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- CMS Special Focus Nursing Homes: Increased Risk for Injury or Death?
- Wikinvest: Interesting Info on Nursing Homes
- Pembroke Care and Rehabilitation Center (has Sunbridge turned this facility around?)
- Skilled Nursing Facilities - Real Estate or Health Care?
- Nurse-to-Patient ratios have affected care in nursing homes.
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
- Threat of Personal Injury from Dog Bites in Fayetteville North Carolina
- $1.9 Million Settlement to Man Killed by Drunk Driver
- Life Care Plans for Future Care in Personal Injury Cases Add Up
- Auto Accident Insurance (Underinsured Motorist Coverage)
Insurance: Unfair Insurance Claim Practices
- Liberty Mutual Insurance: Irresponsibility?
- 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
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News
- Lawyer Gets 50 Years for Investment Ponzi Scheme Fraud
Posted on 1/3/2012 - 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
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- Nursing Home Abuse & Neglect
- CMS Special Focus Nursing Homes: Increased Risk for Injury or Death?
- Wikinvest: Interesting Info on Nursing Homes
- Pembroke Care and Rehabilitation Center (has Sunbridge turned this facility around?)
- 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
- "Upcoding" in Nursing Homes - A Different Kind of Nursing Home "Abuse"
- Golden Living Centers in North Carolina and elsewhere - are the alleged problems in this nursing chain over?
- Nursing Home Transparency Bill Passes
- Nursing Home Abuse: Accountability and Transparency
- CNA Treatment Surely Affects Patient Care In Nursing Homes
- Sava Senior Care (Brian Center Nursing Homes) Article: Nursing Homes Operating Without Insurance
- Britthaven Nursing Homes: On the Watch List?
- Does the Nursing Home Have Enough Staff? Some Helpful Criteria
- Wound Ostomy Article: Reducing Pressure Ulcers in Long Term Care (Including Nursing Homes)
- CMS "Never Events" Provide Some Insight For Those Hurt by Nursing Homes, Hospitals, Doctors
- Nursing Home Transparency Act Reintroduced
- Unfair Nursing Home Regulation Gets National Attention on Keith Olbermann's Show
- Data Brief - Pressure Ulcers Among Nursing Home Residents
- Pressure Ulcer Information from Wound Care Association (May Help Nursing Home Staff)
- Being Elderly Today is Difficult
- CBS Reports Nursing Home Abuse On The Rise (A Symptom of Understaffing at Nursing Homes)
- Nursing Home Worker Shortage Expected (Expected to Get Worse, In My Opinion)
- Infection Guidelines: Many Hospital Acquired Infections Are Preventable
- Medicaid Funding Increase Possible and Would Benefit Nursing Homes and Nursing Home Residents
- Nursing Home Surveys and Surveyor Testimony Off Limits
- Family Relationships and Nursing Home Abuse
- Nursing Home Abuse Statistics Paint Grim Picture
- Perhaps Increases in Quantity and Quality of Staff Would Prevent Nursing Home Abuse and Nursing Home Neglect in North Carolina and Elsewhere
- TN Tort Reform: Bad for Nursing Home Abuse & Neglect Victims and Their Families
- More Nursing Home Abuse/Neglect Concern from TN
- USA Today Report: Nursing Home Abuse/Neglect On the Rise?
- Over 4000 Nursing Homes Identified as Substandard
- Hiring a Nursing Home Abuse Lawyer
- Increases in Fines Against Nursing Homes?
- Underinsured Nursing Homes
- Nursing Home Wrongful Death in UK
- Nursing Home Shell Game
- Nursing Home Arbitration Clauses Present Special Issues
- Medical Negligence and Nursing Home Lawyers Not Surprised by Results of Understaffing
- Nursing Home Attorneys Often See Medical Malpractice As Well
- Detecting Nursing Home Abuse or Neglect Is Not Always Easy
- Medicare 2008 Action Plan for Nursing Home Improvement Released
- Injuries From Nursing Home Falls Can Be Difficult Cases
- Pressure Ulcers in Adults: Prediction and Prevention (Nursing Home Clinical Practice Guidelines)
- When the Nursing Home Claims Pressure Sores are Inevitable or Unavoidable
- Harmful Care Rampant in Nursing Homes According to Official
- Dehydrated Nursing Home Patients: Nursing Home Abuse & Neglect Lawyers Can Provide Guidelines
- Nursing Homes and Private Equity Investors
- Nursing Home Transparency Act: Some Hope For Nursing Home Injury/Death Victims and Their Attorneys
- Nursing Homes Sometimes Use Unnecessary and Harmful Tactics to Save Time Due to Understaffing
- Increasing Demands for Nursing Home Aids and Other Staff: a Frightening Prospect
- Nursing Home Staff Job Satisfaction Changes Could Reduce Nursing Home Abuse, Neglect, Injury and Death Lawsuits
- Nursing Home Transparency Act Resurfaces: Good Sign for Consumers and their Lawyers
- Nursing Home Medical Director Liability in North Carolina Nursing Home Injury and Wrongful Death Cases
- Sunbridge Nursing Home Lawsuits
- Nursing Home Falls and Fractured/Broken Bones Can Be Prevented
- Nursing Home Nursing Directors: Staffing Problems Biggest Headache
- 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
- Health Care Reform and Medical Liability Reform: The President Needs Doctor Support...What's the Outcome?
- Where Have All The Doctor's Gone? Medical Malpractice Concerns Are Not The Culprit
- More on the Medical Malpractice Myth: Lawsuits Are Not the Problem -- Preventable Medical Negligence Is
- Heparin Drug Overdoses In Hospitals: Dennis Quaid Testifies Before Congress
- Limitations Periods Can Be Tricky In Cases Against Doctors, Nurses and Hospitals for Medical Mistakes
- Getting Medical Records Before Filing a Medical Negligence Complaint Against The Doctor or Hospital: Let's Apply Common Sense
- Hurt by a Hospital-Acquired Infection: You May Have Medical Negligence Case Against the Hospital or Nursing Home
- Surgery Mistakes and Informed Consent: Doctors/Surgeons Must Inform Their Patients of Risks of Surgery; and Adhere to the Standard of Care
- 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
- Jury awards $19.6M to injured baby and mother for injuries during delivery
- Some doctors take a reasonable position regarding patients' right to sue
- Medical Malpractice: More Heparin drug mistakes and overdoses at hospital
- Birth Injury: Erb's Palsy / Brachial Plexus From Medical Malpractice
- Doctor Alleged to Have Ignored Patient Drug Allergy, Leading to Hospital Death
- Informed Consent in Medical Malpractice Cases May Not Be What You Think
- New Fetal Monitoring Standards: Relevant to Birth Injury Medical Malpractice Cases
- Medical Errors Attorneys and the "Medical Malpractice Crisis" - Read for the Reality
- Medical Malpractice Article: "Not Worth the Pain and Suffering" - a Surprise from the Business Community?
- Cost of Medical Care for Injured, But Surviving, Victims of Medical Negligence
- Cap on Medical Malpractice Damages in Medical Negligence Cases Criticized
- Insurance: Unfair Insurance Claim Practices
- Liberty Mutual Insurance: Irresponsibility?
- 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
- Long Term Disability Insurance Benefits Denied Unjustly?
- McKinsey Insurance Claims Documents: Allstate Insurance's "Zero Sum" game?
- Hartford Insurance Story on ABC: Bad Faith/Unfair Insurance Claims Practices? You decide...
- Fight Bad Faith Insurance Companies Website
- Insurance Claim Payment Delays: Are They Unfair?
- Would Your Insurance Company Sue You? It Can and Does Happen.
- Incredible Allstate Insurance
- On Insurance Claim Fairness
- Insurance Law: $8.5M Verdict Against State Farm Upheld
- Insurance Law: Allstate Would Rather Pay $25,000 PER DAY than Release McKinsey Documents
- Insurance Companies Act in Bad Faith When They Set Goals for Cancellations or Pay Bonuses Based on Cutting Claims
- Insurance Unfair Claims Legal Victory Versus Fireman's Fund Insurance
- Unfairly Delayed Insurance Claim Payments Can Result in Large Insurance Damages Award
- Allstate, Unum, AIG, State Farm, Conseco, Wellpoint, Farmers, United Health, Torchmark, and Liberty Mutual Top Ten Worst Insurance Companies List
- Unum Provident Defrauded the Government, Jury Finds
- Insurance Claim Tactics Exposed Again by AAJ - Read "Tricks of the trade: How Insurance Companies Deny, Delay, Confuse and Refuse"
- Court Confirms Serious Disability Insurance Unfair Claims Practices of Unum and Paul Revere
Practice Areas
- Stockbroker Fraud & Misconduct
- Nursing Home Abuse & Neglect
- Medical Negligence, Mistakes and Malpractice
- Personal Injury & Wrongful Death
- Insurance: Unfair Insurance Claim Practices
News
- Lawyer Gets 50 Years for Investment Ponzi Scheme Fraud
- Article on Nursing Home Injury and Nursing Home Wrongful Death Lawsuit Pioneer
- Sunbridge Nursing Home Lawsuit Filed
- Family sues nursing home in alleged sex attack
- Kindred Nursing Homes and Hospitals' Profits Increased in First Quarter 2009
- North Carolina Medical Malpractice Case Filed Against Hospital Over Death Of Child
- Jury in trial awards damages to brain damaged victim of medical negligence
- Justice News Flash: Birth Defect Medical Malpractice Article
- Nursing Home Dehydration Death - Lawsuit Verdict Sends Message
- Bush Legacy: Rule Enacted Impedes Cases Against Nursing Homes
- Report Finds Concord North Carolina Nursing Home At Fault
- Study Shows Nursing Home Falls and Fractured/Broken Bones Can Be Prevented
- Medical Malpractice Victory for Baby Whose Brain Was Injured at Birth
- Pending: Nursing Home Transparency and Improvement Act of 2008
- $6 Million Awarded To Family of Patient Killed by Morphine Overdose
- Thomas Pleasant Settles Homeowner Insurance Claim Case. Insurer Pays About Double What It Claimed Was Due For House Repairs
- Insurers playing rough
- State Farm appeals award
- Lawyers Guiding Clients Through The Strike Zone
- Employment Discrimination Suit to Test Strength of Arbitration Clause
- Health Insurer Tied Bonuses to Dropping Sick Policyholders
- Insurance Industry Stung by $11 Million R-67 Loss
- Sugeon Wins $31 Million in UnumProvident Suit
- AP - Louisiana Couple Beats State Farm in First Federal Katrina Insurance Trial
- Philadelphia Judge Awards Wal-Mart Workers $62M More
- State Bias Claims Against Employers Gain Traction
- Bad-Faith Treble Damages Win in Wash. Vote
- Bill Would Streamline Whistleblower Protections (Nov 2, 2007)
- More Protection for Whistle-Blowers Proposed
- 20/20: Katrina: Where Things Stand: 8/25/06
- Smithfield Union Suit Claims Racketeering
- Washington State Referendum 67 Update
- From NYT: "Fires’ Cost to Insurers Is in Range of $1 Billion"
- Allstate Bad Faith? Fight to Release McKinsey Documents Continues.
- Protection for Disabled Employees to Continue: ADA Restoration Bill Introduced
- The 'good hands' people make a fist (Houston Chronicle)
- Plaintiffs Await Ruling on Canceled Health Insurance Policies
- Washington State Trial Bar Rolls Up Sleeves for Ref. 67 Fight
- AAJ Article: "The Truth About Jones v. Allstate: Customer Service or Charade?"
- CNNMoney.com Article: "When your insurer plays hardball"
- Insurance Companies' "Pattern of Greed" Revealed
- Allstate Insurance Cannot Hide Claim Practices Information
- Lawsuit Accuses Insurers of Defrauding Government
- Home Insurers' Secret Tactics Cheat Fire Victims, Hike Profits
- Study Exposes Allstate's Excessive Prices and Poor Claims Handling
Document Library
- Nursing Home Abuse & Neglect
- CMS "Special Focus Facilities" List Shows Nursing Homes with Problems with Medicare
- Nursing Home Resident Assessment Instrument Handbook
- Nursing Home Resident Assessment Instrument Handbook
- American Medical Directors Association (AMDA) Clinical Practice Guidelines
- 12 Tips for Nursing Home Abuse, Neglect and Wrongful Death (A Free E-Book By Attorney Thomas Pleasant)
- Paper: New Opportunities to Imrpove Pressure Ulcer Prevention and Treatment
- 2008 Nursing Home Improvement Plan from Medicare
- Medicare "Bad Nursing Homes" List
- Medical Negligence, Mistakes and Malpractice
- AAJ' Medical Negligence Primer: Debunking Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Myths
- Insurance Industry’s Investment Practices – Not The Legal System – Cause High Malpractice Insurance Costs
- The Defensive Medicine Myth
- The Problem With Medical Malpractice Is The Amount Of Malpractice Itself
- Editorial on Starting Over on Bill Dealing with Medical Malpractice/Mistakes
- Birth Injury (Brachial Plexus, Erb's Palsy, Cerebral Palsy) in North Carolina
- HHS Infection Prevention Guidelines
- Case Point Memo: Statutes of Limitations in Medical Negligence Cases
- NC Medical Malpractice Summary: No Lawsuit Crisis Indicated
- Failure to Diagnose Breast Cancer: Guidelines from the American Cancer Society
- National Comprehensive Cancer Network Breast Screening Guidelines: Helpful Document For Those Considering Failure to Diagnose Breast Cancer Lawsuits
- Personal Injury & Wrongful Death
- Auto Insurers Play Hardball in Minor Crash Claims (CNN, Feb. 9, 2007 Article Re: Personal Injury Auto Accident Claims)
- Thomas Pleasant's Winning Brief to the NC Court of Appeals in Personal Injury Case of Frank v. Funkhouser
- Thomas Pleasant's Winning Brief to the NC Court of Appeals in Johnson v. Brewington Personal Injury Case
- Johnson v. Brewington Personal Injury Attorney Fee Award - NC Court of Appeals Opinion (also see Thomas Pleasant's winning brief below)
- NC Court of Appeals Opinion in Frank v. Funkhouser Personal Injury Case (also see Thomas Pleasant's winning brief below)
- Insurance: Unfair Insurance Claim Practices
- Tips from Policyholders of America: Should You Sue Your Insurance Company?
- AAJ's Top Ten Worst Insurers List (Allstate, State Farm, Unum, Liberty Mutual, Farmers on list)
- Dateline Story: The Paper Chase (Regarding Allegedly Unfair Insurance Claims Practices in Disability Insurance Claims)
- Homeowner Claims: Increase Your Payout
- UnumProvident "Representation" Letter
- Disability Claim Denied! (Business Week Article on Disability Insurer's Unfair Insurance Claims Practices / Bad Faith)
- United Policyholders Information on UnumProvident's Disability Insurance Practices and Unfair Insurance Claims Practices / Bad Faith Lawsuits
- General
- Insurers Increase Profits to Record Levels by Overpricing Policies and Shifting Costs to Consumers and Taxpayers (Report & Press Release from Consumer Federation of America)
- Order Denying Allstate Insurance's Motion to Seal Trial Exhibits
- Consumer Federation's Allstate Insurance Anti-Consumer Study
- National Association of Insurance Commissioners
- State Farm v. Campbell (Excerpt): Why a Judge Found State Farm Cheated Customers For Over Two Decades (Unfair Insurance Claims Practices / Bad Faith)
- Fighting for the "Little Guy" - Brief and Resulting Order Denying Contempt Charge Against Thomas Pleasant's Franchisee Client
- Disability Insurance Market Conduct Investigation Report: Unum Provident and Paul Revere (Unfair Insurance Claims Practices / Bad Faith)
Video Library
- Nursing Home Abuse & Neglect:
- Nursing Home Attorney Discusses Custodial Neglect Versus Medical Malpractice
- Nursing Home Abuse is on the rise. Find out how Pleasant Law can help.
- Understaffing at Nursing Homes is not uncommon
- The type of care you receive will vary depending on the kind of senior care facility you choose
- How Nursing Homes protect their assets from lawsuits and claims
- Why nursing homes are necessary
- General:
- What do you do when your insurance company doesn't want to help with your claim?
- How Attorney Thomas Pleasant helped a client with their claim after a devastating fire
- Locations of Pleasant Law across North Carolina
- Pleasant Law Billing | North Carolina Personal Injury
- How Does the Legal System Work? Attorney Thomas Pleasant discusses his views.
- One Attorney's thoughts on why he became a Lawyer
Frequently Asked Questions
- Insurance: Unfair Insurance Claim Practices
- My insurance company has offered an unfair settlement. What can I do?
- I am not sure as to the extent of my coverage, have not read my policy and not sure if my claim is covered. Does this mean I cannot file my claim?
- What if my insurance company says that my claim is not covered due to the specific provision?
- General
- What is insurance bad faith?
- What kind of bad faith insurance claims are there?
- What rights am I granted under the insurance policy?
- How is disability considered during the hiring process?
- Can I assert a “bad faith” claim for insurance provided by my employer?
- How do I know if I am covered by ERISA (Employer Retirement Income Security Act) or by a private plan?
- How complex are ERISA claims and will I get compensated?
- Can an employer require me to take a medical examination?
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- Injury and Insurance Claims in North Carolina
- 12 Tips for Dealing with Nursing Home Abuse, Neglect and Wrongful Death
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Insurance: Unfair Insurance Claim Practices
- My insurance company has offered an unfair settlement. What can I do?
- I am not sure as to the extent of my coverage, have not read my policy and not sure if my claim is covered. Does this mean I cannot file my claim?
- What if my insurance company says that my claim is not covered due to the specific provision?