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Maladies of Electronic Health Record Technologies: Scars of Poor Implementation and The Dangers of What We Don’t Know
ClockNovember 20th, 2013 By

Maladies of Electronic Health Record Technologies: Scars of Poor Implementation and The Dangers of What We Don’t Know

 Through the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act of 2009, our government began a push for the implementation of Electronic Health Records (EHR), which was woven into the stimulus plan at the incentive price of $30 billion. It is a linchpin in President Barack Obama's plan for...

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State of Denial: Hospital Throws Transplant Kidney in Trash, Still Denies Responsibility
ClockNovember 19th, 2013 By Chris Regan

State of Denial: Hospital Throws Transplant Kidney in Trash, Still Denies Responsibility

 One question lawyers get all the time is how a criminal defendant who "everyone knows is guilty" can plead not guilty and have a trial. Well, that's simply a function of how our system works. The criminal defendant, armed with the presumption of innocence, can "put the state to its proof"...

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Have You Ever Thought of Creating a Bucket List?
ClockNovember 18th, 2013 By

Have You Ever Thought of Creating a Bucket List?

 Have you ever thought about creating a bucket list? I'm not sure I understand the difference between a bucket list and fulfilling a dream. However, not so long ago, I had an occasion to consider what I would do if I was told that my days were numbered? What was it...

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Bordas & Bordas Selected as Readers’ Choice by The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register
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Bordas & Bordas Selected as Readers’ Choice by The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register

 Bordas & Bordas is proud to have again been selected first in the attorneys category for The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register's Readers' Choice  awards. It is an honor to have been singled out by our community for this designation, and we thank each and every one of you who voted...

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The Ordinary, Small Gifts
ClockNovember 14th, 2013 By Jay Stoneking

The Ordinary, Small Gifts

 "We pray for the big things and forget to give thanks for the ordinary, small...gifts." These words were written by Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the German pastor, theologian and reformer. Beautiful words. Inspiring words. But they are all the more beautiful and inspiring when you consider the context in which they were written....

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What Can I Do If I Am Being Mistreated by my Insurance Company?
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What Can I Do If I Am Being Mistreated by my Insurance Company?

 We are bombarded every day with television advertisements from insurance companies promising to respond and protect their policyholders when disaster strikes. These promises are made with the hopes ofenticing more people to purchase policies from the insurer and increasing the premiums collected by the company. Insurance companies make money in two primary...

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Guideposts of My Grandfather
ClockNovember 12th, 2013 By

Guideposts of My Grandfather

 A collection of letters rested, well preserved, in a green suitcase. On top of the pile was an open note, handwritten by a Navy man aboard the lead ship to Normandy on D-Day, my grandfather Dean W. "Hap" Polen, credited to the author Henry van Dyke: "To be glad of...

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A Birthday Wish For My Wife

 Today is my wife Stacy's birthday. I have a hundred ways that I could wish her happy birthday. I could just say it to her -- after all, we live in the same house. I could text her like I do about so many other things in our daily lives....

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Words from Geoff Brown, USMA 1994, on Veterans Day

 In honor of Veterans Day 2013, Bordas & Bordas is proud to re-post the following blog entry from partner Geoff Brown, USMA 1994. Our thanks go to Geoff and all of our nation's veterans on this national day of remembrance. Today is Veterans Day, which always causes me to remember...

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ClockNovember 8th, 2013 By

Local Boy Scouts to Pick Up Donations in ‘Scouting for Food’ Project, Sponsored by Riesbeck’s

 I received a note on my front door this past weekend from Riesbeck's Food Markets about their sponsorship of the Boy Scouts of America's "Scouting for Food" project which will take place this Saturday, November 9, 2013. Maybe you received one too? Hopefully you did, and hopefully you will participate....

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$50 Million

Verdict in Nursing Home Abuse and Wrongful Death case
$36.5 Million

Settlement in Toxic tort case
$20.5 Million

Verdict in Workplace Discrimination case
$18.5 Million

Settlement in Toxic Tort case
$18 Million

Settlement in Workplace Injury and Wrongful Death case
$16.9 Million

Verdict in Premises Liability case
$11.8Million

Settlement in Wrongful Death/Insurance Bad Faith case
$11.5 Million

Settlement in Truck Accident case
$10 Million

Verdict in Insurance Bad Faith case
$9.1 Million

Verdict in Medical Malpractice and Wrongful Death case
$8 Million

Settlement in Strict Liability case
$8 Million

Settlement in Truck Accident case
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