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Family Awarded $1.5 Million After Resident Burned In Nursing Home Fire
A nursing home in Virginia has been successfully sued by the family of a man who experienced severe burns after being left alone to smoke a cigarette. A staff member pushed the wheelchair bound man, a former Marine, outside the … Continue reading
Jury Awards $1.2 Billion in Nursing Home Neglect Lawsuit
A Florida jury awarded a grand total of $1.2 billion dollars in a nursing home neglect case. This is the latest in a series of large awards that have been making headlines over the past year or two. The jury … Continue reading
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Feds Begin Crackdown On Home Care Fraud
Fifteen Illinois residents have been caught up in a federal dragnet targeting perpetrators of defrauding Medicare and Medicaid. According to officials, the nine women and six men have been taking advantage of an Illinois “Home Care” program. The program allows … Continue reading
West Virginia Nursing Home Settles Wrongful Death Lawsuit
The Heartland of Martinsburg and HCR Manorcare have learned one lesson in the aftermath of the $90 million judgement against the joint entity. That lesson is this: Average men and women who sit on juries don’t take kindly to nursing … Continue reading
Judge Defies Jury With Award Reduction
There’s little question that the jury who decided against the Greenbrier Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Franklin County Arkansas wanted to send a message when they found the nursing home guilty of nursing home neglect and awarded a $5.2 million dollar judgement against it. … Continue reading
Board Members And Officers Of Bankrupt Nursing Home Found Liable
A federal judge has upheld a $5.7 million dollar verdict against the former administrator, chief financial officer, and board members of the Lemington Home for the Aged in Pittsburgh, PA. The lawsuit was brought against the individuals by creditors, not victims of nursing home neglect. … Continue reading
$3.7M Verdict In Colorado Nursing Home Neglect Case
The family of an 88-year-old woman who died after extensive nursing home neglect in a Colorado nursing home was awarded $3.7 million dollars after a jury trial. The victim was admitted to the Belmont Lodge Healthcare Center to rehabilitate after she … Continue reading
Can Nursing Homes Be “Too Big To Sue?”
A guilty verdict against a massive nursing home ownership group in California will result in a recovery for the families of the victims, but what chance does it really have to affect the bottom line? Here’s a secret that nursing homes (especially large nursing home corporations) don’t want … Continue reading
Tort Reform Hands “Get Out of Jail Free” card to Wisconsin Nursing Homes
The latest report from the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism begins with a story about a young man with spina bifida. His “caregivers” at the Wisconsin nursing home failed to seek proper treatment for a bed sore that grew over … Continue reading
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