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.…
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Estate of Sexually Assaulted Resident Sues for Negligence and Abuse
As Baltimore, Maryland nursing home injury attorneys, we have been following the news of a recent tragedy, where the estate of nursing home resident Mary Speigl, who was living in the Franciscan Villa nursing home, is suing the home for nursing home negligence and abuse, after Speigl was reportedly raped…
Family Brings New Charges in ‘Kung Fu judge’ John Phillips’ Nursing Home Neglect Lawsuit
In a blog from earlier this year, our Baltimore nursing home injury attorneys reported on a $10 million nursing home negligence lawsuit filed by the family of a well known Brooklyn judge John Phillips, otherwise known as the “Kung Fu Judge,” for famously making martial arts moves over this 17-year…
Civil Jury Finds Nursing Home Negligent for Resident’s Bedsores
In recent news that our nursing home abuse attorneys in Baltimore, Maryland have been following, a civil jury has found a nursing home in San Antonio, Texas, negligent, for the death of a resident who developed huge bedsores that became severely infected under the home’s care. According to My San…
NY Nursing Home Faces Class Action Lawsuit for Negligence and Abuse
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…
Nursing Home Sued for $2 Million in Wrongful Death Lawsuit
In recent news that our Washington D.C. nursing home injury attorneys have been following, a lawsuit has been filed against health care workers at a Northern Virginia nursing home, accusing the workers and home of wrongful death. According to the lawsuit, Mary Ellen Hillyard became a resident of Evergreen Health…
Another Minnesota Family Files Nursing Home Abuse Lawsuit in South Dakota
As nursing home abuse attorneys in Baltimore, Maryland, we recently reported in a blog on a series of lawsuits against Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society in Albert Lea, Minnesota, by families of a nursing home abuse victims—after an investigation revealed nearly half a year of alleged nursing home abuse in…
Nursing Home Victim’s Family Hopes Wrongful Death Settlement Will Help to Educate Others
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…
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…