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• Man fired minutes before injury awarded workers' comp benefits

  Ric Davis | August 31, 2007 10:37 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Workplace Injuries

  The following is a published account of a case handled by Christian and Davis as printed in Lawyers Weekly:An Upstate construction worker who had been fired for alleged misconduct just minutes before he was run over by a truck was entitled to workers' comp benefits, the Circuit Court has ruled. The accident happened as the claimant was headed for the jobsite's exit gate after he was let go,...

• Amendment/Retraction to Article Re Life Care Centers of America

  Matt Christian | August 14, 2007 3:53 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse

  In an earlier blog dated July 31, 2007, and titled "Nursing Home Charged Criminally for Abuse" the statement was made that Life Care Centers of America pled "guilty" to criminal charges. This was an inadvertant typographical error. Life Care Centers of America has pled "not guilty" to these charges. We apologize for any inconvenience or issues this error may have caused.For more information...

• Nursing Home to Pay $54M For Resident Who Bled to Death

  Ric Davis | August 10, 2007 7:17 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse

  In the largest personal injury verdict in state history, a New Mexico jury awarded $54 million to the family of a woman who bled to death in her nursing home. The plaintiff's lawyer, Carl Bettinger of Albuquerque, was already well-acquainted with the defendant, having previously litigated more than half a dozen similar negligence trials against Manor Care, a nursing home chain based in Toledo,...

• Nursing Home's Profits Could Be Used To Prevent Abuse and Neglect

  Matt Christian | August 09, 2007 4:41 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse

  As many people know, the nursing home chain, Manor Care, was recently purchased for a very large sum of money. The reports indicate that the CEO of Manor Care, Paul Ormond, would receive between $118 and $186 million dollars as a result of the buy-out. Toby S. Edelman of the Center for Medicare Advocacy and the California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform has had an interesting inquiry about...