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MARCH 13, 2024

IT WAS AN EMERGENCY. THE DOCTORS WERE SUPPOSED TO REMOVE HIS APPENDIX. UNFORTUNATELY, THEY DID NOT.

The appendectomy, the surgical removal of the appendix, is one of the most common surgical procedures in the US and globally. But recently, a man in Washington state saw his appendectomy turn into a nightmare due to the alleged carelessness of a hospital and its doctors.

George Piano, a Washington state resident, had serious abdominal pain, was diagnosed with appendicitis, and taken into surgery so doctors could remove his inflamed appendix. However, his doctors were "unable" to locate his appendix and, instead, removed a part of his bowel.

Because of this alleged botched surgery, says Mr. Piano, his long-term health will never be the same.

“I’m not the same person I was when this started."

Amazingly, the Garrow Law Firm has a similar case of a doctor leaving the inflamed appendix inside the patient after an appendectomy, requiring our client to undergo 2 more painful surgeries with serious lasting complications. We'll post more about it soon!

MARCH 15, 2023

ELDERLY RESIDENT FROZE TO DEATH AFTER BEING LOCKED OUTSIDE OF ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY

Sometimes, a resident of an assisted living facility, nursing home, or even a hospital patient may have a decreased mental capacity related to dementia or temporary mental status change related to medication, disease, or traumatic injury. In those situations, an assisted living facility, nursing home or hospital must take precautions to ensure that the elderly or sick resident or patient does not unintentionally “wander off” and place him or herself in danger.

The healthcare facility must have policies and procedures in place to ensure that a resident or patient does not elope and leave the facility.

Unfortunately, this assisted living facility’s policies failed, were not implemented, or it just didn’t have any policy at all to make sure that the resident did not wander off.

"Her frozen body was lying on a sidewalk, just a few feet from a door leading to a nurses’ station."

OCTOBER 29, 2022

Nursing homes are suing friends and family to collect on patients' bills. Nothing and no one gets in the way of a nursing home seeking money! Read and listen to this story from National Public Radio.

DECEMBER 9, 2021

AN AMAZING STORY OF COMPASSION

"She became friends with her Uber passenger. They became like family, and she took a large pay cut to be his caretaker." READ this story in the Washington Post.

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JUNE 27, 2021

FLORIDA CONDO COLLAPSE

The latest in the Florida condo collapse:

JUNE 25, 2021

2 LOCAL HOSPITALS LED THE NATION IN SUING PATIENTS FOR UNPAID MEDICAL BILLS:

THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA (UVA)

AND

VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY (VCU)

Both UVA and VCU conducted high volume debt-collection efforts against former patients, many of whom were low-income and uninsured. "Researchers found that between January 2018 and July 2020, VCU initiated court action against patients 17,806 times — more than any other institution reviewed. UVA’s medical center came in second, initiating legal action 7,107 times." This analysis was done by the Johns Hopkins University and news site Axios. Their decision to discontinue such aggressive legal action against former patients followed a 2019 investigation by Kaiser Health News and published in the Washington Post that focused on the two institutions. Also, the Virginia Mercury first reported on the volume of medical debt lawsuits filed by Virginia hospitals in 2018.

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

POLICE FORCE UNDERCOVER ADDICT TO BUY HEROIN

HE OVERDOSED AND DIED

A Richmond, VA mother filed a wrongful death suit for what she claims was her son's death by police of a fentanyl-laced heroin overdose. The problem? The police coerced him to purchase heroin while he was an addict as part of his role as an informant.

According to the lawsuit, the defendants threatened Troy Howlett with arrest and/or having his bond revoked, or serving additional jail time, as a means to force him to buy illegal drugs as an informant. At the time of his death, Howlett had pending drug charges, according to online court records. There's more to the story in this Richmond Times-Dispatch article, including how the police disturbed Howlett's funeral by arresting his best friend during the middle of the proceeding.

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AUGUST 10 - 14, 2020

NO CORPORATE IMMUNITY

Corporate Demands for Legal Immunity Threaten Public Health & Worker Safety Protect American Workers and Consumers, Not Corporations

JULY 20, 2020

JUST WEAR THE MASK (PLEASE!)

JUNE 11, 2020

HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF IN THE AGE OF COVID-19

CHECK OUT THIS MESSAGE FROM THE CDC

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MAY 18, 2020

STAY SAFE!!!

COVID SYMPTOMS (UPDATED)

People with COVID-19 have had a wide range of symptoms – ranging from mild symptoms to severe illness.

Symptoms may appear 2-14 days after exposure to the virus. People with these symptoms or combinations of symptoms may have COVID-19:

  • Cough

  • Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing

Or at least two of these symptoms:

  • Fever Headaches

  • Chills Sore Throat

  • Repeated shaking with chills New Loss of Taste or Smell

  • Muscle pain

LEARN MORE HERE FROM THE CDC

APRIL 16, 2020

WANT TO KNOW IF YOU HAVE A CASE?

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MARCH 25, 2020

CORONAVIRUS versus THE FLU versus ALLERGIES

CORONAVIRUS - WHAT YOU CAN DO TO PROTECT YOURSELF AND YOUR LOVED ONES

(World Health Organization)

MARCH 13, 2020

BECAUSE OF THE CORONA VIRUS, YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO VISIT YOUR LOVED ONE IN THE NURSING HOME FOR A WHILE

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MARCH 4, 2020

Nursing home aide charged with reckless homicide

and gross patient neglect in death of resident.

EASTER IS APRIL 12

HE'S THE REASON FOR THE SEASON!!!

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Photo courtesy of Plantsville Congregational United Church of Christ

FEBRUARY 19 - 28, 2020

YOU LEFT THE TOWEL INSIDE THE PATIENT!

IF THERE WERE 20 ITEMS AT THE START OF THE SURGERY, AND ONLY 19 ITEMS AT THE END OF THE SURGERY, AND THE "MISSING" ITEM CANNOT BE FOUND (OR IS NOT ON THE FLOOR), THEN THE MISSING ITEM MUST BE INSIDE THE PATIENT. LEARN MORE HERE:

IT'S STILL WINTER!!!

first day of winter 2019

Getty - courtesy of Country Living

DECEMBER 11 - DECEMBER 20, 2019

Yes, it can be a pain, but jury duty is important! Remember, you generally can reschedule it (pick another date or time period) if the dates selected for you are inconvenient. But please go and deliver justice! Thanks!

NOVEMBER 18 - NOVEMBER 25, 2019

6 HORRIFIC CASES OF NURSING HOME ABUSE

OCTOBER 14 - OCTOBER 21, 2019

Jury awards $4.9M to women who allege a massage therapist sexually assaulted them. According to USA Today/AZ Central, The suit alleges there are other victims, saying that the massage therapist "admitted" he gave a similar "special massage" to as many as 10% of his female customers without receiving consent for the sexual contact.

September 20 - 27, 2019

VETERAN DIES IN VA NURSING HOME COVERED WITH ANT BITES

"His room had ants, the ceiling, the walls, the beds. They were everywhere," says a family member. Read the USA Today story of the horrible nursing home abuse that happened to this veteran at an Atlanta veterans administration hospital.

Love the Fall Leaf Display?

Fall Foliage May be Delayed This Year Because of the Warm Temperatures

Courtesy of the Weather Channel

BOEING 737 MAX CRASH

According to the New York Times, Boeing dismissed concerns about a powerful new anti-stall system on the 737 Max for months, insisting that pilots could deal with any problems by following a checklist of emergency procedures. See the latest in the New York Times.

DID THE HOSPITAL RELEASE YOUR MEDICAL RECORDS

TO THE WRONG PERSON????

CALL US 888-88GARROW IF THIS HAPPENS TO YOU! Sharing confidential medical data of a customer will get you fired, maybe sent to jail, and your company sued$1.44 million HIPAA award upheld after Walgreen pharmacist shared patient data. "By choosing to appeal," Eggeson said, "Walgreen has now created a precedent ... confirming that privacy breach victims may hold employers accountable for the HIPAA violations of their employees."

DID SOMEONE VIOLATE YOUR PRIVACY BY VIEWING YOUR MEDICAL RECORDS WITHOUT PERMISSION? HAVE YOUR MEDICAL RECORDS EVER BEEN SENT TO THE WRONG PERSON? OR DID THE DOCTOR SHARE YOUR MEDICAL REPORT WITH SOMEONE NOT AUTHORIZED BY YOU? IF SO, CALL US! YOU MAY HAVE A RIGHT TO BRING LEGAL ACTION. CALL US AND LET'S TALK ABOUT IT.

RAPE/SEXUAL ASSAULT OF THE ELDERLY AT NURSING HOMES?

UNFORTUNATELY, IT DOES OCCUR. A RECENT ALLEGATION IN MISSOURI IS FOUND HERE

ATTENTION:

NUSING HOME ABUSE STATISTICS

Breakdown of Complaints

According to the National Center for Victims of Crime, the breakdown of elder abuse complaints is as follows:

27.4% – Physical abuse

22.1% – Resident-on-resident abuse (physical or sexual)

19.4% – Psychological abuse

15.3% – Gross neglect

7.9% – Sexual abuse

7.9% – Financial exploitation

But that only tells part of the story. Learn more here.

THE GARROW LAW FIRM PLLC

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We handle serious injury matters and do our best to get results for you and your family

MEDICAL MALPRACTICE

WRONGFUL DEATH

SERIOUS PERSONAL INJURY

NURSING HOME ABUSE

NURSING HOME NEGLECT

SERIOUS AUTO CRASH NOT CAUSED BY YOU

TRUCK CRASH

SEXUAL ABUSE AT CHURCH, SCHOOL OR WORK

CORPORATE RIP-OFFS

  • The nursing home said that it would take care of Mom or Dad, but now you find that Mom or Dad has a nasty, smelly, open pressure sore that no one at the nursing home will speak about. Mom or Dad is near death, and you cannot get answers. What do you do now?

  • You were injured due to the negligence or wrongdoing of another person? Did it happen in a car crash by a careless, reckless, or inattentive driver, or by a drunk or drug-impaired person? Maybe someone else was driving the car and you were just a passenger. You told him to slow down and he did not. Now you're in the hospital with serious personal injuries and don't know what the future holds.

  • Your family member went into the hospital for a routine operation, but now is in a coma or maybe even died unexpectantly. Before, the doctors and nurses were friendly. NOW, they will not talk with you or even look you in the eye!

  • You trusted that teacher, pastor or therapist. You simply cannot believe that this person molested you, and now he says that "no one will believe you." You feel powerless.

  • You lost a family member in a wrongful death that never should have occurred and has left your family with a devastating loss. What do you do now?

If any of the above describes your situation, in Washington DC, Maryland, Virginia, or anywhere in the Nation, we recommend that you contact the Garrow Law Firm, PLLC right away to discuss your case. The initial consultation is free. We are a small firm dedicated to helping people like you, even if the legal matter is huge. We are used to going up against the big guys and fighting for the rights of those who have been injured.

Our founding attorney, George Garrow, has been handling tough cases for more than 25 years and will use that extensive experience and knowledge on your behalf. Mr. Garrow is a Washington DC / Maryland / Virginia Personal Injury Attorney who can help. The firm's focus is helping those folks who have very serious personal injuries due to medical negligence, wrongful death, nursing home abuse and neglect, auto and truck crashes, and other legal matters. The Garrow Law Firm has national relationships and connections with some of the best trial attorneys in the country. We may be able to help you with your serious problem.

Our firm is here to help you recover maximum compensation for damages to which you may be entitled. We will take every legal measure to help you accomplish that.

Call George Garrow at the Garrow Law Firm, PLLC at 202-469-3411, or 888-88GARROW to speak with a Washington DC / Maryland / Virginia personal injury lawyer to discuss your potential case today.

If your matter is in any other state, please call us at 888-88GARROW. We handle cases for injury victims across the country with out nationwide association with the best trial lawyers in America.

Don't be afraid! We are here to help "Little People with Big Problems" no matter where you live.

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