In a blog from last week, our Prince George’s nursing home injury attorneys reported on a wrongful death lawsuit, where Cynthia Wilms, a rehabilitation patient died in a nursing and rehabilitation facility from an infection that the lawsuit alleged was due to negligence and chronic understaffing. In a new article…
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Maryland to Receive $1.7 M in HHS Grants to Help Seniors and Disabled Individuals in Homes
Our Baltimore nursing home attorneys have been following the recent news release that the state of Maryland is slated to collect around $1.7 million in grants by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), to help disabled people, seniors, and their health care givers to better comprehend and…
The Danger of Sepsis in Nursing Homes
In a recent blog, our nursing home abuse and negligence attorneys in Baltimore, Maryland discussed the danger of sepsis in nursing homes, a leading cause of death among elderly residents. Sepsis is a deadly blood disease that forms a massive infection in the body, resulting in blood poisoning. In nursing…
Wrongful Death Lawsuit Settled—Resident’s Family To Receive $2.24 M
Our Maryland nursing home negligence attorneys recently discussed a wrongful death settlement of 43.5 million in a blog, after a nursing home operator was found responsible for negligence that allegedly led to a resident’s death. In another recent wrongful death lawsuit settlement from this week that our attorneys have been…
Nursing Home Operator To Pay $43.5M in Wrongful Death Lawsuit—And Faces Federal Fraud Charges
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,…
Skilled Healthcare Announces Nursing Home Lawsuit Settlement—After Recent $677 M Verdict
In a previous blog, our nursing home negligence attorneys in Baltimore, Maryland discussed a recent lawsuit verdict, where a jury handed Skilled Healthcare Group Inc., a nursing home company based in California, a $677 million verdict over nursing home negligence due to understaffing in the homes. According to Bloomberg news,…
For-profit Nursing Home Industry Slammed in $677 Million Nursing Home Verdict
As Washington D.C. nursing home negligence attorneys, we have been watching a recent lawsuit where a Humboldt County jury slapped a California nursing home company with a $677 million verdict over staffing. According to Cindy Cool, whose father was a resident of Eureka Healthcare and Rehabilitation and suffered from Alzheimer’s…
Jury Awards Stepdaughter with $400,000 in Nursing Home Abuse Lawsuit Verdict
In a recent nursing home lawsuit verdict that our Maryland nursing home injury attorneys have read about, the stepdaughter of a former nursing home resident has been awarded $400,000 after years of fighting to hold the home accountable for the nursing home abuse of her step father. According to the…
Woman Injured by Morphine Overdose Gets $3M in Nursing Home Negligence Lawsuit
In recent nursing home news that our Baltimore nursing home neglect attorneys have been following, a California jury decided this week that a patient who was given a morphine overdose while recovering from surgery at a nursing facility should be awarded over $3 million from the nursing facility and a…
Report Recommends CMS to Fine Britthaven Nursing Home for Wrongful Death
In a related blog, our Baltimore nursing home injury attorneys discussed the use of chemical restraints in nursing homes, and the recent indictment of a registered nurse from Britthaven of Chapel Hill Nursing Home, after a nursing home resident died from a morphine overdose. The nurse, 44-year-old Angela Almore was…