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• Merrill Lynch Financial Advisors and Noncompete Agreements

  Dan Frith | October 31, 2008 9:59 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Everyone knows the U. S. economy is suffering. I believe we will continue to see corporate bankruptcies, mergers, and requests for financial assistance from the federal government. We will also see...

• You are Entitled to your Medical Records

  Dan Frith | October 28, 2008 10:58 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  A week doesn't go by that we fail to hear a patient or family member tell us that their request for medical records was refused by their doctor, hospital, clinic, dentist, etc. My firm is located...

• Virginia Hospital Can't Avoid Responsibility for Emergency Room Problems

  Dan Frith | October 21, 2008 9:57 AM | 1 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  Danville (VA) Regional Medical Center has been sued for medical negligence. The hospital is being sued in federal court for its Emergency Room staffs failure to provide competent medical care. The...

• Criminal Charges Filed in Accident Which Killed Officer

  Dan Frith | October 16, 2008 2:27 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  There was a sad story in today's Roanoke Times newspaper. A 25 year old man from Ohio (Brooks Ryan Leisure) has been charged with involuntary manslaughter in the traffic accident death of Jason...

• Hidden Cameras in Nursing Homes

  Dan Frith | October 16, 2008 10:05 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse

  ....are they a good idea! YES. Family members who are concerned over the care received by their loved ones cannot be at the nursing home watching what happens and doesn't happen 24 hours a day 7...

• Screening for Colon Cancer

  Dan Frith | October 13, 2008 3:00 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer and the second leading cause of cancer death in the United States. That is the bad news but the good news is that colorectal cancer can be diagnosed...

• Investment Fraud and your Stock Broker

  Dan Frith | October 10, 2008 2:48 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Most stock brokers are honest and hard working professionals. They work hard for their clients and they do their homework BEFORE recommending a specific stock or other investment. The list of...

• Blood Clots and Hip and Knee Replacement Surgery

  Dan Frith | October 09, 2008 9:55 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  It seems that as I get older I know more and more people who have undergone hip or knee replacement surgery. I have a friend who is an orthopedic surgeon who specializes in joint replacement surgery...

• Hospitals Can Be Dangerous To Your Health

  Dan Frith | October 07, 2008 9:29 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  I know people go to hospitals when they are sick or injured. What scares me is that many patients may become sicker or suffer additional injuries while hospitalized! The 2008 Hospital Professional...

• Nursing Homes in Western Virginia Are Poor Performers

  Dan Frith | October 06, 2008 5:24 PM | 2 Comments
  Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse

  I posted a short blog last week about how most lawsuits against nursing homes were not frivolous as some commentators argue. I am firmly of the opinion that lawsuits keep the fat corporate cats...

• Blind Eye: A Terrifying Story of a Doctor Who Got Away with Murder

  Dan Frith | October 01, 2008 10:53 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  That is not my title but the title of a fasinating book by James B. Stewart published in 1999. The book is New York Times bestsetter and a true story about Dr. Michael Swango. Dr. Swango gave the...