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Perhaps it comes from reading hundreds of them. While medical exams arranged by the Department of Labor & Industries or a self-insured employer may be called “independent”, they seem to be anything but “independent”. I generally refer to them as panel exams or defense medical exam...
Emergency Room Doctors Reporting Incidents Of Nursing Home Neglect
In Washington D.C. emergency room physicians are are reporting nursing home neglect to authorities in increasing numbers. Nursing home residents are being presented to Washington D.C. emergency rooms with preventable medical conditions such as dehydration, malnutrition and...
Liberty Mutual Sued for Emotional Distress
Over the weekend, the St. Pete Times ran this heartrending story about James Dolan, a 34-year-old Radio Shack employee who was shot in the head by a gun-wielding assailant while on the job in 2004. The attack not only left him totally blind, but suffering from...
Liberty Mutual Sued for Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress
Over the weekend, the St. Pete Times ran this heartrending story about James Dolan, a 34-year-old Radio Shack employee who was shot in the head by a gun-wielding assailant while on the job in 2004. The attack not only left him totally blind, but suffering from...
Delays Caused By Insurance Companies Harm Patients, Doctors Report
Doctors responding to a survey investigation conducted by the Toledo Blade reported that 14% of their patients had suffered "serious harm or injury" because of delays in care caused by their patients' insurance companies, see "Not What the Doctor Ordered:...Doctors responding to a survey...