Government Contracting, Personal Injury

Under Construction - March 2013

by Jason Ebe, Brett W. Johnson, Scott C. Sandberg, James J. Sienicki, Mary-Christine ("M.C.") Sungaila | Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. on 3/16/2013

In This Issue: - Letter From the Editor - Tips for Presenting, Analyzing and Resolving Delay and Impact Claims - The Ever-Shrinking Federal Budget: Preparing for Contract Cut-Backs - Colorado Court of...more

Nursing Home to Pay $28M for Poor Care and False Billing

by Sylvia Hsieh | Lawyers.com on 3/11/2013

A jury ordered a nursing home to pay over $28 million for fraudulent billing, providing worthless services and for retaliating against two employees who complained about the shoddy care at the facility. ...more

Illinois Jury Found Nursing Home Liable For $28.1 Million In Whistleblower Case Alleging Substandard Care And Resident Abuse

by Anne Cooper, Meredith Duncan, Kara Friedman, Lindsay Kessler, Jason Lundy, Matthew Murer, Hannah Neshek, Chuck Sheets, Kathryn Stalmack, Joseph Van Leer | Polsinelli on 2/22/2013

An Illinois district court jury in United States v. Momence Meadows Nursing Center, Inc. recently issued a verdict on February 11, 2013 imposing $28.1 million in civil penalties on the operators of a nursing home. The nursing...more

Even After Work is Completed and Accepted by the Project Owner, Contractors Have an Ongoing Duty to Maintain Construction Site...

by Jonathan Allen | Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. on 1/17/2013

On November 21, 2012, the Colorado Court of Appeals issued a decision with potentially far-reaching implications. In Collard v. Vista Paving Corp., 2012 COA 208 (2012), the court concluded that contractors have a duty to warn...more

LAWSUIT AGAINST THE STATE OF INDIANA

by Jason Wischmeyer on 12/4/2012

On occasion, Wischmeyer Law Office will receive an inquiry about a claim against the State of Indiana for negligence. All too often, I am unable to assist the potential client because of limits that exist in the State of...more

Labor Letter - November 2012

by Fisher & Phillips LLP on 11/6/2012

In This Issue: - Preventing Off-Duty Employee Access By Reyburn Lominack and Matthew Korn (Columbia): Many employers prohibit off-duty employees from accessing the workplace. This is particularly true of employers...more

Ontario Court Dismisses Billion Dollar Damages Claim Relating to Moratorium on Offshore Wind Farms

by Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP on 10/17/2012

On October 5, 2012, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice struck out an action brought by Trillium Power Wind Corporation (Trillium) against the Ontario government seeking $2.5 billion in damages occasioned by Ontario’s...more

Virginia Supreme Court Opinions Affecting Local Government Law: April 20, 2012

by Sands Anderson PC on 4/23/2012

Today, the Virginia Supreme Court issued several opinions affecting the practice of Virginia local government law. The cases involve (1) the Gloucester County School Board and the Public Procurement Act, (2) Albemarle...more

Legal Alert: Damon Key's quarterly update - Construction Law, Renewable Energy, Appellate Developments, and Premises Liability...

by Robert Thomas on 4/2/2012

Legal Alert: Damon Key's quarterly update - Construction Law, Renewable Energy, Appellate Developments, and Premises Liability (Feb. 2012) ...more

Health Care Fraud and Qui Tam Lawsuits

by Eric Ratinoff on 2/28/2012

Today federal law enforcement officials announced what has been called the largest health care fraud case in U.S. History. Federal prosecutors have indicted a Dallas, Texas doctor for allegedly scamming medicare out of...more

Fisher v. Halliburton: Fifth Circuit Invokes Common Sense To Defend Defense Base Act

by Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 2/14/2012

In March 2010, a federal district court in Texas ruled that the deaths and injuries sustained by a group of civilian convoy drivers in Iraq during insurgent attacks were not “accidents” caused by conditions of...more

Government Contractors - Fifth Circuit Upholds Exclusivity of Defense Base Act Compensation Scheme for Injuries to Federal...

by Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC on 1/20/2012

On January 12, 2012, a unanimous panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued an opinion ending six years of litigation against KBR and Halliburton over injuries and fatalities to contractor drivers in an...more

Medicaid Cuts Can Affect The Benefits Of Cerebral Palsy Patients

by Jonathan Rosenfeld - Chicago Personal Injury... on 1/19/2012

For children with cerebral palsy, early therapy is crucial. Most families rely on Medicaid to help pay for these therapies which can include physical, occupational and speech therapy. However, in South Carolina, many families...more

Is there a risk to the health of a baby when a woman has cytomegalovirus (CMV)?

by Jonathan Rosenfeld - Chicago Personal Injury... on 1/19/2012

Cytomegalovirus or CMV infection is a common viral infection and member of the herpes-virus family. In most people, CMV does not cause any symptoms, but once you are infected with CMV you are carrier for life and can go...more

Are there problems associated with fetal monitoring?

by Jonathan Rosenfeld - Chicago Personal Injury... on 1/19/2012

The benefits of fetal monitoring are limited by human error. Clinicians often make mistakes in their interpretation of fetal monitoring strips. In addition, any dangerous deviations in heart rate must be diagnosed in a...more

Forceps are an instrument that is sometimes used in childbirth if it is a difficult delivery. When a labor becomes delayed or a...

by Jonathan Rosenfeld - Chicago Personal Injury... on 1/19/2012

Forceps are an instrument that is sometimes used in childbirth if it is a difficult delivery. When a labor becomes delayed or a baby is stuck in the birth canal and is starting to show signs of distress, a doctor may opt for...more

Large Settlement Awarded in Florida Birth Injury Medical Malpractice Suit

by Jonathan Rosenfeld - Chicago Personal Injury... on 1/18/2012

In 2007, Kiarra Smith was born three months premature at HealthPark Medical Center in Florida. 15 days into her care at the hospital, she was accidently given a dose of nutrients 100 times more powerful than what was...more

Botox Considered as a New Therapy for Cerebral Palsy Patients

by Jonathan Rosenfeld - Chicago Personal Injury... on 1/18/2012

Botox is often thought of as a vanity procedure, injecting medicine into the skin to reduce the appearance of wrinkles. However, some doctors are using Botox as a treatment for children with cerebral palsy. The Sydney...more

Nursing Home Responsible For Choking Death Of Patient

by Jonathan Rosenfeld - Chicago Personal Injury... on 11/17/2011

A jury in Michigan awarded $2.35 million in damages to the family of a deceased nursing home patient who choked to death on a meatball served to him during an admission to a skilled nursing facility. The patient identified...more

Contract to pay dollars is a contract to pay coined silver

by Dan Goodman on 10/19/2011

A contract to pay dollars, is according to the Supreme Court of the United States, a contract to pay lawful money of the United States. Lawful money of the United States is money declared to be legal tender in payment. ...more

WHAT IS LIBERALISM

by Flavio Stella on 8/23/2011

< What is liberalism > Observation <...more

Illinois Politics and Workers’ Compensation: Race for Governor

by Katz, Friedman, Eagle, Eisenstein, Johnson &... on 10/4/2010

Unless you are injured, or know a loved one who has been hurt on the job, a decision to vote usually does not take into consideration the issue of Workers’ Compensation. In less than 30 days, the voters of Illinois will elect...more

Six Workers Injured in Tennessee Military Flare Plant Explosion

by Johnston, Moore & Thompson, Huntsville... on 9/15/2010

An explosion at the Kilgore Flares Co. plant in Toone, Tennessee, has resulted in at least six workers injured, three of them critically. The plant, which makes flares for military aircraft, is located approximately 75 miles...more

United States District Court For The Southern District Of Texas Deprives Battlefield Contractors Of The Protections Of The Defense...

by Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 6/16/2010

A recent decision by the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas may have caused grave damage to protections long available to overseas government contractors and their employees under the Defense Base...more

The "Franken Amendment": A Blow to Arbitration and Increased Litigation and Compliance For Government Contractors

by Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 12/14/2009

In October, the United States Senate, by a 68-30 vote, approved an amendment to the Department of Defense (“DoD”) appropriations bill for fiscal year 2010 which prohibits the use of appropriated funds, if such funds are to be...more

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Government Contracting › Personal Injury

Under Construction - March 2013

Nursing Home to Pay $28M for Poor Care and False Billing

Illinois Jury Found Nursing Home Liable For $28.1 Million In Whistleblower Case Alleging Substandard Care And Resident Abuse

Even After Work is Completed and Accepted by the Project Owner, Contractors Have an Ongoing Duty to Maintain Construction Site...

LAWSUIT AGAINST THE STATE OF INDIANA

Labor Letter - November 2012

Ontario Court Dismisses Billion Dollar Damages Claim Relating to Moratorium on Offshore Wind Farms

Virginia Supreme Court Opinions Affecting Local Government Law: April 20, 2012

Legal Alert: Damon Key's quarterly update - Construction Law, Renewable Energy, Appellate Developments, and Premises Liability...

Health Care Fraud and Qui Tam Lawsuits

Fisher v. Halliburton: Fifth Circuit Invokes Common Sense To Defend Defense Base Act

Government Contractors - Fifth Circuit Upholds Exclusivity of Defense Base Act Compensation Scheme for Injuries to Federal...

Medicaid Cuts Can Affect The Benefits Of Cerebral Palsy Patients

Is there a risk to the health of a baby when a woman has cytomegalovirus (CMV)?

Are there problems associated with fetal monitoring?

Forceps are an instrument that is sometimes used in childbirth if it is a difficult delivery. When a labor becomes delayed or a...

Large Settlement Awarded in Florida Birth Injury Medical Malpractice Suit

Botox Considered as a New Therapy for Cerebral Palsy Patients

Nursing Home Responsible For Choking Death Of Patient

Contract to pay dollars is a contract to pay coined silver

WHAT IS LIBERALISM

Illinois Politics and Workers’ Compensation: Race for Governor

Six Workers Injured in Tennessee Military Flare Plant Explosion

United States District Court For The Southern District Of Texas Deprives Battlefield Contractors Of The Protections Of The Defense...

The "Franken Amendment": A Blow to Arbitration and Increased Litigation and Compliance For Government Contractors

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