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2 Answers | Asked in Health Care Law for Michigan on
Q: Can I be trespassed from Bronson Methodist hospital legally. I found a bottle of profolol and mom was conscious but...

After finding a bottle of profolol and taking a pic I asked my mom's nurse if she was being given this med, she first said no, then after I asked why is this bottle in her room, the nurse said well yes she had been given the medicine. My mom was conscious but unable to talk, which is why this... View More

Brent T. Geers
Brent T. Geers
answered on Feb 7, 2023

You absolutely may be trespassed from the hospital. If you have care concerns, those perhaps should be addressed as Mr. Selik suggests, or you may need to get other doctors involved to facilitate movement to a different facility.

You will always lose the battle between you and hospital...
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1 Answer | Asked in Health Care Law and Divorce for Michigan on
Q: My husband tried to commit suicided, was taken to hospital and transferred to a inpatient mental intuition.

He was there not at will for a week, he got out, mental unstable and went and filed for divorce 7 days after getting out of intuition , he told the attorney he had just gotten out of mental intuition and was diagnosed with depression, anxiety and manic bipolar. he told the attorney this, the... View More

Brent T. Geers
Brent T. Geers
answered on Jan 20, 2023

Hard to say with what you present. Attorneys are not doctors or mental health professionals; I can only assume your husband presented "normally", and even stating all his mental health issues would not alone require an attorney to decline representation.

At this juncture, you...
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1 Answer | Asked in Health Care Law for Michigan on
Q: When the doctors office will not release to me a copy of my medical records, is there another remedy outside of court?
Tim Akpinar
Tim Akpinar
answered on Nov 7, 2022

A Michigan attorney could advise best, but your question remains open for two weeks. One option is to see if your health insurance carrier has the records. It's no guarantee, but insurance carriers might have medical records submitted in connection with bills to verify the treatments. Good luck

1 Answer | Asked in Health Care Law and Wrongful Death for Michigan on
Q: 2021 my father passed away from getting the Covid vaccine poor hospital treatment can I make someone accountable?

The death certificate says he died from Covid he had already recovered from Covid months before and decided to get vaccinated. Later that night and carrying into the the next day he was having a hard time breathing. We took him to the hospital where he spent the next 25 days alone because family... View More

Brent T. Geers
Brent T. Geers
answered on Dec 19, 2023

Might be worth a call to a medical malpractice firm, but under the circumstances, you may not find much relief. Foremost, you are likely running up against a statute of limitations.

1 Answer | Asked in Health Care Law and Medical Malpractice for Michigan on
Q: Can I sue my previous hospitals and current one as well for telling me during surgery to not have more children?

Okay in 2019, 2020, and 2023 I have been told with all three of my children after and before giving birth to them I could no longer have children, with no concrete evidence other than their rather dim few of my race, assuming I had more than one father, or because I in the poverty line. When I was... View More

Tim Akpinar
Tim Akpinar
answered on Jul 26, 2023

A Michigan attorney could advise best, but your question remains open for two weeks. I'm sorry for the way you were treated. There is lots of information to sort through here, and a starting point could be to discuss the matter in more detail with an attorney. You could try to arrange a free... View More

1 Answer | Asked in Health Care Law, Medical Malpractice and Sexual Harassment for Michigan on
Q: my PcP female lied on progress reports, test results, to state of mi while hving an affair with me(single father)

I was in recovery single father-pharmacist, with documented history of substance abuse. My nurse practioner pursued me and had sexual relationship with me for years. She insisted on becoming my daughters PcP as well. Under her care I had relapsed and reported to state hprp and legal probation. My... View More

Joel Gary Selik
Joel Gary Selik
answered on Feb 23, 2023

You may have a medical malpractice case. A big issue as to when this occurred. An experienced attorney needs to evaluate your case as if it is within the time limit to sue. Even if you have no case, it can be reported to the board that licenses her.

1 Answer | Asked in Contracts, Employment Law, Health Care Law and Small Claims for Michigan on
Q: I need to know if there's compensation I can get from my boss for breach of contract,and making me work in unsafe,

Volitle, mentally and emotionally abusive environment with another employee. Whom I found out he's sexually involved with

Brent T. Geers
Brent T. Geers
answered on Sep 12, 2022

Possibly. Sounds like the makings of a lawsuit for which you should seek an employee-side civil litigator.

1 Answer | Asked in Elder Law and Health Care Law for Michigan on
Q: Mr. GEERS, None of the possible reasons you suggested apply or fit my mom's situation.

Dr. Kavanagh immediately suggested "pulling the plug" and after two visits to Borges we got her to Bronson where A bowel blockage was surgically removed, my Mom was sent home after only 24 hours and is recovering.

Brent T. Geers
Brent T. Geers
answered on Aug 2, 2022

Thank you. It sounds like you may have a civil or administrative issue to address with Borges or that particular doctor; you should start there to address your concerns about that sign. The other answers provided were all within the whelm of possibilities depending on the totality of the... View More

1 Answer | Asked in Criminal Law, Constitutional Law, Elder Law and Health Care Law for Michigan on
Q: Why would ascension Borgess Kalamazoo put a sign outside my mom's room 357 saying DO NOT INCLUDE ME IN REPORT???

After taking a snapshot of this sign six plainclothes security one uniformed approached ordered me into the hall asked why I'm taking, I replied because this is my Mom and I love her. They took my id and would not return it until I agreed to leave, I had done nothing but take this picture. If... View More

Brent T. Geers
Brent T. Geers
answered on Aug 1, 2022

A number of reasons, all of which depend on facts you are not disclosing in your question. Could be as simple as they are acting on instructions from the proper patient advocate - perhaps your mom's spouse or one of your siblings. Maybe there is an adult protective services investigation or... View More

1 Answer | Asked in Health Care Law for Michigan on
Q: Why would a doctor lie to patients, refuse treatment, but schedule the patient to come to another appointment?
Tim Akpinar
Tim Akpinar
answered on Jul 27, 2022

A Michigan attorney could answer best, but your question remains open for two weeks. It's difficult to say, without more information. It could be a communication mix-up, automated scheduling error, or other reasons. More information would be needed to make a more meaningful guess. Good luck

1 Answer | Asked in Health Care Law for Michigan on
Q: My son is being abused in a mental hospital and I need help getting him out and into a facility that will help him

They beat his head off the wall and gave him a concussion. He was hospitalized for 2 days then sent back and now they won’t speak to me. He signed a paper for me to be his guardian and they just hang up on me when I callb

Brent T. Geers
Brent T. Geers
answered on Mar 1, 2022

If your son is an adult, you will need to petition for guardianship from the probate court. The paper your son signed does not cut it. Until then, you have no legal authority to act on his behalf.

1 Answer | Asked in Domestic Violence, Family Law and Health Care Law for Michigan on
Q: 1st offense domestic violence on my wife. She just started treatment for mental health. Need no contact dropped now.

I cannot work and a take care of my kids. Ultimately am going to lose our home. Wife just started new meds. It's first offense domestic. No contact is ruining our lifes.

Brent T. Geers
Brent T. Geers
answered on Feb 16, 2022

Depending on the judge, she will need to state on the record she wants the no-contact lifted.

1 Answer | Asked in Health Care Law, Medical Malpractice and Wrongful Death for Michigan on
Q: Are OPO's legally able to remove organs from a registered organ donor who's body is under investigation into COD

Body of deceased was under county jurisdiction. Autopsy was to be performed to determine cause of death, but kidneys and liver were taken prior to autopsy. No samples of either organ were provided to Chief Medical Examiner. COD still undetermined. Autopsy was performed missing two vital organs. Is... View More

Michael Zamzow
Michael Zamzow
answered on Feb 15, 2022

It might depend on the circumstances involving the death that required a particularly level of autopsy, and whether or not the CME authorized release.

2 Answers | Asked in Health Care Law for Michigan on
Q: Can a michigan hospital force a patient to go on a ventilator?
Brent T. Geers
Brent T. Geers
answered on Jan 22, 2022

I don't see why not if a doctor determines it necessary. The alternative is to go to a different hospital.

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1 Answer | Asked in Employment Law and Health Care Law for Michigan on
Q: contract allows either party to terminate with 60 day notice, I have resigned but end date of 5/6/2022

Can employer terminate now that I have almost worked 60 days since resignation without having to pay my wages for 60 days since they are severing contract before my last day of work provided in resignation?

Carrie Dyer
Carrie Dyer
answered on Jan 5, 2022

This depends on the language in your contract. You should contact an employment lawyer in your area to review the contract.

1 Answer | Asked in Criminal Law, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law and Health Care Law for Michigan on
Q: Are there lawyers that still believe in the oath they swore to defend people in the court of law

I don't know much about laws and court but I do know right from wrong I need help

Brent T. Geers
Brent T. Geers
answered on Dec 10, 2021

When a lawyer is in good standing, they deserve to be presumed to be zealous advocates for their client. What clients sometimes don't realize is that defending people does not include advancing unfounded theories, whether grounded in fact or law, or presenting false facts or statements. A... View More

1 Answer | Asked in Elder Law and Health Care Law for Michigan on
Q: Are we able to retain ownership of our home if we qualify for Medicaid; what is the max. income to qualify for Medicaid?

Are there other assets Medicaid can take from our estate?

Brent T. Geers
Brent T. Geers
answered on Nov 24, 2021

Depends on who you mean by "we" and who would be the qualifying person for Medicaid. Ordinarily, the value of the primary residence is exempt for qualification purposes; you can "keep" it while the person is alive. However, once a person dies, the state may seek to recover what... View More

1 Answer | Asked in Health Care Law for Michigan on
Q: What should I do if the people in hr ask me to sign some papers?

I was sent home from work on the 29th of October 2021 and I texted my supervisor yesterday and asked her what is my next schedule date to work and today she asked me to come in tomorrow so I can have a meeting with HR. I was sent home because me and a coworker got into it not hands on just words

Brent T. Geers
Brent T. Geers
answered on Nov 10, 2021

I don't think anyone can give you an accurate answer without knowing more, which you probably won't know until you talk with HR.

1 Answer | Asked in Health Care Law for Michigan on
Q: DO I HAVE A CASE?

I was sent home by my job because of situation my coworker and I keep having just words nothing else that day but anyways they told me to go home and they will call me and I pacifically asked should I call and the supervisor told me no the will call me so I have not heard anything from them since... View More

Brent T. Geers
Brent T. Geers
answered on Nov 5, 2021

I would take the time that's elapsed as a sign. You may want to think about being proactive and quit. That way you can pursue other opportunities.

1 Answer | Asked in Business Law and Health Care Law for Michigan on
Q: Operating a diagnostic ultrasound facility in Michigan

Hi,

I was thinking about opening a small diagnostic ultrasound clinic in Dearborn, Michigan. I am an experienced sonographer with more than 10 years of experience. I want to cater to clients/patients who will be self pay. I will not be billing insurance companies. I wanted to know what the... View More

Michael Zamzow
Michael Zamzow
answered on Sep 17, 2021

You will likely need to seek out an attorney who has experience in health care law. I would inquire about whether or not a sonographer can operate independently, the type of license a diagnostic facility requires, and whether or not a diagnostic facility needs a physician in a director role. And, I... View More

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