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North Carolina Injury and Wrongful Death Attorney Thomas Waitt Pleasant's blog, facilitating commentary on North Carolina nursing home abuse, injury, neglect, and wrongful death; as well as medical malpractice, medical mistakes and medical negligence. Topics also include unfair and bad faith insurance claims practices.

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2/28/2013
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Taxpayers: Hold NC, TN and GA Nursing Homes Accountable

Nursing homes in Tennessee, North Carolina, Georgia and elsewhere are accepting taxpayer money, but providing poor care that can harm, injure and even cause wrongful death to its residents. Contact Georgia, Tennessee, and North Carolina Nursing home attorney Thomas Pleasant for help

Category: Nursing Home Abuse & Neglect in North Carolina, Tennessee and Georgia

2/8/2013
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Tennessee Life Care Centers of America Nursing Homes

Tennessee nursing home negligence lawyer Thomas Pleasant handles nursing home cases against Life Care nursing homes in Tennessee and other states

Category: Nursing Home Abuse & Neglect in North Carolina, Tennessee and Georgia

2/7/2013
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Life Care Centers of America in Georgia

Georgia nursing home negligence lawyer Thomas Pleasant can assist with wrongful death and injury claims against Georgia nursing homes including Life Care Centers of America Claims

Category: Nursing Home Abuse & Neglect in North Carolina, Tennessee and Georgia

2/5/2013
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Unsuitable Investment Examples

unsuitable investment losses due to broker misconduct - claims to recover investment losses are possible

Category: Stockbroker Fraud & Misconduct

2/5/2013
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NHC Nursing Homes in Tennessee

NHC operates nursing homes throughout Tennessee and other states. Nursing home abuse lawyer Thomas Pleasant handles nursing home lawsuits in Tennessee against NHC and other nursing homes

Category: Nursing Home Abuse & Neglect in North Carolina, Tennessee and Georgia

1/30/2013
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Testimony: Examples of Nursing Home Staffing Problems

Nursing home lawyer handling lawsuits against nursing homes in Georgia, Tennessee and North Carolina.

Category: Nursing Home Abuse & Neglect in North Carolina, Tennessee and Georgia

1/4/2012
Thomas W. Pleasant
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Fiduciary Duty Overview: Brokers v. Investment Advisors

Investment advisors owe a fiduciary duty by law, but securities brokers only owe a fiduciary duty under certain circumstances

Category: Stockbroker Fraud & Misconduct

1/2/2012
Thomas W. Pleasant
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CMS Special Focus Nursing Homes: Increased Risk for Injury or Death?

Certain nursing homes get special attention for poor performance, due to increased risk of nursing home abuse, neglect, wrongful death or injury

Category: Nursing Home Abuse & Neglect in North Carolina, Tennessee and Georgia

8/23/2011
Thomas Pleasant
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Wikinvest: Interesting Info on Nursing Homes

Nursing homes sometimes cause injury or wrongful death and require a lawyer: Kindred, Sun Healthcare, Sunbridge, Skilled Healthcare Group, Five Star Quality

Category: Nursing Home Abuse & Neglect in North Carolina, Tennessee and Georgia

8/23/2011
Thomas Pleasant
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Liberty Mutual Insurance: Irresponsibility?

Liberty Mutual Insurance denies insurance claims regularly so this site claims. Seek assistance from an insurance claims lawyer or attorney.

Category: Insurance: Unfair Insurance Claim Practices

8/23/2011
Thomas Pleasant
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Pembroke Care and Rehabilitation Center (has Sunbridge turned this facility around?)

Sunbridge Pembroke NC nursing home - no deficiencies for nursing home abuse or neglect but possible more injuries and wrongful deaths will warrant lawsuits

Category: Nursing Home Abuse & Neglect in North Carolina, Tennessee and Georgia

6/9/2010
Thomas Pleasant
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Skilled Nursing Facilities - Real Estate or Health Care?

The business side of skilled nursing facilities and nursing homes is an important driving force behing the actions of those who operate nursing homes. These actions can lead to nursing malpractice, and injury and death to nursing home residents.

Category: Nursing Home Abuse & Neglect in North Carolina, Tennessee and Georgia

4/26/2010
Thomas Pleasant
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Nurse-to-Patient ratios have affected care in nursing homes.

Studies show that nurse-to-patient ratios have an affect on care in nursing homes. North Carolina should refer to California mandated staffing levels as it can improve the quality of care from nurse to patient.

Category: Nursing Home Abuse & Neglect in North Carolina, Tennessee and Georgia

4/23/2010
Thomas Pleasant
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Omega's nursing home/long term care acquisitions: can nursing homes plead poverty?

Report shows a purchse of nursing home chain at a cost over $200 million. Why pay this much if it's not profitable? With those totals, there is no excuse for understaffing that so often leads to nursing home abuse and neglect claims.

Category: Nursing Home Abuse & Neglect in North Carolina, Tennessee and Georgia

4/21/2010
Thomas Pleasant
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Nursing Homes Misuse Money Marked for Staffing: Evidence of Corporate Neglect?

Certain nursing homes in another state received additional funding for nursing homes totaling $880 million, for hiring more staff and to increase wages. However, nursing homes are cutting staff and paying lower wages. Understaffing and lower wages can cause nursing home abuse, neglect, injury and wrongful death in North Carolina and other areas.

Category: Nursing Home Abuse & Neglect in North Carolina, Tennessee and Georgia

4/8/2010
Thomas Pleasant
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Nursing home abuse in North Carolina, Unfair Arbitration Clauses

Arbitration clauses unfairly limit victims' rights in nursing home abuse, neglect, injury and wrongful death cases in North Carolina and other places.

Category: Nursing Home Abuse & Neglect in North Carolina, Tennessee and Georgia

3/29/2010
Thomas Pleasant
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"Upcoding" in Nursing Homes - A Different Kind of Nursing Home "Abuse"

Nursing homes abuse the system in ways other than through injury and death to its residents. Nursing homes also sometimes abuse the system financially, taking advantage of the government for the nursing care they provide their nursing home residents.

Category: Nursing Home Abuse & Neglect in North Carolina, Tennessee and Georgia

2/1/2010
Thomas Pleasant
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Assurant Insurance (formerly Fortis Insurance) Pays Dearly For Misconduct

Insurance company Assurant Health Insurance pays dearly for unfair claims practice / bad faith insurance in its handling of health insurance for the plaintiff in this lawsuit. Insurance lawyer handling the lawsuit and trial argues the company formerly known as Fortis Insurance must be taught a lesson for its bad conduct.

Category: Insurance: Unfair Insurance Claim Practices

1/21/2010
Thomas Pleasant
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Buying Disability Insurance Article May Help Avoid Problems With Unfair Disability Insurance Claim Denials

Wrongful denial of disability insurance benefits, including long term disability benefits from companies like UNUM Insurance, Provident Insurance, CIGNA Insurance, The Hartford Insurance, John Hancock Insurance and others: this article could help you avoid unfair insurance claims practices by insurance companies.

Category: Insurance: Unfair Insurance Claim Practices

1/18/2010
Thomas Pleasant
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Unum Insurance, Provident Life Insurance, Paul Revere Insurance - Regulatory Settlement Details, etc.

Unum insurance / Unum provident insurance regulatory settlement for its questionable insurance claim practices and activities

Category: Insurance: Unfair Insurance Claim Practices

1/18/2010
Thomas Pleasant
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Golden Living Centers in North Carolina and elsewhere - are the alleged problems in this nursing chain over?

Golden living centers nursing homes in North Carolina and other states have been alleged to be abusive and neglectful. A nursing home lawyer can help with nursing home claims against Golden Living and other nursing facilities

Category: Nursing Home Abuse & Neglect in North Carolina, Tennessee and Georgia

1/18/2010
Thomas Pleasant
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Medical Malpractice Myth - Tom Baker's Book

Myth of medical malpractice debunked by Tom Baker, law professor at UCONN. Pertains to all kinds of medical negligence, including surgery mistakes, failure to diagnose cancer, labor and delivery and birth injury, and other kind of legal claims against medical providers

Category: Medical Negligence, Mistakes and Malpractice

1/6/2010
Thomas Pleasant
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Independent Insurance Adjusters - Help With Insurance Claim Problems

Problems with insurance claims with insurance companies like Nationwide, Allstate, State Farm, Progressive, GEICO, and others, sometimes require an insurance lawyer.

Category: Insurance: Unfair Insurance Claim Practices

12/24/2009
Thomas Pleasant
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Insurance Bad Faith Claims on Wikipedia

Insurance bad faith claims practices and unfair claims practices lawyer comments on Wikipedia article about insurance bad faith

Category: Insurance: Unfair Insurance Claim Practices

12/24/2009
Thomas Pleasant
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Nursing Home Transparency Bill Passes

Lawsuits and claims against nursing homes and assisted living facilities in North Carolina. The Law Offices of Thomas Waitt Pleasant can help and offers free consultations in most cases.

Category: Nursing Home Abuse & Neglect in North Carolina, Tennessee and Georgia