Blog Posts in October, 2011
Posted on Oct 31, 2011 By Scott Distasio
There have been a number of blog entries on this site about how tort reform laws do not seem to do what they are meant to do. Studies show that instead of lowering healthcare costs and improving ...
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Posted on Oct 27, 2011 By
Nancy and Webster Farnsworth of Tampa, FL were returning from lunch in Clearwater when their minivan was struck by a pick up truck. They were enjoying a visit from their son, daughter-in-law, and ...
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Posted on Oct 26, 2011 By Tampa Injury Lawyer
Lois McCallister now lives with her daughter after she was abused in a nursing home, but she still begs her family not to hurt her every night. Mary and Paul French, Lois's daughter and ...
Continue reading "Nursing Home Abuse Leaves Woman Living in Fear" »
Posted on Oct 21, 2011 By
Florida's Emergency Contact Program is a database that allows residents to submit information about two people they would like to have contacted in the event of an emergency. This information can only ...
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Posted on Oct 20, 2011 By Tampa Nursing Home Abuse Attorney
Sepsis occurs when an infection reaches the blood stream. It can be caused by many different types of bacteria and can begin in most any organ of the body. Once the infection moves from the place it ...
Continue reading "New Study Shows Older Patients at High Risk of Developing Sepsis" »
Posted on Oct 19, 2011 By
A school bus carrying 46 elementary school students collided with a car on South Florida Avenue near Fitzgerald Road in Lakeland. The Ledger reports the chain reaction crash involved four vehicles and ...
Continue reading "Lakeland School Bus Accident Fails to Draw Attention to the Bus Safety Belt Issue." »
Posted on Oct 18, 2011 By Scott Distasio
A new study of Texas's tort reform by Public Citizen indicates it does not do what politicians promised it would. Enacted in 2003, the law puts limits on the money victims receive in medical ...
Continue reading "Texas Tort Reform Has Failed to Deliver on Promises" »
Posted on Oct 16, 2011 By Tampa Personal Injury Attorney
Earlier this month a judge in England acquitted four care workers of nursing home neglect in the case of Edna Barnes. Mrs. Barnes suffered from dementia and relied on the nursing home employees to ...
Continue reading "Nursing Home Workers Cleared of Willful Neglect, Judge: Nursing Home Owners Responsible" »
Posted on Oct 14, 2011 By Scott Distasio
In August, CooperVision Inc began quietly recalling some of its Avaira Toric contact lenses. The recall was based on the existence of an “unidentified residue” and affects ten percent of ...
Continue reading "Quiet Contact Recall May Lead to Additional Eye Problems" »
Posted on Oct 13, 2011 By
The driver of a dump truck died last week after suffering a medical emergency on the road. According to Hernando Today, Charles Owen was traveling north on U.S. 41 when an undefined medical issue ...
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Posted on Oct 12, 2011 By Nursing Home Abuse Lawyer
Many families, facility managers, and law-enforcement officials have turned to hidden cameras to uncover nursing home abuse and mistreatment. According to the Seattle Times, specialists in the ...
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Posted on Oct 11, 2011 By Tampa Injury Attorney
In the last blog entry, I mentioned one solution to the lack of autonomy of the Long Term Care Ombudsman Program is to move it out from under the umbrella of the Department of Elder Affairs. The ...
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Posted on Oct 9, 2011 By Distasio Law Firm
Last month the federal government issued criticism of Florida's Department of Elder Affairs and its oversight of the Long Term Care Ombudsman Program. The Long Term Care Ombudsman is essentially a ...
Continue reading "Federal Report Questions Florida's Oversight of Department of Elder Affairs and Sparks Investigation of Ombudsman Program" »
Posted on Oct 7, 2011 By
Pamela Miclette spent September 24 shopping, unaware that a trip to a friend's house to borrow movies would lead to her death. That night as she made her way across the street in Auburndale, Florida ...
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