Case Stats
- This gives referring lawyers and the outside world the exact same information we use in-house for quality control. Intakes need to be accepted / declined and cases need to be resolved! Justice delayed is justice denied.
- 2020 Intake Contacts (12/31/20) 902
- 2020 Intakes Declined (12/31/20) 736
- All Intakes Under Investigation 42 (12/31/20)
- 2020 Accepted/Filed Cases 13
- Referred Cases from other lawyers state and nationwide 94%
- Median Time First Contact to Decline 25 days (most cases are reviewed w/ an indication of merit within 72 hours)
- Median Time First Contact to Accepted/Filed Cases 9 weeks
- Median Time Case Filing to Resolution 1.8 years
archive for January, 2021
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Rehab Facility’s Failure to Follow Post-Op Instructions Leads to Death of Patient
By Christina Acampora | posted on January 12th, 2021
On October 6, 2019, Roberta Pothanszky was admitted to Cambridge Manor in Fairfield, Connecticut, for short-term rehabilitation after undergoing successful hip revision surgery. In connection with her transfer to Cambridge Manor, physicians’ orders instructed Mrs. Pothanszky’s caregivers to follow post-operative hip precautions—a series of protocols that are specifically designed to minimize the risk of a dislodging the head of the femur (the “ball”) from the acetabulum (the hip socket), a condition known as “dislocation.” Unfortunately, nursing personnel at Cambridge Manor did not follow these standard hip precautions when they placed Mrs. Pothanszky into a Hoyer lift (a mechanical sling apparatus) MORE