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$2M Arkansas Assisted Living Wrongful Death Settlement

July 21, 2023

$2M Assisted Living Wrongful Death Settlement: On May 25, 2023, a wrongful death lawsuit filed against an Arkansas assisted living facility was settled for $2 million. The wrongful death lawsuit alleged that Brookfield Assisted Living LLC, which operated an assisted living facility in Bella Vista, A[...]

North Carolina Assisted Living Facility Cited For Dementia Residents Fight Club

November 10, 2019

On July 26, 2019, the North Carolina Division of Health Service Regulation cited a North Carolina assisted living facility (adult care home) stating: “Based on observations, interviews and record reviews, the facility failed to assure 3 of 6 sampled residents (Residents #8, #9 and #10) in the [...]

Michigan Assisted Living Facility Sued For Elopement Death

January 22, 2017

The husband of a woman suffering from early onset dementia filed a lawsuit on January 12, 2017 against the Michigan assisted living facility where she had resided, for her death that resulted from her elopement from the facility and the failure of the assisted living facility staff to check on her. [...]

California Appellate Court Denies Assisted Living Facility’s Demand For Arbitration Of Wrongful Death Claim

February 29, 2016

In its decision filed on January 29, 2016, the Court of Appeal of the State of California First Appellate District Division One (“Appellate Court”) held that the wrongful death beneficiaries in an assisted living facility wrongful death and elder abuse lawsuit were not bound by the ag[...]

$5M Assisted Living Verdict For Death Of Resident Who Swallowed Dishwasher Detergent

December 5, 2015

A Michigan jury recently returned its verdict in the amount of $5,080,000 ($3 million of which was for conscious pain and suffering) for the death of a 90-year-old assisted living resident, who suffered from dementia, who was unsupervised when she opened the unsecured cabinet beneath the kitchen si[...]

Two Nursing Home Aides Charged With Striking 96-Year-old Resident

March 19, 2014

Two 18-year-old certified nursing assistants at a nursing home located in Illinois have been charged with battery for an alleged incident that occurred on March 11, 2014, at which time it is charged that the two aides struck a 96-year-old resident who suffered from dementia, laughing as they recor[...]

$1M Verdict Against Maryland Assisted Living Facility

March 17, 2014

On March 12, 2014, a Maryland jury returned its verdict in the amount of $1 million in favor of the estate of a former resident of a Maryland assisted living facility for the pain and suffering the 86-year-old woman suffered before her death on March 26, 2012. The four-woman, two-man jury deliberat[...]

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