who sign non-compete agreements as a part of their employment. Why? Because most employees come to…

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TEXAS NURSE ACQUITTED 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

TEXAS NURSE ACQUITTED

I posted a blog back on February 9 titled, “Nurse Going to Jail? Are you Kidding me?” The article was about Texas nurse Anne Mitchell who did the right thing and filed a complaint against a local doctor whom she believed was providing substandard care. The good old doctor, Rolando G. Arafiles Jr., MD, took…

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