Gene McGinnis:  

I spend my life these days fighting for my son, Sam McGinnis who was shot twice at work in 2008 during a robbery at CVS in Tampa Florida where we live. Yesterday, Sunday, August 7th the St Petersburg Times did a great front page story on him and the troubles he has with CVS not wanting to help him as they are the only ones that can under current workers compensation laws. Since classmates does not allow links to be inserted, if you search on the St Petersburg Times for Sam McGinnis, they did a great job! Best to all, Gene McGinnis It's amazing what cares we thought were so important in high school and how small issues then we thought would change out lives or we would just die! The last time I wrote, I was only looking for support to help my son in any capacity here in Florida, (not knowing who may live here besides my family). We had a real success story this past summer, as many may have read my earlier report about my son's shooting at work and the opposition we had from the political system of Florida to change in providing better doctors, (it was a mess). My son had better health insurance than 95% of any other American, but was unable to use it because he was shot at work. He was only allowed to use state supplied doctors that CVS could change at any time. In the past five years I have taken the Speaker of the House to the Senate Building in Tallahassee before the Ethics Committee for personal gain over this law. Earlier this year, we thought we were plain doomed. My son was still in a wheelchair and suffered from the nerve pain inflicted from the barrel of a 9mm pistol. CVS hired a doctor to testify that my son Sam could walk and didn't need a wheelchair. My son Sam was ready to end his life as he was ...Expand for more