Pressure sores, also known as bedsores or decubitus ulcers, plague nearly one million Americans every year, and are a leading cause of nursing home injury, as our Maryland nursing home injury attorneys reported in a recent blog. Pressure sores develop after an individual rests for too long in one position…
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Jury Demands Nursing Home Pays $28 Million in Punitive Damages for Elder Abuse Case
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…
Jury Delivers Elder Abuse Verdict—Nursing Home to Pay $1.1 Million for Wrongful Death
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…
Another Wrongful Death Lawsuit for Nursing Home Complex
In a previous blog, our Maryland-based Nursing Home Attorneys discussed a nursing home abuse case involving employees from Madison Manor, one of the Richmond Health and Rehabilitation Complex homes in Kentucky, who pleaded guilty of resident abuse. This week, another lawsuit was brought against one of the Richmond complex homes—Kenwood…
Nursing Home Charged with Resident Neglect—Pressure Sores Lead to Wrongful Death
As Washington D.C.-area Nursing Home Injury Attorneys, we have been following a case that has recently gone to trial accusing an Arizona-based nursing home of neglect, failure to prevent pressure sores, and wrongful death. Irma Smith, 98, was a resident of Devon Gables Healthcare Center, and according to the lawsuit,…
Nursing Homes and Operator Admit to Fraud and Negligence in 1.6 Million Settlement
Our nursing home abuse and neglect lawyers in Maryland and the Washington D.C. area have been following the news of a lawsuit settlement announced yesterday between five Missouri-based nursing homes, the operator of the homes, and federal prosecutors. The homes were charged with severe negligence, inadequate care, lack of staffing,…
Jury Finds Nursing Home Negligent in Resident’s Death
As Maryland Nursing Home Neglect Attorneys, we have been following the recent nursing home neglect case ruling against Rosewood Care Center on behalf of Catherine Taylor, a patient who died in 2004 at the age of 88 from bed sore complications during her stay at the Illinois facility. Taylor was…
Nursing Home Injury and Wrongful Death from Decubitus Ulcer Complications
In a previous post from this week, our Maryland Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect Lawyers discussed the serious problem of Decubitus ulcers in nursing homes—pressure sores or bedsores that develop when immobile residents go for too long without being moved. If a decubitus ulcer is not detected, the nursing home…
The Risk of Decubitus Ulcers—Resident Abuse and Negligence in Nursing Homes
Decubitus ulcers, also known as bedsores or pressure sores, are a serious problem in nursing homes today—a leading cause of nursing home injury that affects nearly one million Americans every year. Decubitus ulcers develop when the blood supply to a resident’s skin is cut off, due to unrelieved pressure on…
Family Sues Nursing Home for Neglecting Resident’s Penile Cancer
In a tragic case that our Maryland-based Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect Lawyers have been following, Everett Care & Rehabilitation Center, a Washington state nursing home, is being sued for abuse and negligence, for failing to care for 97-year old resident Charles Bradley—who suffered from an untreated penile infection that…