Towards the end of May 2014 I sent the following email to a family friend: From: Gagne, David To: [redacted] Subject: My Mom Sent: May 20, 2014 1:32 PM PT Dear [redacted], I hope that this email finds you well and you don’t think it inappropriate. I know we only barely know each other, […]
If it wasn’t so insultingly, tragically, horribly awful, it would almost be funny how quickly a lawyer will jump off the phone with you once you say you’re over 25. You see, there’s some fantastic law in the State of Florida that prohibits anyone over the age of 25 from financially “benefiting” from the death […]
There was a great story on NPR last night about nursing home care in America: In a large sampling of Medicare patients discharged from hospitals to skilled nursing facilities in one year, roughly a third of the patients were harmed by their treatment in the nursing homes, the study found. Most of that harm could […]
Just before eight o’clock on the morning of February 11th, 2014, I tried calling Detective Whittier of the Deland Police Department. He had gotten in touch with me immediately after mom died, primarily because — he said — it was so unusual that Woodland Terrace had not provided the paramedics who took her to the […]
From: Ashton, Frank <ashton@jaxlegal.net> To: Gagne, David Subject: Your Mother’s Case Sent: February 10, 2014 9:22 AM David, Please give me a call today so we can discuss your mother’s case. Frank A. Ashton Hardesty Tyde Green & Ashton, P.A. 320 N. 1st Street Suite 703 Jacksonville Beach, FL 32250 Phone: (904)249-9030 Toll Free: […]
I waited a week without receiving a response to the email I sent Frank Ashton and then sent him another: From: Gagne, David To: Ashton, Frank <ashton@jaxlegal.net> Cc: Schenkel, Kim <schenkel@jaxlegal.net> Subject: Follow-Up Sent: February 6, 2014 1:50 PM Dear Mr. Ashton, To the best of my knowledge I didn’t receive a response — […]
From: Gagne, David To: Ashton, Frank Cc: Schenkel, Kim Subject: Status Update? Sent: January 30, 2014 9:20 AM Dear Mr. Ashton, Can you please tell me if there is any sort of status update you can give me about the death of my mother? It’s been 535 days since she died and it still […]
From: Gagne, David To: Ashton, Frank Subject: Kathleen A. Gagne Sent: January 6, 2014 1:13 PM Dear Mr. Ashton, I’m just checking to see if you have made any progress in reviewing my mother’s death or if you are able to give me any update at all. Thank you sincerely, David
Just after noon on January 6th, 2014, I had a twenty-minute phone call with Marla Rawnsley regarding the death of my mother and the possibility of finding any justice for her. The short answer is, “No.” Marla told me that — based on her extensive review of all of the medical records, and conversations with […]
I called Marla Rawnsley on my way to work on the morning of Friday, January, 3rd, 2014. We spoke for just a few minutes, long enough for her to tell me that she wasn’t technically back from vacation yet but that she did have some questions she wanted to ask me about mom’s death. We […]