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The NC House passed a bill this week that could affect whether someone hurt in an accident can recover damages. The bill would eliminate a doctrine that says a person who contributes, however slightly, to his or her injury cannot collect a dime from others whose negligence caused the injury. North Carolina is one of […]
North Carolina House of Representatives Aims to Help the Injured Win Lawsuits Read More »
The bipartisan Fairness in Nursing Home Arbitration Act of 2009 will prevent nursing homes from deliberately hiding clauses within the fine print of contracts that force seniors to surrender their right to trial by jury and enter an unfair and one-sided mandatory binding arbitration process. The Fairness in Nursing Home Arbitration Act of 2009 will
Your Support is Needed; No Forced Arbitration for Nursing Home Patients! Read More »
In light of the a new FDA rule that says that some Class III medical devices approved during the 1970’s must now prove their safety, here at HensonFuerst we believe that these and many other outdated yet approved devices are receiving not only an unjust loophole, but also an unsafe one under the Riegel v.
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After four years, Delegate Dave Perry’s bill to make crime of abusing or neglecting an incapacitated adult a more serious offense in West Virginia has finally passed. There were seven or eight revisions, and even an effort made by fellow delegate John Overington. Eventually a final version was sent to Governor Joe Manchin stating that any caregiver who
Senior Abuse, Neglect Bill Passes After Four Years in West Virginia Read More »
The Long Term Care Community Coalition of New York is reporting selected actions taken by the New York State Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit in the latter months of 2008. The unit prosecutes cases of resident abuse in nursing homes. The five cases reported range from falsification of safety check records by nursing home
Fifty-Five Sanctions Taken Against New York Nursing Homes Read More »
HB 493, according to The Pensacola News Journal, literally makes it easier for nursing home corporations to get away with poor care, abuse and even the death of a nursing home resident. The bill was introduced by Florida Rep. Dave Murzin, who, according to The NewsJournal, has been the most frequent author of bills to
Florida House of Representatives Bill 493—Poor Choice for Nursing Home Residents Read More »
A bill making its way through the Maryland House of Delegates would require nursing homes to give people the choice of installing cameras that the patients or their families would pay for themselves. The partners of HensonFuerst’s Nursing Home Litigation Division endorse this bill-of-choice and encourage viewers to this blog to voice their support by
Cameras Prohibited in Many Nursing Homes… What’s Being Hidden? Read More »
Congressman Henry “Hank” Johnson is set to introduce the Arbitration Fairness Act of 2009 this week. Please call your Member of Congress TODAY and ask them to be an original cosponsor of the bill. The Arbitration Fairness Act would prohibit the enforcement of binding mandatory arbitration clauses in consumer, employment, and franchisee contracts. Click to
“In a front page story on Christmas Eve in the Raleigh News & Observer titled: Nursing-Home Records Closed Off; Bush Administration Changes are Sharply Criticized by Patient Advocates” attention was brought to recent changes in federal rules that prevent or severely hinder access to patient information.” Click HERE to read the entire News & Observer
HensonFuerst Nursing Home Client’s Plight Profiled by News Media Read More »
From Anne Duvoisin, Attorney/Partner, HensonFuerst Nursing Home Practice: “45 CFR Part 2, “Testimony by Employees and the Production of Documents in Proceedings Where the United States Is Not a Party,” passed without comment by the Bush administration in its waning hours, will substantially and adversely impact nursing home residents and those that advocate on