Nursing Home Lawsuit for Resident That Froze to Death
Nursing Home Negligent in Death, Lawsuit Claims The Chicago Tribune has a story of a lawsuit involving the death of an 89-year-old nursing home resident. In the nursing home neglect lawsuit, the family...
View Article$11 Million Nursing Home Verdict in Phoenix
A nursing home lawsuit in Phoenix on behalf of a the family of a man who died in a Phoenix assisted living facility was awareded $11 million in damages. According to the nursing home lawsuit, Liberty...
View ArticleNursing Home Suicides
The Irish Times reports on a study from the National Suicide Research Foundation that found that the experience of being abused in an institution had led to huge anxiety among survivors regarding the...
View ArticleFlorida Nursing Home Lawsuit
Strong allegations from Florida: a class action nursing home lawsuit claims a Lake Worth nursing home that a engaged in scheme to defraud Medicare and Medicaid and “prey on vulnerable adults.” The lead...
View ArticleNursing Home Surveillance Cameras
There is an interesting article in the University of Illinois Elder Law Journal entitled “Big Brother” and Grandma: An Argument for Video Surveillance in Nursing Homes. The premise of the article is...
View ArticleNursing Home Verdict
A jury in Massachusetts found that a nursing home was negligent in causing an eye injury, awarding $400,000 for the Plaintiff’s pain and suffering during the 45 days between the injury and his death....
View ArticleLawyer Bilks Nursing Home Patients… and Medicare
This article in Law.com goes against my “lawyers are protecting nursing home residents” theory, which I now have to bump back to hypothesis: An attorney faces a maximum of 20 years in prison after...
View ArticleNew Jersey Nursing Home Verdict Affirmed (to Plaintiffs’ Chagrin)
When you get a verdict in a nursing home case, you generally are home free unless you lose on appeal. In this case, the appellate court affirmed the verdict to the chagrin of the plaintiffs’ lawyers....
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Two New Pennsylvania Appellate Nursing Opinions
Unfortunately, most courts around the country have enforced nursing home agreements executed by residents agreeing to forgo civil claims in favor of arbitration for negligence claims. The game changes...
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Little Nursing Home Abuses That Never See a Courtroom
If you are handling nursing home cases, you tend to focus exclusively on the negligence and abuse claims that are going to lead to a substantial verdict or settlement. What we tend to forget is the...
View ArticleQuarter of Nursing Homes Are Dismal
This is hardly “knock me over with a feather” news for nursing home lawyers. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services – a federal agency – gave slmost a quarter of our nursing homes the lowest...
View ArticleMississippi Nursing Home Nursing Home Escapes Liability on Technicality
The Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal of nursing home abuse neglect claim because the plaintiff failed to provide 60 days’ notice of the intention to file a medical malpractice...
View ArticleDoes a Power of Attorney Make You Liable for Nursing Home Bills?
If you have a power of attorney from your elderly parent or relative that lives in a nursing home, does that mean you can be held liable for nursing home bills? The answer is no, but nursing homes may...
View ArticleNursing Home Bedsore Lawsuit
On this page, our nursing home lawyers will look at nursing home negligence lawsuits involving bedsores (also known as pressure sores or pressure ulcers). Bed sores are skin tissue wounds that develop...
View ArticleTexas Appellate Court Upholds $7.1 Million Verdict
In the case of Red Bluff v. Tarpley (No. 14-22-190), a Texas appellate panel upheld a $7.1 million verdict for a nursing home assistant, Nicole Tarpley, on Thursday. She was injured when a patient...
View ArticleMaryland Nursing Home Lawsuits
On this page we will look at lawsuits against Maryland nursing homes for abuse, neglect and malpractice. If your elderly parent or relative died or was seriously injured due to nursing home negligence...
View ArticleNursing Home Negligence Lawyers
If you or a family member has been the victim of nursing home neglect, abuse or negligent medical care, you can file civil lawsuit against the nursing home facility and get financial compensation....
View ArticlePennsylvania Nursing Home Lawsuit
This page looks at Pennsylvania nursing home lawsuits. We will examine the law governing these claims and the expected settlement amount in Pennsylvania nursing home suits so you can get a better idea...
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