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The Beginning of a New Formation of Nursing Home Regulations

Published on August 7, 2015, by SHRAGER SACHS & BLANCO | Nursing Home Abuse

After the Attorney General’s Office filed a lawsuit against Golden Gate National Senior Care due to alleged inadequate care, poorly trained staff members, and not enough staff members in 14 different nursing home facilities, the Auditor General and the Department of Health (DOH) formed a task force to review the state regulations of these facilities over a six-month period. Currently, the DOH is permitted to place provisional statuses on facilities not performing up to par. During this period, the nursing home is able to operate but must be monitored by[...]
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Updates on the Pocono Interstate Crash

Published on June 5, 2015, by SHRAGER SACHS & BLANCO | Truck Accidents

As an update on the truck/bus collision Wednesday in Pennsylvania, we are learning more about the truck company whose truck crossed the median and struck the bus. Subsequent reports about the accident indicated that the driver of the tractor trailer which crossed the median was Franklin Wyatt of Macomb, Oklahoma. He was driving for Greatwide Dedicated Transport, which is an operating division of Cardinal Logistics Holdings, LLC from North Carolina. We checked one of our resources for handling commercial truck cases and found that “Greatwide Dedicated Transport” corporate[...]
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Settlement Finalized: $900, 000 Awarded to Woman Who Suffered Permanent Injury to Spinal Accessory Nerve

Published on April 6, 2015, by SHRAGER SACHS & BLANCO | In The News

Shrager, Sachs, & Blanco was able to settle a case for an emergency room nurse who developed complex regional pain syndrome after incurring a spinal accessory nerve injury during a lymph node biopsy while under receiving diagnostic care at a hospital in central Pennsylvania. The spinal accessory nerve controls functions related to the muscles in the shoulders and the head, such as shrugging the shoulders or tilting the head back. It can also affect motions of the arms, including extension and other larger arm movements originating in the[...]
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Hospital-Acquired Pressure Ulcers Still A Significant Problem, PA Officials Report

Published on March 12, 2015, by SHRAGER SACHS & BLANCO | Medical Malpractice

Earlier today, the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority released an advisory that hospital-acquired pressure ulcers remain a top concern for hospitals across the state. According to the advisory: PA hospitals reported over 19,000 pressure ulcer events (recognized safety concerns) in 2013. PA healthcare facilities reported 33,545 events involving impaired skin integrity in 2013 - a majority of which were hospital reported pressure ulcers. Nearly 30% of pressure ulcers reported from 2007-2013 Reports of pressure ulcers from 2007 - 2013 reveal alarming rates and show need for improved protocol. Pressure ulcers -[...]
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Attorney Rob Sachs to Speak at Upcoming Legal Education Conference

Published on March 6, 2015, by SHRAGER SACHS & BLANCO | In The News

Attorney Rob Sachs, Jr. - managing partner of Shrager, Sachs, & Blanco - will be speaking at an upcoming legal education conference next Monday, March 23. The conference - Auto Litigation 3.0 - is being hosted by 360 Advocacy and will be held at the Encore in Las Vegas. Speakers include some of the nation’s top and most accomplished injury lawyers who will be sharing their insight on handling auto accident cases. Mr. Sachs’s presentation - Maximizing Wrongful Death Damages ­- is designed to help lawyers who handle cases involving fatal accidents.[...]
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Partner Rob Sachs Secures Settlement for Victim of Surgical Injury

Published on December 23, 2014, by SHRAGER SACHS & BLANCO | In The News

Shrager, Sachs, & Blanco is pleased to announce that Managing Partner Rob Sachs, Jr. has recently settled a central Pennsylvania medical malpractice case. The case was settled for just under $1 million. The case involved a surgical injury to our client's "spinal accessory" nerve during a lymph node biopsy procedure. In addition to suffering from a loss of function of the muscles typically controlled by the spinal accessory nerve, our client also developed a highly disabling "complex regional pain syndrome." Coincidentally, our client was a former emergency room nurse at the[...]
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Tracy Morgan injured another is killed by Walmart truck

Published on June 7, 2014, by SHRAGER SACHS & BLANCO | Truck Accidents

We all heard sad news today that comedian Tracy Morgan was seriously injured while travelling back to New York from a comedy performance last night in Delaware. Preliminary investigation by the state police indicates that Morgan’s limo bus was hit from behind by a Walmart tractor-trailer that “didn’t see” slow moving traffic until it was too late. In addition to Morgan’s critical injuries, another person was killed. The tractor-trailer driver has been charged with death by auto and other charges. (more…)
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Hearings begin for massive Valentine’s Day pile-up on PA Turnpike

Published on March 21, 2014, by SHRAGER SACHS & BLANCO | Truck Accidents

Legislators began hearings this week to investigate what went wrong to cause the 100 vehicle pile-up on the Pennsylvania Turnpike on Valentine’s Day. So far it doesn’t sound like there was a Penn DoT failure. They had worked to clear snow from a storm that had dumped up to one foot of snow on the area. The speed restrictions had been lifted at 6:00 AM, about 2 1/2 hours before the chain reaction collision happened .Testimony also showed that the road had been plowed and salted just before[...]
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Justice for Polina

Published on August 13, 2013, by SHRAGER SACHS & BLANCO | Auto Accidents

Last week Managing Partner Rob Sachs, Jr. filed a lawsuit on behalf of the family of Polina Kadiyska, a 22 year old ballerina who was hit and killed after an underage, drunk driver struck her with his car, resulting in her death. As reported in the Philadelphia Daily News on August 6, 2013, a 19-year-old-man who had been celebrating his birth day and was under the influence of alcohol struck and killed Polina in a crosswalk in South Philadelphia. The man later plead guilty to homicide by vehicle while under[...]
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Seniors Medication Adherence: A Compounding Problem

Published on May 13, 2013, by SHRAGER SACHS & BLANCO | Nursing Home Abuse

More than half of seniors admit to not taking their medications as directed. For those living alone, this can be due to a variety of factors. For a senior living in a nursing home, this can be a result of poor oversight by the facility. Almost half of Americans age 65 years and older take at least five different prescription medications regularly, according to a recent study from Kelton Research. When a senior is taking a variety of medications in different dosages over an extended period of time, frequently[...]
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