Pennsylvania Nursing Home Lawsuit Punitive Damage Awards May Be Limited
Pennsylvania legislators are attempting to impose new limits on punitive damage awards leveled against elderly care facilities in lawsuits over nursing home neglect and abuse. Last week, the...
View ArticleKentucky Nursing Home Negligence Lawsuit Results in $8M Verdict
The family of a retired doctor, who died after his legs were broken at a Louisville nursing home, has been awarded $8 million through a wrongful death lawsuit. Dr. David Griffin died in late 2008,...
View ArticleElder Neglect Lawsuit Filed Against Shuttle Bus Company
A San Francisco shuttle bus company faces a wrongful death lawsuit, brought by the family of an elderly man with dementia who died after he was allegedly dropped off at the wrong location. The...
View ArticleNursing Home Assault Lawsuit Filed After Man Beaten to Death
A Chicago area nursing home faces a wrongful death lawsuit brought by the family of a man who died while living at the facility, after he was attacked by another resident. The family of Anibal...
View ArticleColorado Nursing Home Lawsuit Over Bedsores Results in $3.2M Verdict
The family of a Colorado nursing home resident has been awarded $3.2 million in a wrongful death lawsuit filed after the facility allegedly failed to identify and treat massive bedsores that eventually...
View ArticleHospital Bedsores Linked to Increased Risk of Death: Study
Patients who developed hospital bedsores, also known as pressure sores or decubitus ulcers, are more likely to die during their hospital stay and overall have longer hospitalization periods, according...
View ArticleNursing Home Neglect Lawsuit Results in $1.8M Jury Award
A jury has awarded nearly $2 million in damages against a Florida nursing home accused of letting a former professional wrestler die of malnutrition and complications allegedly caused by untreated...
View ArticleWrongful Death Lawsuit Filed After Woman Freezes Outside Nursing Home
An Illinois nursing home faces a wrongful death lawsuit that has been filed by the family of a woman suffering from Alzheimer’s disease, who died after being trapped in the cold outside of the...
View ArticleNursing Homes that Neglected Patients Got $5.1B From Medicare: Report
The country’s Medicare program paid more than $5.1 billion to nursing homes that were not providing the proper standard of care for residents, according to a new government report. A study (PDF)...
View ArticleEmeritus Nursing Home Lawsuit Results in $23M Punitive Damage Award
A California jury has awarded $23 million in punitive damages against Emeritus Corp., a nationwide chain of assisted living facilities, following a wrongful death lawsuit brought by the family of woman...
View ArticleNursing Home Morphine Overdose Lawsuit Results in $700k Jury Award
A Missouri jury has awarded $700,000 to the family of a man who died from a morphine overdose at a nursing home in St. Louis County, finding that the facility was responsible for the mysterious death....
View ArticleArkansas Nursing Home Death Results in $5.2M Lawsuit Award
An Arkansas jury has awarded $5.2 million to a family that filed a lawsuit over nursing home neglect, alleging that a Greenbrier facility failed to provide access to medical care for a resident. The...
View ArticleNursing Home Lawsuit Over Repeated Falls Results in $1.2B Jury Award
A Florida jury awarded $1.2 billion in damages this week in a nursing home negligence lawsuit, including a rare award of punitive damages designed to punish the facility for mistreatment of residents....
View ArticlePost-Surgical Complications Linked to Risk of Falls Among Older Patients
The findings of a new study suggest that doctors should more carefully look at an elderly patient’s history of falls to help determine surgical health risks. Researchers from the University of...
View ArticleNursing Home Neglect, $60M In Medicare Fraud, Lead to Owners’ Arrest
The owners of a New York nursing home face charges of Medicare fraud and nursing home neglect for stealing public funds meant to improve conditions at the facility they ran. A number of employees have...
View ArticlePreventable Nursing Home Mistakes Suffered by 22% of Patients: Report
A new government review suggests that nearly a quarter of all nursing home residents experience an adverse event and another 11% are harmed due to mistakes, most of which were preventable. In a...
View ArticleFlorida Bill Seeks to Limit Nursing Home Lawsuits
Florida lawmakers are planning to introduce a new bill that seeks to limit the ability of plaintiffs to pursue lawsuits against the backers of nursing homes that engage in negligent and abusive care of...
View ArticleNursing Home Rehab Lawsuit Results in $13.2M Award for Wrongful Death
A jury in New Jersey has awarded $13.2 million to the family of a woman who died due to nursing home bedsores, which were allegedly caused by neglect and poor care in a Jersey City rehab center. The...
View ArticleMassachusetts Nursing Home Lawsuit Results in $14M Verdict
A jury has awarded $14 million in a wrongful death lawsuit filed against a Massachusetts nursing home, including a rare punitive damages award designed to punish the facility for the poor care...
View ArticleQuestions Raised About Reliability of Nursing Home Ratings
The findings of a recent investigative report by the New York Times has raised serious questions over whether families can reliably trust nursing home ratings doled out by federal regulators. The U.S....
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