Baker Donelson secured a win before the Tennessee Supreme Court when, on February 16, 2024, the Court issued a ruling supporting health care providers and those who seek to secure health care for a loved one. In Williams v....more
Christy Tosh Crider, founder of the Firm's Long Term Care Team, recently interviewed Life Care Services' Vice President/Corporate Counsel and Director of Legal Compliance, Bridgette Uhlemann, to get her perspective on careers...more
COVID-19 hit Holyoke Soldiers' Home in March of 2020 when most of us were learning the new term "social distancing" and had no awareness of asymptomatic positives. While the global medical community scrambled to play catch-up...more
In roughly the seventh week after a majority of states and the federal government issued emergency declarations or "lock down" executive orders, the true impact of COVID-19 is only beginning to be fully transparent. In long...more
5/4/2020
/ Assisted Living Facilities (ALFs) ,
Depositions ,
Discovery ,
Fifth Amendment ,
Government Investigations ,
Long Term Care Facilities ,
Long-Term Care ,
Medical Malpractice ,
Negligence ,
Parallel Proceedings ,
Privileged Communication ,
Quality Assurance Programs ,
Risk Management ,
Risk Mitigation ,
Self-Incrimination ,
Skilled Nursing Facility ,
Subpoenas ,
Subsequent Remedial Measures ,
Testimony ,
Wrongful Death
Long term care providers beware, class action suits are coming. Due to allegations of chronic understaffing, long term care providers are beginning to face massive class action lawsuits nationwide. The trend began in 2010,...more
7/17/2015
/ Arbitration Agreements ,
Class Action ,
Compensatory Damages ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare ,
Long Term Care Facilities ,
Long-Term Care ,
Nursing Homes ,
SCOTUS ,
Skilled Nursing Facility ,
Skilled-Care Providers ,
Wrongful Death