Michigan Medical Malpractice Leads To Broken Neck
February 11, 2012
A 90-year-old World War II vet who had Alzheimer’s disease and poor balance was supposed to never be left unattended where he could possibly fall. Unfortunately, a privately contracted nursing aide negligently left the man sitting on the edge of his bed when she left his room to obtain a piec[...]
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Minnesota Medical Malpractice Caused Choking Death
February 9, 2012
A Minnesota nursing home resident choked to death on March 18, 2011 while eating fruit from his dinner tray because the nursing home staff failed to supervise the 90-year-old man while he was eating, as they were required to do because of the man’s known swallowing problems. A nursing ass[...]
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Kansas Nursing Home Medical Malpractice Turns Criminal
February 8, 2012
A licensed practical nurse (LPN) who worked in a Topeka, Kansas nursing home was supposed to administer morphine to a 105-year-old nursing home resident who had dementia and was in severe chronic pain but instead the LPN diluted the patient’s vial of morphine with water. The incident happen[...]
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Kentucky Medical Malpractice Claim For Inmate’s Death
February 3, 2012
On January 31, 2012, the mother of a Kentucky inmate filed a wrongful death medical malpractice claim arising out of the death of her 26-year-old incarcerated son due to alleged failure to provide necessary medical care including the failure to provide him with his daily medicine for a congenital[...]
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U.S. Government Alleges Kentucky Nursing Home Committed Fraud
January 17, 2012
In a complaint filed by the U.S. government against a Kentucky nursing home chain and its owners, it is alleged that the Kentucky nursing home fraudulently billed Medicare and Medicaid $16 million for worthless services and care that was so grossly deficient and abusive that it caused “egregio[...]
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Nursing Medical Malpractice In Louisiana
December 19, 2011
Louisiana’s Nursing Standard Of Care Nurses as well as other health care providers in Louisiana are subject to the same standard of care as physicians in Louisiana — a nurse is required to exercise the degree of skill ordinarily employed, under similar circumstances, by the members of th[...]
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