National Fire Protection Agency Report Reveals Top Causes of Industrial and Manufacturing Fires According to a March 2018 report published by the National Fire Protection Agency (NFPA), approximately 37,910 fires occurred in industrial and/or manufacturing facilities in the United States between 2011 and 2015, to the tune of more than $1 billion in property damage. […]
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Sep
Sep
Across the country, there are thousands of pending lawsuits for nursing home patients who allege that they had to endure stressful and painful hospital treatments for sepsis that should have never been administered. In an investigation conducted by Kaiser Health News and the Chicago Tribune, it was revealed that nursing homes throughout the United States […]
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Aug
Aug
3 Things You Should Do After Getting Food Poisoning Unfortunately, food poisoning is not uncommon. You could experience food poisoning when eating at a restaurant, purchasing tainted food from the grocery store, or eating provided meals at an event, conference, etc. Most food poisoning episodes don’t last more than a few days—but what happens when […]
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Jul
Jul
Lack of Parental Rights Poses Problems for Unmarried Parents When children are born in the context of marriage, a father’s paternity is assumed and he does not bear the burden of proving his biological relationship to that child. However, the story is different for unmarried fathers, who do bear this burden. Even if two parents […]
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Jul
Jul
New research has confirmed that nursing home facilities across the nation are understaffed. Until recently, Medicare used unverified data provided by the nursing home facilities to determine their staffing levels. The nursing homes often provided false information to make it look like they had more staff than they really did. Now, the daily payroll records […]
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Jul
Jul
Get Accurate Answers & Wise Legal Counsel Fast You may be facing a civil lawsuit from a woman who claims you are the father of her child, and you may be under significant pressure to undergo a paternity test. Before submitting to testing of any kind, it is important to understand your rights and options. […]
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Jul
Jul
Missouri Court Orders Johnson & Johnson to Pay $4.7B A group of 22 women has claimed that repeated use of talc-based baby powder (created by Johnson & Johnson) is the source of their ovarian cancer. The women claim that the baby powder contains asbestos, a known carcinogen. Despite company representatives’ adamant claims that the baby […]
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Jun
Jun
What Are Bedsores and How Do They Happen? Bedsores are not necessarily a sign of nursing home neglect, but they can be. These sores (also known as “decubitus ulcers” or “pressure ulcers”) typically develop on bony areas of the body that experience greater external pressure when lying down. Such ulcers tend to develop on the: […]
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Jun
Jun
On Average, South Carolina Nursing Homes Have Multiple Safety Deficiencies In an 8-month study conducted by Independent Mail, investigators discovered “more than 1,100 health and fire-safety deficiencies at Upstate nursing homes.” According to the study, recent reports show that, on average, nursing homes in South Carolina fall short of acceptable health and fire safety standards in […]
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May
May
Christian & Christian and is proud to announce that the South Carolina Board of Arbitrator and Mediator Certification has certified our own Attorney Richard Davis as a Circuit Court Mediator. Presently, mediation of civil cases and many workers compensation cases is mandatory in South Carolina; most claims are settled without a trial. However, the resolution […]