The wife of a 72-year-old nursing home resident who died as a result of becoming engulfed in flames while smoking a cigarette after his food shield made of paper and plastic caught fire at the defendant nursing home on February… Read More
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$30M Tennessee Nursing Home Verdict
A Tennessee jury recently returned its verdict in the amount of $30 million against a Tennessee nursing home, which included $28 million in punitive damages. The remainder of the jury’s verdict was for compensatory damages for nursing home negligence ($1.9… Read More
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New Jersey Appellate Court Refuses To Enforce Nursing Home Arbitration Agreement
On June 9, 2016, the Superior Court of New Jersey Appellate Division (“Appellate Court”) issued a published opinion in which it reversed the trial court’s order requiring the parties to arbitrate the plaintiff’s nursing home negligence claims, holding that the arbitration… Read More
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CMS Statistical Report On Nursing Home Enforcement Reports
On June 3, 2016, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued its report entitled Nursing Home Enforcement Reports Through December 31, 2014 (“Report”). The Nursing Home Enforcement Reports analyzed in the Report covered the years 2006 through 2014… Read More
