Just before 9 o’clock this morning I received a phone call from Frank Ashton, the attorney Kelly Mathis had asked to help with the investigation of mom’s case. Mr. Ashton and I spoke for just under an hour; I gave him the abridged version of the events leading to mom’s death and he asked many […]
From: Gagne, David To: Snipes, Shane Subject: Re: Medical Records Review Status Sent: October 18, 2013 1:43 PM Hello, Shane, I haven’t heard from you since this email, but wanted to reach out again. Over the course of August and September we actually managed to get the paramedics, the hospital, and one of the […]
I’ll be honest with you: I did not see this one coming. I just received this email from the lawyer who has been handling mom’s case since the beginning of the year: From: Mathis Kelly <kmathis@mathislaw.net> To: Gagne, David CC: Perez Katherine <kperez@mathislaw.net> CC: Frank Ashton <ashton@jaxlegal.net> Subject: Kathleen Gagne claim Sent: October 18, […]
I hadn’t heard anything from Katie Perez, the legal assistant at K.B. Mathis, P.A., since September 26th — more than two weeks — so on Monday, October 14th, I sent her an email asking for an update. It’s been three days since then, so I forwarded that same email to Katie again and added this […]
From: Gagne, David To: Perez, Katie <KPerez@mathislaw.net> Subject: Re: Update Sent: October 14, 2013 3:41 PM Dear Katie, It’s been a few weeks so I thought I’d drop you a note to see if there have been any updates. I was also wondering if you think it might make sense for me to provide […]
Today marks 428 days since mom died. On August 17th, 2012 — less than a week after mom died — I wrote the following to a woman named Michelle Cofano, who worked (works?) for the State of Florida Department of Elder Affairs:
From: Katherine Perez To: David Gagne Subject: Update Sent: September 26, 2013 @ 10:07 AM PDT I confirmed with the outside attorney that they have everything they need. He advised that they have begun reviewing the medical history to determine whether or not the documentation of wrongdoing is significant enough to warrant litigation. I […]
From: David Gagne To: Katie Perez Subject: Re: Status Sent: September 18, 2013 @ 10:45 AM PDT Hey, Katie, Have you received copies of mom’s medical records from Florida Hospital Deland (Fish Memorial) that you requested on September 5th? Is there any way you could ask the external counsel working on the case for […]
Yesterday I got a reminder email from Amazon to let me know that mom’s birthday is approaching. I wonder for how many more years I’ll continue to receive them, and if I’ll ever stop wishing with all my heart that I could finally give her a copy of My Cousin Vinny or the widescreen edition […]
From: Katie Perez To: David Gagne Subject: Status Sent: September 3, 2013 @ 03:08 PM PDT Mr. Gagne: I just wanted to update you on the status. We have provided the death certificate to the attorney for review and requested the records from Florida Hospital DeLand. I will update you as soon as we […]