ConvenientMD, which operates five walk-in medical clinics across Maine, will soon add a sixth in Ellsworth.
The clinic will open Jan. 7, at 235 High St., a previously vacant property that had housed a bank branch. The clinic will provide urgent care services seven days a week, according to a news release Tuesday.
Like other ConvenientMD clinics, the Ellsworth site will provide a range of basic medical care, including treatment for common illnesses and injuries, COVID-19 testing, employer health services, physical exams and preventive health services. The clinic also will perform X-rays, laboratory testing and minor surgical procedures.
Appointments are not necessary, and most insurance plans are accepted, but not required to receive care.
Businesses, lacking legal immunity, fear COVID
A lawsuit targeting a Tyson Foods plant in Iowa said workers lacked masks and were forced to work close together December 21, 2020 by David Sharp, The Associated Press, Portland MA
Plans for a lawsuit against a Maine venue that hosted what became a “superspreader” wedding reception underscore the liability risks to small businesses amid the coronavirus pandemic and an uphill push by Republicans in Congress to give such outfits legal immunity.
Behemoths like Walmart and Tyson Foods, which have been the target of COVID-19-related lawsuits, can largely absorb any losses. But hundreds of negligence lawsuits have been filed across the country, with mom-and-pops most fearing the prospect of litigation that could put them under.
David Sharp
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A sign for the Big Moose Inn is seen Friday, Sept. 18, 2020, near Millinocket, Maine. The inn was the setting for an Aug. 7 wedding reception that has since been linked to numerous cases of the coronavirus, and several deaths.
PORTLAND, Maine Plans for a lawsuit against a Maine venue that hosted what became a “superspreader” wedding reception underscore the liability risks to small businesses amid the coronavirus pandemic and an uphill push by Republicans in Congress to give such outfits legal immunity.
Behemoths like Walmart and Tyson Foods, which have been the target of COVID-19-related lawsuits, can largely absorb any losses. But hundreds of negligence lawsuits have been filed across the country, with mom-and-pops most fearing the prospect of litigation that could put them under.
Small Businesses, Lacking Legal Immunity, Fear COVID-19 Liability Lawsuits
Plans for a lawsuit against a Maine venue that hosted what became a “superspreader” wedding reception underscore the liability risks to small businesses amid the coronavirus pandemic and an uphill push by Republicans in Congress to give such outfits legal immunity.
Behemoths like Walmart and Tyson Foods, which have been the target of COVID-19-related lawsuits, can largely absorb any losses. But hundreds of negligence lawsuits have been filed across the country, with mom-and-pops most fearing the prospect of litigation that could put them under.
“They can end up losing even if they win a lawsuit,” said David Clough, of the National Federation of Independent Businesses, because costly litigation can bankrupt small businesses that don’t have deep pockets.
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Reeve Wood
AUBURN Skelton Taintor & Abbott announces the hiring of Reeve Wood as Of Counsel, focusing on title work and real estate transactions.
Wood began his career as a teacher in New York and then moved on to work as an investigator of police misconduct for the City of New York. A native of Brunswick, Wood returned to Maine where he attended the University of Maine School of Law, serving as a teaching assistant in the Legal Writing Program and graduating summa cum laude.
Wood began his legal career in 2012 with Maine Farmland Trust as legal counsel. He serves as president of the Board of the Kennebec Estuary Land Trust and as a member of its Lands Acquisition Committee, on the Bowdoinham Planning Board and Comprehensive Planning Committee and coaches the Merrymeeting Soccer Club. He lives with his wife, Hannah, and two sons in Bowdoinham. The family operates a small farmers’ market bakery.