Edwards & Ragatz News
Volume 1, Issue 4 September 2010 |
 Good Afternoon,
-- We plan to file a lawsuit on behalf of a client who was misdiagnosed by Baptist Medical Center-South and lost her fingers, legs and part of her nose
-- Eric Ragatz received the Martindale-Hubbell AV rating -- A passenger injured on a personal watercraft receives a settlement in our Suits & Settlements
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One of our cases recently made headlines:
Nurse sues employer for wrong diagnosis; loss of fingers, legs, part of nose
(Left to right) Jon Law and his wife, Jean Law, and partners Tom Edwards and Eric Ragatz listen to a reporter's question during the August. 3 press conference. Jean Law became septic with a bacterial infection after being diagnosed as having a viral flu.  |
Edwards & Ragatz P.A. intends to file suit against Southern Baptist Hospital of Florida Inc. for a 40-year-old Jacksonville woman who lost her legs, fingers and part of her nose to a bacterial infection that hospital staff failed to diagnose.
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2010 FJA Annual Convention
Tom Edwards Jr. (second from left) attended the 2010 Florida Justice Association's Annual Convention in West Palm Beach in June. Edwards served as 2008-2009 president of FJA.
The event attracted a who's who of Florida politicians, including Gov. Charlie Crist, I-Fla.; Lt. Gov. Jeff Kottkamp, R-Fla.; CFO Alex Sink, D-Fla.; Senate President Jeff Atwater, R-North Palm Beach; and incoming Speaker of the House Dean Cannon, R-Winter Park.  | Photo courtesy of Florida Justice Association |
George Washington owes about $300,000 in library late fees
In the 1930s New York Society Library employees found a ledger that revealed on Oct. 5, 1789, first U.S. President George Washington checked out "The Law of Nations," a book on international law, and Volume12 of the "Parliamentary Register," a book of debates from the British House of Commons.
The books were never returned.
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Duval County Courthouse Progress
Exterior columns have gone up and windows are being installed in the courthouse (photo taken in September). |
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 The courthouse roof was installed just days after this photo was taken in May.
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"The first duty
of society
is justice."
- Alexander Hamilton
First U.S. Secretary of the Treasury |
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Eric Ragatz Receives
AV Preeminent Rating
Eric Ragatz received an AV Preeminent rating from the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory Peer Review.
Ragatz earned 4.6 out of 5 points, which the Martindale-Hubbell website calls "a significant rating accomplishment and a testament that his peers rank him at the highest of professional experience." |
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Unethical practices by debt collectors have recently made headlines and spurred the FTC to closely monitor debt collection arbitration. A report was issued in July with recommendations to protect consumers and repair the broken system.
"Repairing A Broken System: Protecting Consumers in Debt Collection Litigation and Arbitration" is posted on ftc.gov.
In a concurring statement, Commissioner Julie Brill urged congress to enact a temporary ban on the mandatory arbitration of consumer debt collection disputes.
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Suits & Settlements
In the area of Maritime Injury:
Eric Ragatz negotiated a confidential settlement for a woman who sustained injuries as a passenger on a personal watercraft that was hit by a second personal watercraft.
Both watercraft drivers were charged with operating a vessel in a reckless manner. The driver of the second personal watercraft was charged with failure to maintain a safe speed to be able to avoid a collision, and not having due regard for the limitations of the vessel.
The plaintiff suffered left leg fibular fracture, a tibia fracture, a ligament tear requiring surgery and a torn meniscus.
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Clay County prepares to go entirely digital
Documents for Clay County courts may now be recorded online through four e-recording vendors. Instructions for creating an account and links to certified vendors are on the Clerk of the Circuit Court's website.
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Thomas Edwards Jr.
Jennifer Millis
Eric Ragatz
Jeffrey Totty
Leigh Wilhite
Nursing Home Neglect
Car and Truck Accidents
Medical Malpractice
Insurance and Coverage Litigation
Product Liability
Construction Site Accidents
Business Litigation
Debt Collection Abuse  |
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