According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), every year, 1 in 3 elderly adults over the age of 65 suffer from falls, many of which happen in nursing homes—with falls being the leading cause of injury-related death in the age group. A recent Los Angeles Times article…
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Nursing Facility Fall Leads to Death of Escaping Resident
According to an article in the Chicago Sun Times that our Maryland nursing home injury attorneys have been following, a recent nursing home fall caused the death of a resident—who tied sheets together and used them as a rope to try and lower himself out of the window and escape.…
Nursing Home Fall leads to Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Motion Picture & Television Fund
In recent news, that our nursing home injury attorneys based in Baltimore, Maryland have been following, the Motion Picture & Television Fund’s nursing home is being sued for negligence by the family of a nursing home resident who reportedly died after suffering from a nursing home fall. According to the…
Assisted Living Center Faces Lawsuit After Resident Dies From Tripping on Phone Cord
Another assisted living facility in Illinois has been sued for negligence, according to a Madison Record news story that our Maryland nursing home injury attorneys have been following, after a resident died from health complications and injuries sustained after tripping on a telephone cord in the home’s walkway. According to…
Jury Awards $1M to Family in Nursing Home Fall and Wrongful Death Lawsuit
Nursing and rehabilitation center falls continue to be a serious problem for residents who are recovering from surgery, weak, and have difficulty walking or caring for themselves. As our Washington D.C. nursing home negligence attorneys have stated in a blog, nursing home falls can be frequent, painful, debilitating, and can…
Undisclosed Nursing Home Falls Lead To Lawsuit After Resident’s Death
As our nursing home attorneys in Charles County, Maryland have discussed in a previous blog post, falls in nursing homes and hospitals are a major problem today, with over 1,800 residents dying each year due to fall-related injuries, according to the CDC. Although only five percent of adults who are…
Nursing Home Sued For Failing to Prevent Resident’s Death from Pressure Sores, Falls
In recent news that our nursing home injury attorneys in Baltimore, Maryland have been following, the wife of a nursing home resident who died last year after suffering from multiple nursing home falls as well as an infected pressure sore, has filed a lawsuit against the Illinois nursing home, seeking…
Children of Hollywood Actor Gene Barry Sue Nursing Home for Elder Abuse and Negligence
Our Baltimore nursing home injury attorneys have been following a recent lawsuit filed by the children of well-known Hollywood film and television actor Gene Barry, who allege that a nursing home neglected to monitor the actor’s health after he suffered a tragic nursing home fall, which led to his death.…
Reducing Nursing Home and Hospital Falls to Prevent Patient Injury
Our Washington D.C. nursing home injury attorneys recently discussed the prevalence of falls in nursing homes and hospitals in a blog, and how to reduce the number of falls that can result in nursing home resident injury and wrongful death throughout the nation. The CDC reports that over 1,800 residents…
Negligence Lawsuit Settlement Reached—Home Sued After Wandering Veteran Froze to Death
In a recent wrongful death and negligence lawsuit settlement, the state Department of Military and Veterans Affairs has agreed to pay the family of a retired Philadelphia police officer and Korean war veteran $250,000, after the elderly man wandered unsupervised from the state veterans nursing home and froze to death.…