Hounding the Doctor
September 7th, 2012 @ 6:24 am

At about eight o’clock on the morning of Wednesday, September 5th, 2012 I had forwarded an email from Dr. Cusack to Attorney Steven Phillips of Pincus & Currier, LLP and added this note: Steve, Do you have any idea what I should do here? I am just completely at a loss at this point. He […]

The End
September 6th, 2012 @ 9:45 am

Dr. Allen Cusack of Cusack Mortuary just emailed me: Great News!! The medical examiner’s office for Volusia County approved the cremation at 11:26 a. m. Like I said, it wouldn’t take long once we had a doctor’s signature. The delay has been Dr. Peele as everyone else has been ready to do our duties. The […]

Employee Records
September 5th, 2012 @ 11:22 am

About a month after she died, I sent the following email to one of the places mom worked when I was a kid:   From: Gagne, David To: Morris, Patty Subject: Employee Records Sent: September 5, 2012 11:22 AM Pacific Dear Ms. Morris, I found your email address listed as the contact reference for the […]

Dr. Wolf Email
September 4th, 2012 @ 4:29 pm

On September 4th of 2012, I sent the following email to the attorney, Steven Phillips: Hey Steve, When you get a chance, can you please share Dr. Wolf‘s email address with me? I would very much like to give her access to the website, which has many resources she may find useful, including detailed descriptions […]

Is there anything I can do?
September 4th, 2012 @ 12:08 pm

I sent this email to attorney Steve Phillips on the afternoon of September 4th, 2012: Hey Steve, Are you waiting for anything from me right now? Is there anything I can do at all right now? Did you get a chance to read any of the articles I posted about the class-action settlement against Johnson […]

Cremation Delayed
September 4th, 2012 @ 10:43 am

I emailed Allen at Cusack Mortuary to ask about the status of my mother’s cremation. She died over three weeks ago, so it is very frustrating that we are still dealing with this: Dear Allen, Can I get an update on the status of my mother’s ashes? Was the cremation completed? Have you heard from […]

Oregon Risperdal Settlement
August 31st, 2012 @ 1:20 pm

I sent this note to attorney Steven Phillips of Pincus & Currier, LLP at the end of August, 2012:   The consumer protection settlement announced this morning is based on a long-running investigation into whether Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, paid kickbacks to providers to use the drug for unapproved purposes […]

Death Certificate
August 29th, 2012 @ 10:44 pm

Here is an email I sent to the first lawyer who was helping me deal with things after mom died. Obtaining a copy of her death certificate was — like seemingly everything else — a huge pain:   From: Gagne, David To: Phillips, Steve <sphillips@wprclaw.com> Subject: Death Certificate Sent: August 29, 2012 1:44 AM ET […]

Paprika
August 29th, 2012 @ 3:19 pm

At the end of August 2012, I sent this email to the woman who helped so much with mom:   Dear [redacted], At the beginning of August we received a notice from Ravenwood Veterinary Clinic which said that it is time for Paprika to receive a dental exam. (It was actually scheduled for August 12th, […]

Social Security Disability
August 27th, 2012 @ 7:04 pm

My sister sent me an email regarding mom’s Social Security: The woman who has been working on Mom’s Social Security Disability claim is Jessica Srinivasan out of the Port Orange office. Mom’s last Social Security Retirement payment is the one we received in August 2012 because it pays a month behind (the August payment is […]