Tort, Personal Injury, Malpractice

Wrongful death case dismissed because wrong person filed complaint

In Garner v. Acadia Healthcare Company, Inc., 370 Ga. App. 146 (2023), Appellants alleged that William had been missing since…

4 months ago

Moratorium on Nursing Home Staffing Standards

Moratorium on Nursing Home Staffing Standards On July 4, 2025, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act was signed into law.…

5 months ago

Expert Testimony

As an initial proposition, all relevant evidence is admissible. See Federal Rules of Evidence, Rule 402. In 1993, the U.S.…

5 months ago

Medicaid’s payment of medical bills does not bar recovery from negligent party

When an injured party sues someone who negligently injured him or her, one form of damages the injured party may…

1 year ago

CMS Announces Nursing Home Minimum Staffing Rule

[Note: Section 71111 of The One Big Beautiful Bill Act placed a moratorium on enforcement of the nursing home minimum…

2 years ago

Washington Post Reports Assisted Living Facilities Using Algorithm to Set Staffing Levels

On April 1, 2024, the Washington Post published an article titled "Algorithms guide senior home staffing. Managers say care is…

2 years ago

Georgia Court of Appeals Revisits the Preponderance-of-the-Evidence Standard

In White v. Stanley (Georgia Ct. App. 10/3/2023), Rhonda White appealed a jury verdict  in favor of the defendants relating…

2 years ago

Assisted Living Facility Not Entitled to Summary Judgment Where Cognitively Impaired Resident Filmed Nude

In Jones v. Life Care Centers of America (Tenn .Ct. Appeals 2023), a cognitively impaired resident was assisted in the…

2 years ago

Setting Up a Tax Exempt Organization

There are several steps in setting up a tax exempt organization. We're reviewing them here. However, this post is not…

2 years ago

Opting Out of Arbitration Agreements

Ideally, health care providers do the right thing. Good Care is provided. There is no negligence. But what if they…

2 years ago