A shift in power and control has returned to those who most need it – nursing home residents and their families. In a recent ruling, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) prohibited mandatory pre-dispute arbitration agreements between federally funded nursing homes and their residents. Prior to the new…
The national spotlight has recently shifted its attention to Disney World and the awful tragedy that transpired at one of its resorts when an alligator attacked and killed a small child. While there are many questions and much more to be learned, the most immediate question is how could this…
The third leading cause of death in the United States may come from those you trust the most. A new study published in The BMJ (formerly the British Medical Journal) found that medical errors may cause over 250,000 deaths a year in the United States alone. Topped only by heart…
Co-authored by Cassidy Carroll of The Collins Law Firm, P.C. Can computer algorithms use officers’ behavior to predict police misconduct? It may sound like something out of a science-fiction movie, but researchers, part of the White House’s Police Data Initiative, are working at the University of Chicago to try to…
Co-authored by Cassidy Carroll of The Collins Law Firm, P.C. Recently, a Texas jury ordered Audi to pay $124.5 million to an 11-year-old boy who was left brain-damaged, partially paralyzed and blinded in his right eye in a 2012 rear-end collision. The verdict is in response to Audi equipping their…
Co-authored by Cassidy Carroll of The Collins Law Firm, P.C. A little over a week ago, the Missouri Circuit Court announced that, Johnson & Johnson, the world’s largest maker of health-care products must pay $72 million to the family of a woman claiming the company’s talcum powder caused her fatal…
Co-authored by Jacob Exline of The Collins Law Firm, P.C. On August 24, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reported a recall of 13 different dietary supplements produced by Novacare, LLC due to an undeclared ingredient, salicylic acid, which is harmful to consumers if swallowed. The FDA performed a…
Co-authored by Jacob Exline of The Collins Law Firm, P.C. There is blood everywhere. A masked man is coming straight for you with an ax. Are you in danger? Maybe, but not for the reasons you think. It’s October and you’re at a haunted house. The masked man may not…
Are you concerned that a family member is being abused or neglected at a nursing home? Mistreatment at the hands of a caregiver can happen in long-term care facilities, including nursing homes. The mistreatment may take the form of physical abuse, emotional abuse, neglect, or even financial exploitation. Signs of…
Co-authored by Jacob Exline of The Collins Law Firm, P.C. Food-related injuries and death are often overlooked by the American consumer. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that nearly 48 million people get sick from foodborne illnesses yearly and almost 3,000 of those people die.1 The need…