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• Nearly Half of California Nursing Homes Do Not Meet Federal Standards

  Randy Walton | February 11, 2008 2:46 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse

  Medicare and Medicaid released a report this week listing nursing homes and hospitals from around the country that have fallen below benchmarks set for patient restraints, bedsores, and surgical infections. Of the 1400 California nursing homes, 674 made the list.The purpose in releasing the specific nursing homes was to hold accountable the private contractors hired by Medicare and Medicaid to...

• Three Pedestrians Killed in Separate Accidents

  Walton Barber, LLP | February 08, 2008 9:21 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  It was a tragic day for pedestrians in San Diego County yesterday. In three separate incidents, all occurring within one hour, a pedestrian was hit by a car and killed.The first accident occurred on Friars Road just after 6:00 p.m. when a 54-year-old man waked into westbound traffic and was struck by a late model Mercedes. Only a half hour later an SUV struck and killed a man near the rodeo...