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Friday, May 30, 2008

Employer Workers Comp Fraud

We often hear from the insurance industry about the "bad apple" employee that has been fraudulent in her workers compensation claim. By all statistical accounts the percentage of fraud committed by injured workers is in the low single digits. However, the fraudulent activity of some employers is rampant and has devastating effects on the individuals injured in workplace accidents.
A measure of justice was served yesterday when three CEO's, Donald Edward Touchet, Richard E. Standridge and Robert J. Jennings were sentenced to federal prison for a combined 55 years and forfeitures exceeding $75 Million. Federal prosecutor Mark B. Devereaux methodically put together this extremely complicated case that affected over a million injured working people. Amazingly, there is more to be done as Devereaux is tirelessly working to track down another defendant who fled to Europe.
If you are the victim of employer fraud or observe your employer committing fraud contact an attorney familiar with this type of claim immediately. To read more about this case of employer workers compensation fraud see this link:

http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/053008/met_284352016.shtml

posted by Attorney W. Marc Hardesty at 2:45 AM

Thursday, May 29, 2008

Bouquets to Marc Hardesty

As published in Folioweekly
Northeast Florida's News & Opinion Magazine

Bouquets to Jacksonville attorney and Planning Commission member Marc Hardesty for consistently standing up for communities caught in zoning conflicts. Hardesty proved a staunch ally for Arlington residents during their fight to prevent JAA from expanding Craig Airport, and most recently sided with residents of the Alta Drive area who opposed industrial JaxPort truck traffic being sent down their street. Hardesty called on lawmakers to more aggressively plan for the thousands of additional daily semi trailers expected to turn the roads around the port into a "chokepoint."

posted by kristent at 3:16 PM

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Larger Trucks Create Bigger Safety Risk

The owners of large trucking companies are proposing that larger and heavier commercial trucks be allowed to travel interstate highways. The proposed increase in gross vehicle weight would increase from 80,000 pounds to 97,000 pounds. The proposal has been made primarily by the shipping industry using the excuse that this would save fuel and be "Greener" for the environment. Interestingly, the industry cannot substantiate this claim since the same tractors would be hauling an additional 17,000 pounds. The engines are simply not designed for this increased load and certainly the braking systems are not sufficient for this increased load. Additionally, the suspension systems of most trailers are not adequate for this stress. The result is a deadly combination that will dramatically impact the safety for all of us on our nations highways.

To learn more visit this site:

http://www.trucksafety.org/docs/Final%20Press%20Release%20for%20Truck%20Safety%20Press%20Conference.doc

posted by Attorney W. Marc Hardesty at 8:02 PM

Thursday, May 01, 2008

Preventable Medical Errors Cost Lives and Billions of Dollars

A study of over 41 million Medicare funded hospitalizations between 2004 and 2006 just released by an independent health care rating company, HealthGrades, reveals the prevalence and staggering cost of hospital medical errors. The study revealed more than 1.1 million preventable medical errors occurred, resulting in 238,337 preventable deaths. The cost of these errors to taxpayers was just over 8.8 billion dollars. These numbers reflect only medical errors/costs associated with hospital care paid for by Medicare. They do not include any figures for hospital care paid for by private health insurance companies because much of this information is not publicly available. You can be sure that the numbers reported, high as they are, would be dramatically higher if information from private insurers was made available for analysis.

This study further confirms the significant risks associated with hospitalization in this country. Medicare has already indicated that, beginning in October 2008, it will no longer pay for injuries/infections attributable to certain preventable medical errors. See our blog of February 19, 2008 for more information. For steps you can take to help prevent medical errors, check the medical negligence heading on our website.

posted by Attorney Frank Ashton at 5:35 AM

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