Posts tagged nursing home abuse

• Big Business Controls Justice in Tennessee

  Rob McKinney | February 25, 2008 8:11 AM | 0 CommentsNashville, TN Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  Big Business has taken over the court system. First , the nursing home industry is pushing for damage caps on nursing home lawsuits. The nursing home groups want to put a $ 500,000 monetary cap on nursing home lawsuits. This proposal comes when the nursing home care is at an alltime low in terms of quality patient care. Second , the Bush Adminstration is pushing for the appointment of a...

• Arbitration Agreements Are on The Rise

  Rob McKinney | September 03, 2007 12:56 PM | 0 CommentsNashville, TN Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  Arbitration Agreements are the subject of much debate . They are commonly used in nursing home admissions contracts . When you sign the contract , you agree to arbitration if you later have a claim due to nursing home neglect or injuries that occur at the nursing home . Now these agreements are popping up everywhere . Recently my wife needed a new car . Inside the office...

• Be Careful of Signing Liabilty Waivers

  Rob McKinney | August 18, 2007 10:09 AM | 0 CommentsNashville, TN Category: Wrongful Death
  

  Remember the old line , you better read it before you sign it. That applies in Tennessee personal injury accident cases . Often , one is asked to sign a " Waiver and Release of Liabilty " form before some types of activities . I know I do when my son plays paintball in Spring Hill , Tennessee . It is often a form that the person says here sign and you do not think anything about it...

• Arbitration Clauses in Nursing Home Cases

  Rob McKinney | July 25, 2007 4:06 PM | 0 CommentsNashville, TN Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  Winston Churchill once said " The greatest gift the English people gave America was the right to a trial by jury ". Nursing home operators do not believe in this fundamental right . Nursing homes have been placing arbitration clauses in their contracts which prevents one from suing the nursing home if they are negligent . These arbitration clauses prevent the nursing homes...

• Arbitration Clauses in Nursing Home Cases(2)

  Rob McKinney | July 25, 2007 4:06 PM | 0 CommentsNashville, TN Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  Winston Churchill once said " The greatest gift the English people gave America was the right to a trial by jury ". Nursing home operators do not believe in this fundamental right . Nursing homes have been placing arbitration clauses in their contracts which prevents one from suing the nursing home if they are negligent . These arbitration clauses prevent the nursing homes...

• Nursing Home Safety Report

  Rob McKinney | April 24, 2007 8:13 AM | 0 CommentsNashville, TN Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  Over 1.5 million people live in one of 16,400 nursing homes during the year . Why is the Federal Government not cracking down on the on the homes that have a history of mistreating patients ? Congress enacted tough laws in 1987 to protect nursing home residents . However , the Department of Health and Human Services has failed to do their job . The New York Times...

• Deadly Car Accident in Franklin Caused by Alcohol

  Rob McKinney | April 11, 2007 4:33 PM | 0 CommentsNashville, TN Category: Wrongful Death
  

  A day of drinking turns deadly on Franklin Road as traffic was tied up for hours . Jeremiah McPherson began drinking after he left a job site . It appears he was to drunk to drive and slammed into another car. McPherson was driving a Cavalier that hit a Lexus at the intersection of Franklin Road and Mack Hatcher Boulevard. The passenger of McPherson's car was killed and the other...

• National HealthCare Corp. Ordered to Pay Millions

  Rob McKinney | February 23, 2007 4:36 PM | 0 CommentsNashville, TN Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  A Warren County jury in McMinnville , Tennessee awarded a 4.1 million dollar judgement on February 21 , 2007 againist National HealthCare Corp. The jury awarded the amount based upon a broken hip , bedsores , and other medical problems . One of the key issues in the case appeared to be one of understaffing of employees . Bedsores develop when a patient is not cared for...

• Bed Rail Safety

  Rob McKinney | January 24, 2007 5:00 PM | 0 CommentsNashville, TN Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  Hospital bed safety is a huge concern of mine . Several years ago , I handled a product liabilty case againist Vail Bed Products .Vail ignored the FDA warnings and several children accross the country were trapped in the beds and were killed by mechanical asphyxiation . Due to my client and others accross the country the plant was shut down by U.S. Marshalls. It led me to be on the...

• Failure to Give Adequate Care

  Rob McKinney | December 01, 2006 9:17 AM | 0 CommentsNashville, TN Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  I was reading the ATLA Law News Digest and came across this story . The story shows that some nursing homes definitely put profit over their patient's well-being . Staff cuts and low staffing numbers are the root of the problem . Understaffing saves money , but diminshes care . I have reprinted part of the report below from ATLA and Readers Digest . An 84-year-old...