Tad Thomas, a successful trial lawyer from Kentucky and one of the co-founders of Lawyer Minds, interviewed about his career and what he’s learned as a trial lawyer. Beginning with his decision about choosing this profession, Thomas talked about reading an article about a lawyer named Frank Haddad. Inspired by similarities in upbringing and Haddad’s tenacity when fighting for his clients, Thomas spent some time working for Haddad and the law has been his career ever since.

Robin Armstrong, medical director of The Resort at Texas City nursing home, is conducting a controversial observational study on the elderly patients diagnosed with COVID-19 in his nursing home. He’s administering the drug hydroxychloroquine to residents with the virus even though the drug has not been proven to treat coronavirus.

On Monday, April 13, 17 bodies were found in the insufficiently sized morgue of Andover Subacute and Rehabilitation Center in Sussex County, New Jersey. An anonymous tip led police to the nursing home, where they found the troubling amount of bodies crammed into the morgue intended for only four bodies. The anonymous source also said that the bodies were first stored in a shed but were moved to the morgue.

Public health experts are pressuring federal officials to have nursing homes publicly track COVID-19 infections and deaths. Facilities are being criticized for the lack of transparency with what is happening inside with residents, especially when quarantines across the country have most nursing homes on lockdown.

According to KY3 News, those who specialize in healthcare policy and the medical experts spearheading the pandemic response believe publishing information about outbreaks in nursing homes as they happen could alert nearby communities and help official see where to focus safety measures and testing.

Arbitration is an alternative method of resolving disputes. Two parties present their sides of a complaint to an arbitrator or panel of arbitrators. The arbitrator’s job is to weigh the facts and arguments of both sides and make a determination.

While there are instances of voluntary arbitration, forced arbitration arises when a company requires a consumer to submit any dispute to binding arbitration as a condition of buying a product. The consumer has to waive their right to sue, participate in a class-action lawsuit, or file an appeal. With this type of dispute resolution, the decision is binding and the results are not made public.

When consumers are dealing with defective or harmful products, forced arbitration can get in the way of recovery and informing others about the potential dangers. That’s why it’s important for consumers to know how to fight back against forced arbitration.