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• Pressure Ulcers: It is really just about Money!

  Dan Frith | April 27, 2009 4:31 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse

  It is not about the pain suffered by residents with pressure ulcers (also called decubitus ulcers or bed sores). It is not about the the loss of dignity when you have to be rolled over in bed and...

• Support the Elder Justice Act

  Dan Frith | April 23, 2009 9:50 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse

  Good news! House of Representative member, Peter King (R-NY), reintroduced the Elder Justice Act (H.R. 2006) - the first comprehensive federal effort to address and prevent elder abuse, neglect and...

• Free Book Offer: How to Beat Your Virginia Non-Compete

  Dan Frith | April 14, 2009 3:42 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  In addition to representing consumers in medical malpractice and nursing home abuse cases, Lauren and I spend a large part of our time repesenting employees in disputes over the legality and...

• Hispanics and African Americans Receive Poorer Care in Nursing Homes

  Dan Frith | April 11, 2009 12:44 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse

  A recent study published by a science/medicine newsletter, Physorg.com, concludes that Hispanics at nursing homes with a high rate of Hispanic residents were more likely to have bed sores, compared...

• Political Pundit George Will: Is He Sane?

  Dan Frith | April 09, 2009 9:55 AM | 3 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  This week I attended a lecture at a local college given by political pundit George Will entitled Lessons I learned from the 20th Century. As most readers know, George Will is conservative newspaper...

• Did You Know Taxpayers Paid Bonuses to Bad Nursing Homes?

  Dan Frith | April 07, 2009 4:33 PM | 2 Comments
  Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse

  I didn't...until now. Tom Coburn is a medical doctor and a U.S. Senator from Oklahoma. On April 2 Senator Coburn released the following statement: The public had every right to be outraged when...

• Too Many Malpractice Lawsuits or Too Much Malpractice?

  Dan Frith | April 02, 2009 3:15 PM | 4 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  We've listened to George Bush, various national, state, and local medical organizations, and the insurance industry cry long and hard about the need to reform medical malpractice laws in the United...