The Waiting
May 29th, 2013 @ 8:33 am

On the morning of May 29th I received a blind carbon copy of an email, sent at 11:30 AM on the East coast, that Kelly Mathis of Mathis & Murphy sent to James Morrison of Quintairos, Prieto, Wood & Boyer, P.A., the law firm representing Woodland Terrace. Kelly still hasn’t responded directly to the voice […]

Status Quo
May 28th, 2013 @ 10:06 am

Mom has been dead for nine and a half months now, and I have been trying unsuccessfully to get Woodland Terrace — the nursing facility where she died — to give me copies of her medical records since about two weeks after that. Their latest stall tactic is to say they won’t deliver the records […]

Another Week.
May 24th, 2013 @ 9:49 am

Just after seven o’clock this morning, Friday, May 24th, 2013, I emailed Kelly Mathis of Mathis & Murphy, P.A. in regards to my quixotic attempt to get Woodland Terrace to release my mother’s medical records. I was specifically writing in response to Monday’s email exchange between Mr. Mathis and Mr. Morrison of Quintairos, Prieto, Wood […]

Medical Records
May 20th, 2013 @ 1:40 pm

On Monday, May 13, 2013, at 2:34 PM, Kelly Mathis of Mathis & Murphy, P.A. emailed James B. Morrison of Quintairos, Prieto, Wood & Boyer, P.A., the law firm representing Woodland Terrace with a subject line of Estate of Kathleen Gagne:   Mr. Morrison, Please advise when we will receive the records for the above […]

Additional Records Requests
May 9th, 2013 @ 10:51 am

Yesterday I told Jennifer at Mathis & Murphy that I would send her copies of some questions I had asked Jill. I sent her this email this morning:   Dear Jennifer, During our phone call yesterday I mentioned that I had previously asked Jill about obtaining my mother’s medical records from Fish Memorial Hospital, Halifax […]

Waiting
May 7th, 2013 @ 9:21 am

At 6:22 AM attorney Kelly Mathis replied to my email from last night. He wrote:   Not yet. We have left a message and are still awaiting a return call. Kelly   I replied at 7:27 AM with:   I don’t understand, Kelly. That’s absurd. How long are we going to wait?   Then at […]

Yet Another Day
May 6th, 2013 @ 1:47 pm

I went to bed last night hoping against hope that today, Monday, I’d finally get a response to my months and months of trying to obtain copies of mom’s medical records. At 1:47PM my time — 4:47PM in Florida — I sent this email to attorney Kelly Mathis, in reply to his message to me […]

Claim investigation
May 3rd, 2013 @ 11:52 am

Just before lunch on Friday, May 3rd, I sent a follow-up to my previous email to attorney Kelly Mathis. I wrote:   Hi, Kelly, Unless the attorney for Woodland Terrace has complied with the request and you simply haven’t updated me yet, it’s now been more than three full weeks that we have been waiting. […]

Goodbye, Jill
April 30th, 2013 @ 4:01 pm

Jill Bechtold of Mathis & Murphy, P.A. finally replied to my desperate email pleas at the end of April:   Sent: April 30, 2013 @ 4:01 PM PDT David I have forwarded your email correspondence to Kelly, the managing partner on the case. I have accepted a new position at a different law firm and […]

Seton Hill Alumni Relations
March 26th, 2013 @ 8:51 am

This morning I received a response from the Director of Alumni Relations at Seton Hill University.   David, I am very sorry to learn of the recent death of your mother. I apologize for the delay in my response but thank you for your inquiry regarding information about your mother’s attendance at Seton Hill. I […]