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Nursing Homes Wield Pandemic Immunity Laws to Duck Wrongful Death Suits

This is a KFF Health News story. In early 2020, with reports of COVID-19 outbreaks making dire headlines, Trever Schapers worried about her father’s safety in a nursing home in Queens. She had delighted in watching her dad, John Schapers, blow… Read More
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The Laurels of Chagrin Falls

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Ohio Department of Health, inspect all the nursing homes in Ohio on a regular basis to determine if they are providing the quality of care that Medicare and Medicaid require in order to p… Read More
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Willow Park Convalescent Home

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Ohio Department of Health, inspect all the nursing homes in Ohio on a regular basis to determine if they are providing the quality of care that Medicare and Medicaid require in order to p… Read More
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Point Place Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Ohio Department of Health, inspect all the nursing homes in Ohio on a regular basis to determine if they are providing the quality of care that Medicare and Medicaid require in order to p… Read More

Retaliation By Nursing Homes

Many families contact The Dickson Firm about a potential case. However, despite the fact that they are concerned that their loved one is not receiving proper care, they are afraid that if they complain, or if they initiate a lawsuit, the nursing home… Read More
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Retaliation in Nursing Home Cases

Many families contact The Dickson Firm about a potential case. However, despite the fact that they are concerned that their loved one is not receiving proper care, they are often afraid that if they complain, or if they initiate a lawsuit, the nursin… Read More
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Medication Errors in Nursing Homes

Tragically, we see many cases at The Dickson Firm involving medication errors in nursing homes. Recently, we represented a resident of a nursing home for whom his physician had prescribed a 100 microgram per hour fentanyl patch. Fentanyl is a very po… Read More
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Where White Men Rule: How the Secretive System of Forced Arbitration Hurts Women and Minorities

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The Huge Diversity Issue Hiding in Companies’ Forced Arbitration Agreements

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Fighting Arbitration Clauses

Forced arbitration is a rigged system designed by corporations in which injured workers and consumers have no meaningful chance of finding justice. Forced arbitration requires Americans to “agree” to surrender fundamental constitutional rights … Read More