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Medication is necessary for most elderly people. It can aid in dealing with pain, chronic diseases, and other issues, but nursing home abuse experts have also documented nursing homes that use medications in sinister ways, causing injury and even death. Overmedication is More Common in Nursing Homes Than You Might Have Thought Use of psychoactive …

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Choosing a nursing home for your loved one can be a difficult task, especially when you hear about cases of nursing home abuse.  You have visited potential facilities and established if they’re on the up-and-up.  You have scoured the Medicare.gov Nursing Home Compare website to determine if the homes on your list are up to standard on …

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The end of summer is on its way, and for many, the cooler days and nights are the perfect time to get out and take a long ride on their motorcycle.  However, with the nice weather comes lots of traffic, and higher chances of suffering a motorcycle accident injury. Just this week I was talking …

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As an attorney who specializes in handling nursing home abuse and neglect cases, I know that abuse or neglect of the elderly is one of the most under-reported issues in the United States.  Every year, millions of cases go unreported and those individuals continue to be mistreated. Because we have not, as a society, educated …

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This article was first published in The Trial Lawyer’s College Spring 2016 Warrior Magazine.  The Trial Lawyer’s College has the copyright.  Special thanks to TLC for letting RSH Legal re-publish the article. In many of my cases I am representing the family of a deceased parent who died at the hands of a nursing home …

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Not being able to help everyone who calls us is a sad reality of this job. Your Lawyer Often Grieves With You As an Iowa trial lawyer representing severely injured people or the loved ones left behind after a wrongful death, I get sad sometimes.   I don’t get sad when I hear the personal injury …

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We’ve reached the time of year where motorcycles are out on the roads in full force.  I know I am out riding about every night right now. I love riding in the evenings after it has cooled down. Unfortunately, this is also when the number of motorcycle accidents spike.  As a personal injury attorney who …

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Have you or a loved one been injured because of a medication errors during surgery?  You’re not alone.  New research into medication errors shows that nearly half of all surgeries at a major U.S. hospital involve some kind of medication error, according to the Washington Post. According to the study, researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital found …

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