No News
May 10th, 2013 @ 1:06 pm

I called Jennifer at Mathis & Murphy at one o’clock this afternoon hoping for some good news. The receptionist who answered the phone said that Jennifer was out of the office for the day. I thanked her and told her I would just call again on Monday.

Touching Base
May 8th, 2013 @ 12:05 pm

I called Jennifer at Mathis & Murphy this afternoon. She told me she had touched base with Nicole at the office of the attorney for Woodland Terrace. Nicole told her that she had submitted the paperwork, and Jennifer asked Nicole if it would be okay for her to touch base each day until we have […]

Progress?
May 7th, 2013 @ 1:57 pm

Just before two o’clock (my time) I received a call from Jennifer at Mathis & Murphy, P.A. She told me that she had been in contact with a Nicole Barna at the law firm representing Woodland Terrace, who asked her to resubmit our request for my mother’s medical records via email. Jennifer said she did […]

Perseverance
May 7th, 2013 @ 12:10 pm

I called Jennifer at Mathis & Murphy, P.A. just after noon, as she suggested earlier today. She told me that since our phone call she had tried twice more to get in touch with someone at the law firm representing Woodland Terrace, but had gotten no response. She said she left another message for James […]

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 […]

Autopsy Results
December 8th, 2012 @ 12:18 pm

Early in December of 2012, I was walking around Beverly Hills — window-shopping and carrying my son — when my phone rang. It was Dr. Wolf. She asked if I had time to talk and I apologized and said that I couldn’t because I had my hands full. I asked her if she could call […]

Autopsy Update
December 6th, 2012 @ 10:11 am

On the morning of December 6th, 2012, I received a phone call from Elaine, who said she was the assistant to Dr. Barbara Wolf. Elaine called to tell me that Dr. Wolf had received the final payment I made for the autopsy she performed on mom and that she should have the toxicology results soon, […]

Calling Dr. Wolf
December 4th, 2012 @ 8:49 am

On my way to work on the morning of December 4th, 2012, I tried calling Dr. Barbara Wolf, the District Five Medical Examiner. I wanted to see if she had heard from attorney Steve Phillips, since I have not had any communication with him since an email he sent me on November 8th. The woman […]

Calling Steve
December 4th, 2012 @ 8:48 am

I tried calling my lawyer, Steve Phillips, of Pincus & Currier, LLP, again on the morning of December 4th, 2012. He did not return the voice mail I left him on the 3rd, and even after two voice mails and multiple emails, I have not heard from him in almost a full month now. He […]

Calling Steve
December 3rd, 2012 @ 8:39 am

Despite repeated emails and at least one voice mail, I haven’t heard from our lawyer, Steve Phillips, of Pincus & Currier, LLP, in well over three weeks now. I called him again on the morning of December 3rd, 2012 while driving to work and left him another voice mail expressing my concern about his lack […]