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Nursing Home Abuse & Neglect
- Skilled Nursing Facilities - Real Estate or Health Care?
- Nurse-to-Patient ratios have affected care in nursing homes.
- Omega's nursing home/long term care acquisitions: can nursing homes plead poverty?
- Nursing Homes Misuse Money Marked for Staffing: Evidence of Corporate Neglect?
- Nursing home abuse in North Carolina, Unfair Arbitration Clauses
Medical Negligence, Mistakes and Malpractice
- Medical Malpractice Myth - Tom Baker's Book
- Medical Malpractice Insurers Faked Lawsuit Crisis
- Medical Malpractice and Tort Reform: AAJ Primer
- Would Tort or Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Reform Lower Health Care Costs?
- Americans for Insurance Reform Articles on Medical Malpractice
Personal Injury & Wrongful Death
- Auto Accident Insurance (Underinsured Motorist Coverage)
- Life Care Plans for Future Care in Personal Injury Cases Add Up
- $1.9 Million Settlement to Man Killed by Drunk Driver
- Threat of Personal Injury from Dog Bites in Fayetteville North Carolina
Insurance: Unfair Insurance Claim Practices
- Assurant Insurance (formerly Fortis Insurance) Pays Dearly For Misconduct
- Buying Disability Insurance Article May Help Avoid Problems With Unfair Disability Insurance Claim Denials
- Unum Insurance, Provident Life Insurance, Paul Revere Insurance - Regulatory Settlement Details, etc.
- Independent Insurance Adjusters - Help With Insurance Claim Problems
- Insurance Bad Faith Claims on Wikipedia
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News
- Article on Nursing Home Injury and Nursing Home Wrongful Death Lawsuit Pioneer
Posted on 5/14/2009 - Sunbridge Nursing Home Lawsuit Filed
Posted on 5/13/2009 - Family sues nursing home in alleged sex attack
Posted on 5/13/2009 - Kindred Nursing Homes and Hospitals' Profits Increased in First Quarter 2009
Posted on 5/6/2009 - North Carolina Medical Malpractice Case Filed Against Hospital Over Death Of Child
Posted on 5/5/2009
Pleasant Law Blog (Insurance Claims, Medical Misakes, and Nursing Home Claims)
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.Medical Negligence, Mistakes and Malpractice
Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: whether the result of delivery room medical error, car wrecks, or another type of accident, these injuries require a unique approach
The Law Offices of Thomas Waitt Pleasant, PLLC - Toll Free: 888-HELP-156 - “Mild Traumatic Brain Injury” can occur when, essentially, a person’s brain is “shaken” inside the skull, and the brain tissue is affected by its impact within the skull. Our brains are naturally capable of this kind of movement within our skulls. So if someone is in an automobile accident, for example, a car might keep moving, but when the body stops, the brain itself might continue moving inside the skull, impacting the inside of the skull and causing injury. The same thing happens with the injury an infant gets from “shaken baby syndrome.” Conceivably, traumatic brain disorder can occur during a traumatic birth in the hospital delivery room.The science of this kind of brain damage is complex, particularly considering the tests neurophysiologists use to determine and quantify the existence and nature of such injury. But, despite the complexity of the science of mild traumatic brain injury, cases involving such injuries ultimately boil down to the testimony of friends, family, former employers, and other possible “lay witnesses” who can testify as to the often dramatic change that occurs in life of the injured victim. Despite that mild traumatic brain injury is a more subtle diagnosis from a medical standpoint, its impact can be huge, and in some cases, lasting. Sometimes people with this kind of brain damage don’t recognize it; and many lawyers don’t recognize it, either.
Click on the title of this article to link to a website on traumatic brain injury.
If you have been hurt, whether in a car wreck, truck accident, fall, by a doctor or hospital’s error, look for these signs: transient confusion, disorientation or impaired consciousness; dysfunction of memory around time of injury; and loss of consciousness for less than 30 minutes. Also, looking practically at the changes in one’s life can be evidence, such as personality changes, newly-developed difficulty in doing organizational/executive type work, etc. If your head has been hurt in an accident, you can contact my law office for a free consultation. If you are outside the Fayetteville area, we can meet with clients in our Raleigh or Wilmington offices as well. In some cases, I will travel to your home to discuss your legal case, and whether a lawsuit is appropriate. We can do an initial legal evaluation of your injuries and get you pointed in the right direction.
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Insurance: Unfair Insurance Claim Practices
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