- Mark Favaloro | May 21, 2012 10:42 PM | Greenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC
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Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
A $510 fine levied against a Torrington, Connecticut (CT), nursing home for failing to properly supervise a meal during which a disabled patient choked to death on a peanut butter and jelly...
- Shannon Weidemann | June 09, 2007 1:59 PM | Greenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC
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Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
The Mount Carmel Nursing Home in Greenfield, Wisconsin was cited for numerous violations and needs to have them fixed before any new admissions will be paid for with state funding. The home was in danger of being closed in 1998, but since then has had a record of very few violations. The nursing home was cited for many acts of negligence. The facility at 5700 W. Layton Ave., which has 439...
- Gary Shipman | September 25, 2007 7:17 PM | Wilmington, NC
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Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
The families of 23 residents who died in a bus fire near Dallas, Texas have settled a lawsuit against the nursing home who evacuated the residents during Hurricane Rita. In September, 2005, Sunrise Senior Living Services leased two buses to evacuate residents as Hurricane Rita approached the Texas coast, and the rear axle of one of the buses overheated, causing the bus to fill with flames and...
- Gary Shipman | June 12, 2007 12:14 PM | Wilmington, NC
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Automobile Accidents
You Deserve the Best" "We'll Fight for You"As consumers, we are constantly hearing/seeing television and radio ads from law firms, seeking to have those injured in a car accident, on the job, as the result of medical negligence, or in a nursing home, call their offices. Those solicitations use persuasive, but often deceptive, "come ons" in an attempt to convince you to make that call. There...
- Gary Shipman | June 12, 2007 10:03 AM | Wilmington, NC
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Automobile Accidents
"You Deserve the Best" "We'll Fight for You"As consumers, we are constantly hearing/seeing television and radio ads from law firms, seeking to have those injured in a car accident, on the job, as the result of medical negligence, or in a nursing home, call their offices. Those solicitations use persuasive, but often deceptive, "come ons" in an attempt to convince you to make that call. There...
- Christina Cole | April 18, 2007 4:34 PM | Wilmington, NC
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Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
Police are investigating an alleged case of nursing home abuse. Officers were called to a Georgetown Healthcare and Rehab where they met with the home direct and a representative from the Department of Social Services. The report alleges a 55-year-old patient was choked by a nurse's aide.In the report, the man said the attacked occurred in December but he had not reported it due to fear of...