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Preventable Deaths

Please get vaccinated if you work at a nursing home. These are preventable deaths. Even Donald Trump said that he had received a booster shot. He finally encouraged his supporters to embrace Covid vaccines. Many Republican politicians and pundits sow vaccine misinformation.

Sexual Battery

The Pinellas Park Police Department disclosed that nurse William Ira Cease Jr. was wanted for sexual battery of a mentally defective person. Abuse like this is too common. The police accuse the nurse of sexually battering an elderly patient.  The Care Center has employed Cease as a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) since April 2019. Witnesses

Supreme Court Win!

BIG APPEAL WIN! We are pleased to announce that Gary W. Poliakoff, of Poliakoff & Assoc., PA, of Spartanburg; Amy E. Armstrong, of South Carolina Environmental Law Project, of Pawleys Island; and Michael G. Corley, of South Carolina Environmental Law Project, of Greenville, were Pickens County v. MRR involving DHEC granting a permit to MRR

Protect Yourself

Why won’t Republicans protect themselves from the coronavirus?  Vaccine skepticism is dangerous. Voting Republican is the single biggest factor in determining vaccination rates. Less than 60 percent of Republicans are protected. Democratic voters have more than 91 percent. The vaccination gap caused a disparity in death rates based on political party. Independents’ vax rate is

Vaccine Mandate Ruling

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the lower court did not have the authority to block the mandate nationwide. Therefore, long-term care providers in 26 states will have to comply with a federal COVID-19 vaccine mandate. The deadline for healthcare workers remains January 4, 2022. to be fully vaccinated would remain or be adjusted.

Vice Expose

Vice News investigated the for-profit nursing home chain Life Care Centers. Vice did a fantastic job explaining the failures of the nursing home industry by using Life Care Centers as an example. Brilliant. As a nursing home attorney, we hear these stories all the time. It all comes down to unsafe staffing caused by unreasonable

$15 Million Awarded in Highway Collision

$42 Million Given Back for over 8,000 Investors

$1.05 Million Largest Nursing Home Jury Award in Spartanburg History

$2.32 Million in “Unprecedented” Jury Award Against Nuisance Landfill

$2.32 Million in “Unprecedented” Jury Award Against Nuisance Landfill

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