The federal government has revised how it will evaluate nursing homes in a way that makes it tougher for these care facilities to receive top scores. According to news reports, Medicare’s Nursing Home Compare rating system is used to rate care facilities. The highest rating a nursing home can get in this rating system is…
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Government To Revise Nursing Home Compare Rating System
Wage And Hour Violation Lawyer
Earlier this month, the Fourth Appellate District reversed a trial court judgment, stating that a wage order authorizing health care workers’ waiver of meal breaks on shifts longer than 12 hours was partially invalid. In this case, Jazmina Gerard, Kristiane McElroy and Jeffery Carl, healthcare workers at Orange Coast Memorial Medical Center filed the putative…
Making Motions of Trial-Setting Preference
Brian D. Chase (Bisnar Chase Personal Injury Attorneys) and Scott D. Raphael (Litigitechnology, Inc.) Introduction The adage “time is money” was never more appropriately applied than to personal injury litigation. Twenty years ago, prior to adoption of Delay Reduction Act/”Fast-Track” measures in California’s trial courts, cases frequently could not receive trial settings for years after…
Feds Hit Takata With Daily Fine On Airbag Probe
Federal auto safety regulators have slapped Takata Corporation with a $14,000 per-day fine for failing to properly cooperate with an investigation of its faulty airbags. According to a Reuters news report, regulators with the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) have also revealed that a fraction of the 17 million cars recalled because of…
Fires And Deaths Continue Even After Jeep Fuel Tank Recall
An Associated Press news report states that even though Chrysler recalled 1.56 million Jeeps in 2013 for defective fuel tanks, fires and deaths continue to happen. The report gives the example of Kayla White, a driver who slowed her SUV behind two cars to exit a suburban Detroit Freeway on Veterans Day. Her 2003 Jeep…
GM Recalls Vehicles For Defective Power Steering Systems
General Motors is issuing a vehicle defect recall for more than 81,000 cars because their power steering systems could suddenly fail making the cars harder to turn. According to a news report in The New York Times, the action expands a recall from last March that covered 1.3 million vehicles in the United States. GM…
Dog Whisperer Star Cesar Millan Faces Dog Bite Lawsuit
“Dog Whisperer” star Cesar Millan has been sued by a Florida nurse who was brutally attacked by a pit bull that left Millan’s training center just days before the attack. According to a news report in the Daily Mail, Alison Bitney was visiting a friend in Santa Clarita in September 2014 when she says the…
Anthem Security Breach: Have You Been Compromised?
Hackers have breached Anthem Inc., one of the largest healthcare companies here in California and the rest of the United States, compromising the personal information of more than 80 million past and current policyholders. According to various media reports, hackers have gained access to individuals’ Social Security numbers, birth dates, names, employment, income data and…
Jury Tells Toyota to Pay $11 Million to Fatal Crash Victims
A federal jury decided that the design of the 1996 Toyota Camry had a dangerous sudden acceleration defect that was partially responsible for a fatal 2006 crash. According to an Associated Press news report, jurors ordered the automaker to pay nearly $11 million to victims. The jury determined that the company was 60 percent to…
Johns Hopkins Study Tackles Concussion-Related Brain Damage
A team of specialists in Johns Hopkins has gathered evidence of accumulated brain damage in former NFL players that could be linked to specific memory deficits experienced decades after the athletes stopped playing the game. According to the university’s website, the small study, which involved imaging and cognitive tests of nine former NFL players, provides…