Florida’s Largest Nursing Home Chain Survives Despite Poor Patient Care

The state paid the Jacksonville-area nursing home a flat rate to provide Seigler care, including his needed therapy. But Governors Creek routinely denied treatment and services to patients like Seigler, according to a 2011 federal whistleblower lawsuit filed by a former nurse. Seigler’s case is among a dozen cited in the lawsuit against Consulate Health Care, the state’s … Read more

What You Need to Know About Sepsis

Personal injury attorney Jacksonville handle medical malpractice as well.  Sepsis kills more than 258,000 Americans each year and leaves thousands of survivors with life-changing after effects. According to the CDC, there are over one million cases of sepsis each year, and it is the ninth leading cause of disease-related deaths. The number of cases of … Read more

What is NICA and What Injuries During the Birthing Process Apply?

Your Jacksonville personal injury attorneys here at Edwards & Ragatz assist in birth related fatalities as well. Florida appeals court on Monday rejected a constitutional challenge to the state’s Neurological Injury Compensation Act (NICA), upholding distinctive minimum weight requirements for infants from single and multiple births who suffer brain injuries at birth to qualify for … Read more

Importance of Cell Phone Records – Restrepo v. Carrera

Call Edwards & Ragatz your personal injury attorney company today. Before you ask for a Defendant’s cell phone records in a car accident case, make sure the criminal case is closed. Restrepo v. Carrera, __ So. 3d __, 2016 WL 231955 (Fla. 3d DCA 2016)Defendant Restrepo sought review of a trial court order that directed … Read more