The birds knew better. They left ahead the storm. Along with the strange Saturday afternoon cloud formations pushing downriver, this was our prelude to Irma: lifeless air, unadorned with the songs that usually come at the end of a long, hot day. The anti-Opener. Living near the Everglades, it is easy to imagine the natural world reclaiming […]
Patriots Day was designed to commemorate the loss we suffered on 9/11/01. We remember the lost as we struggle to protect the living from natural destruction in Texas and Florida this hurricane season. We are committed to being here for the residents of South Florida. Having been through the claims process for Hurricane Charley, I […]
We are litigating a class action case against 21st Century Oncology, a local healthcare conglomerate who just filed for bankruptcy protection after settling a case with DOJ for almost $20M in fraudulent charges. #QualityFraud
In January of 2005, a local court granted a Motion to Compel against a Hospital and its physicians – ordering them to produce discovery responses to written questions (interrogatories) and requests for documents (requests for production). Orders like this are routine – they are entered every day in all kinds of cases. What made this […]
When I started practicing law in 1988, there was only one advertiser in town. His office was in Hollywood, Florida and his tag line was, “the light is always on”. I used to think about the abuse his cleaning staff may have endured for forgetting not to turn the light off at night. Later, other […]
Earlier on this blog, we explored the roots of a local public hospital. See, the January 9, 16 and 23rd blog posts on this blog (Daily and Weekly). We also explored the same public hospital’s public relations campaign and name change following a string of penalties ($2.4 million in 2016 and $2.9 million in 2014) with […]
Last night, I attended the Town Hall meeting at Dunbar High School on the years-long investigation into the Fort Myers Police Department conducted by the Freeh Group (run by Judge Louis Freeh, ex-FBI Director, who also conducted the Penn State investigation). The findings are sobering and the community reasonably concerned about follow-through on holding elected […]
Last week, this blog reviewed the origins of the public Lee Memorial Hospital. After its formation by the government, as the municipal Hospital System exerted its authority over healthcare in Lee County, the Federal Trade Commission brought an Anti-Trust action against it for creating a monopoly. Lee Memorial was represented by the Jones, Day law firm in […]
LMH was created by Special Act of the State Legislature in 1961, requiring a local vote for the charter to become effective. That vote failed in 1963. Without any changes to the Special Act, the State instead just passed another special bill establishing the Hospital Board. There appears never to have been a public vote […]
