Community Health Systems, which operates more than 200 hospitals nationwide, announced earlier that hackers had breached their security system and gained access to the confidential records of 4.5 million patients who had been treated at their facilities over the last five years. Included in the confidential information now in the […]
I’m proud to be an American and I’m proud to be a trial lawyer. Like many Americans, I can’t bear watching the talking heads on the 24 hour news networks. I find their rhetoric divisive and shaped completely by their own worldview, no matter what they are debating, with no […]
Despite living in Florida for 24 years, it is still odd for me to see Back-to-School ads in July. Having grown up in New York, where the school year begins after Labor Day, it still seems like everyone should be enjoying a summer vacation. Yesterday was the first day of […]
Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley, PA, was recently recognized in The Best Lawyers in America 2015 for its success in representing plaintiffs in medical malpractice, professional malpractice, and personal injury litigation. SDSBS attorney Greg Barnhart was selected as West Palm Beach “Lawyer of the Year” in Personal Injury Litigation […]
If you have had the misfortune of being involved in a crash or incident where you have aggravated a pre-existing physical condition, do not believe the insurance representative if they attempt to persuade you into thinking you have no claim. You do. Speak with an attorney to find out more […]
Invent something, patent it and watch your creative enterprise grow into an empire. That’s what inventors are supposed to do. Some of them still follow the rules. Others do not. Among the more unscrupulous are so-called patent trolls who search the market looking for products over which they can sue. […]
Every time I took my children to our pediatrician’s office, I was reminded of why I saw the same pediatrician as a kid and when I came back home to Florida, brought my children there, too. There is a sign in every treatment room—it reminds you of one of the […]
Parents Should Instill Importance of Highway Safety in Their Children While the campaign against texting and driving accelerates – and rightly so – maybe a little more attention should be paid to talking on cell phones while driving, especially when the vehicle operators are teens. Distracted driving, defined by the […]
Apple and Google, two of the technology industry’s top titans, are poised to release evolutionary software applications that will track the health data of those using them. Apple’s HealthKit and Google’s Fit will have a wide-ranging impact on how people perceive themselves, take care of their bodies and understand their […]
