Posts tagged nursing home

• Don't Get Duped by Luxurious Nursing Home Amenities When Making Your Decision

  David Mittleman | December 13, 2011 9:31 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  The Detroit Free Press recently reviewed the state inspection reports for Michigan nursing homes and made several shocking discoveries. At least six individuals under the care of nursing...

• Use of Physical Restraints With Elderly Patients Leads to More Harm Than Good

  David Mittleman | November 11, 2011 10:00 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  Dealing with elderly patients can be difficult and unpredictable, but according to a growing body of medical research restraining patients to prevent them from pulling out tubes or falling can do...

• Jury Awards $90 Million to Son of Nursing Home Abuse Victim

  David Mittleman | October 27, 2011 9:34 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  A Charleston, West Virginia jury awarded the son of an 87-year-old women $90 million in damages after she died just weeks after being transferred to a temporary nursing home. In spite of the medical...

• The Pros and Cons of Litigation Funding

  Mark Bello | October 11, 2011 3:26 PM | 2 CommentsFarmington Hills, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  A woman was hit by a pick-up truck while riding her bike when the driver ran a red light and hit her as she crossed the intersection. She was rushed to the hospital and treated for multiple broken...

• Nursing Home Malpractice Lawsuit Settles for $23 Million

  Mark Bello | September 22, 2011 2:36 PM | 1 CommentFarmington Hills, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  A jury awarded $23.1 million in the nursing home malpractice case after a woman had both her legs and a finger amputated because of an infection that went septic and gangrenous. The woman claimed a...

• Largest Nursing Home Abuse Verdict in History Shocks Industry and Riles Tort Reformers

  David Mittleman | September 02, 2010 10:00 AM | 2 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  Humboldt County, CA--Earlier this week, a group of California jurors announced the largest verdict in history against a nursing home accused of abuse. That verdict of $677 million sent shock waves...

• Florida Jury Awards $114 Million to Family of Nursing Home Abuse Victim

  David Mittleman | August 08, 2010 10:00 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  Polk County, Florida—a jury recently awarded $114 million to the family of a 76-year-old woman who fell victim to nursing home abuse and subsequently died on July 6, 2003. The verdict...

• Jury Awards Family $4.85 Million for Nursing Home Death Resulting from Morphine Overdose

  David Mittleman | July 30, 2010 10:00 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  The family of a Newport, MI man who died in 2002 after receiving a morphine overdose at a local nursing home has won a $4.85 million civil judgment against the facility. A three-week medical...

• California Jury Awards Family of Elder Abuse Victim $30 Million After Tragic Death

  David Mittleman | May 15, 2010 12:43 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  Jurors recently determined that a Northern California-based nursing home chain should pay nearly $30 million in damages for the death of a 79-year-old woman who was killed as a result of elder abuse...

• Texas Department of Aging Vows to Step Up Efforts in Investigating Nursing Home Complaints

  David Mittleman | February 18, 2010 10:02 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  At least one state is taking steps to create teams that would be responsible for scrutinizing nursing home complaints. Faced with alarming delays in investigating current nursing home complaints,...