I sent this email to attorney Steven Phillips of Pincus & Currier, LLP on August 27th, 2012 at 12:27 pm: Hey Steve, We are in the middle of packing everything for our return to LA first thing tomorrow morning. I did have a couple of questions about the contracts you sent. Is it okay […]
While my little sister was working on writing mom’s obituary, she brainstormed and put together a list of assorted facts about her. She emailed me this: She was part of the second generation of her family to be born in the United States. She was born in Providence, RI, to Anne and Vincent Albanese on […]
From: Steven Phillips <SPhillips@wprclaw.com> To: Gagne, David Subject: Fee agreement and related documents Sent: August 24, 2012 11:09 AM David, Attached are the following: Intake information page Our firm’s standard Contingency Fee Agreement Client’s Bill of Rights Medical Authorization release Please fill out the intake sheet with your contact information with your mom’s date […]
Dr. Allen Cusack of Cusack Mortuary wrote me to say: Good Evening, I am writing to inform you that I have spoken with the pathologist who will perform the actual autopsy Saturday (08/25). Just wanted to touch base with you that we were in touch and also to share that I spoke with your sister […]
About a week after she died, I contacted the corporate office of the pharmaceutical company which supplied drugs to Woodland Terrace, the assisted living facility where mom had been placed. I received an email from them three days later, which included a copy of mom’s (partial) pharmacy bill for August. It detailed that she was […]
A few days after she arrived at Cusack Mortuary, Dr. Cusack emailed me looking for an update: Good Morning Mr. Gagne, Just wanted to check in with you and see what was the lastest. Also wondering if you had a photo of your mother that you could send me in jpg form to add it […]
Four days after my mother’s death, Michelle Cofano, the Registered Nurse Specialist at the Department of Elder Affairs — also known as C.A.R.E.S. — replied to the email I sent her asking for help. She said: Hey David, Below is the information you requested: There is a program within the Department of Elder Affairs called: […]
I sent this email 1 to Dr. Allen Cusack, the manager of J.E. Cusack Mortuary, where my mother’s body is currently being held: Dear Mr. Cusack, Here is some additional information about my mother. Please do not hesitate to ask — via email or telephone — if there is any other information I can give […]
I received an email from lisa Slagter 1 <autopsyexperts@gmail.com> The (very long) subject line of the email was “Regarding comprehensive Autopsy Mrs. Kathleen Gagne to obtain CAUSE OF DEATH $3200.00”. The text of the email read: Dear David, Upon three conversations with three top Pathologist, it was verified by all three that just doing a […]
My college friend sent me an email the day before mom died, in response to the news that she had been hospitalized and discharged (again). I had gotten very excited after reading this, thinking that it might explain some of what had been happening to mom, and that we might be able to get to […]