Will Nursing Home Budget Cuts Lead to Nursing Home Neglect?

The decision to place a loved one in a nursing home is a difficult one for many people. Concerns about everything from whether or not the staff is properly trained...
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How To Keep Your Child Safe In A Car Accident

8 year old Kaylin's mother thought she was doing everything she could do to protect her daughter while driving in a car. She knew that children should be riding in...
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Are Florida Legislators Doing Enough To Prevent Staged Car Accidents?

As I've previously discussed in a blog, Florida is the worst state in the country for insurance fraud and staged auto accidents. Tampa has recently overtaken Miami as the worst...
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Distasio Law Firm Client Brings A Pharmacy Error Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Walgreens

Distasio law firm clients recently filed a lawsuit against Walgreens alleging an error in filling their mother's prescription medicine caused or substantially contributed to her death.  Suzie Schottelkotte of The...
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Attorney General is Cracking Down on Nursing Home Neglect

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit is responsible for the arrests of several CNAs and LPNs accused of Nursing Home Abuse or Neglect. In a Press...
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How To Make Sure Florida Pools Do Not Cause Injury or Death

Summer is quickly approaching. With the warm weather, Floridians often cool off in their pools. Unfortunately, that also means more pool deaths. For example, the Daytona News Journal has reported...
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US 19 Is One Of The Most Dangerous Roads In America

In 2005 Dateline NBC dubbed US 19 in Florida as one of the most dangerous roads in the country. Many improvements have been put in place on US 19. However,...
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How To Prevent Spring Break Tragedy

According to a recent analysis of crime and accident statistics, reported by Ozarksfirst.com; Orlando, Florida is the most dangerous spring break Destination with Daytona Beach as a close second, when...
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The Mediation Process

In Florida, except in rare circumstances, all personal injury cases must be mediated at some point after a lawsuit is filed.  Mediation is an opportunity to settle your case.  The...
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Is Defensive Medicine Raising The Cost Of Health Care?

Media, politicians and special interest groups often claim that the high cost of health care is related to doctors performing "defensive medicine" out of fear of being sued by a...
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Hillsborough County Addresses PIP Fraud

Tampa Bay is the worst area in Florida for staged car accidents.  As a result, Hillsborough county officials have drafted an ordinance to crack down on bogus claims. Florida's PIP...
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Pharmacy Gives Pregnant Woman the Wrong Prescription, May Cause a Miscarriage or Birth Defects

Eway pharmacy error may cause a pregnant woman to miscarry or have a child with severe birth defects. Mareena Silva, six weeks pregnant, was given Methotrexate, a drug that aborts...
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Common Issues Causing Hospital Prescription Errors

Doctors at the Albany Medical Center did a study of more than 2,000 near miss prescription errors.  Crystal Phend wrote an article about this study for MedPage Today, which takes...
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Why is Uninsured Motorist Coverage Important?

Uninsured Motorist (UM) Coverage is a type of coverage on your automobile policy that protects you if you are involved in an automobile accident and the at-fault driver does not have Bodily Injury Coverage...
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Should Florida Lower it’s Auto Accident Insurance Minimums?

Republicans in Wisconsin have proposed a bill that would repeal provisions set by democrats in 2009 that raised minimum coverage limits on auto accident insurance. Scott Richmond of the Associated...
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Insurance Coverage for Personal Use of Automobile While in the Course and Scope of Your Employment

Here is a topic not many people know about, BUT EVERYONE who runs errands for their employer SHOULD know about. For most people, using their car to run an errand...
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Staging a Tampa Car Accident For a Lawsuit

According to an Article written by Danny Valentine and published by the St. Petersburg Times, Tampa has the highest number of questionable car accident claims in the state of Florida and...
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Auburndale Nursing Home Abuse Lawsuit & Citations: Bartow Jury Awards $114 Million

According to the Ledger.com, on July 20, 2010 a Polk County, Florida jury at the court house in Bartow rendered a verdict of $114 Million dollars in a nursing home...
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Who was Cited for a Car Accident not Admissible in Florida Car Accident Case

In Tampa and every other city in Florida, law enforcement officers routinely give the at fault party in a car accident a ticket.  Most people think the officers decision that the other person was...
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