As nursing home attorneys in Baltimore, Maryland, we have been following a recent lawsuit filed by a former resident who accused the home of nursing home negligence after she fell and broke her leg while residing at the home. According to the lawsuit, Margaret Mock, a 77-year-old woman from Schaumburg,…
A class action lawsuit has been filed this week against four New York State nursing homes and the company that operates them, Legacy Health Care, for depriving patients of their legal nursing home rights. As our Baltimore-based attorneys reported in a blog, in March of this year, New York State…
Our Washington D.C. nursing home injury attorneys have been following the recent news that the former operator of a nursing home was found responsible for the wrongful death of an elderly resident by a Georgia jury—who set the damages at $43 million. According to the wrongful death lawsuit, Morris Ellison,…
According to a report from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), the number of American residents living in nursing homes who are subjected to physical restraint has dropped by more than half, from 1999 to 2007. This reportedly came from part of the National Healthcare Quality & Disparities…
In a recent blog, our Baltimore, Maryland Nursing Home Attorneys discussed a new Maryland initiative, led by the Maryland Patient Safety Center (MPSC), to reduce the number of nursing home resident falls that can result in nursing home injury and deaths throughout the country. According to the CDC, more than…
In recent Maryland nursing home injury news, more than 24 hospitals in the state of Maryland are taking part of the Maryland Patient Safety Center’s (MPSC) SAFE from FALLS initiative, a program providing state facilities with a “road map” to prevent patient and resident falls—to reduce personal injury and harm.…
In a recent nursing home injury blog, our Washington D.C.-based attorneys reported on a current case in Northern California, where a nursing home is being accused of recklessly poor resident care and nursing home negligence, leading to the wrongful death of Frances Tanner, a Stockton native. On Wednesday of this…
As Washington D.C. Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect Attorneys, we have been following a recent case of elder abuse, where a Sacramento County Superior Court jury found a nursing home guilty for the 2005 wrongful death of a Northern California resident. Frances Tanner, a former administrative worker who had been…
In a recent blog, our Washington D.C.-based Nursing Home Neglect Attorneys discussed the prevalence of violent elder abuse incidents including nursing home falls occurring in seven veterans homes in the state of Texas, as reported by the Dallas Morning News. According to the state’s Department of Aging and Disability Services,…
In yesterday’s blog post, our lawyers from Lebowitz and Mzhen Personal Injury Lawyers, discussed the resent release of the annual state-by-state check-up of healthcare ratings, in the National Healthcare Quality Report from 2009, which includes Maryland’s ratings on nursing home care, and the use of physical restraint. Nursing home restraint…