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Ohio Nursing Home Sued For Resident’s Choking Death Recorded On Video

August 6, 2024

The family of an Ohio nursing home resident who died as a result of choking after eating lunch on January 16, 2022 has filed a lawsuit against the nursing home for negligence, wrongful death, and violations of nursing home resident rights. The family’s lawsuit alleges that the resident was kno[...]

Iowa Nursing Home Resident Died After Choking On Food In Troubled Nursing Home

July 13, 2024

Aspire of Gowrie (Aspire) nursing home in Webster County, Iowa reportedly has been cited for 116 quality-of-care violations and has been the subject of 26 complaints since October 2022. Aspire is one of two Iowa nursing homes on CMS’ list of “special focus facilities,” a list of nursing ho[...]

$758,000 New Mexico Nursing Home Verdict For Choking Death

February 4, 2023

$758000 Verdict For Choking Death: A New Mexico nursing home negligence jury returned its verdict in the amount of $758,000 on October 19, 2022 against the Uptown Rehabilitation Center located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, for the death of resident Peter Robinson who choked on a hot dog in 2019 after [...]

Two Minnesota Seven-Figure Verdicts Against Troubled Nursing Home

December 21, 2022

Seven-Figure Verdicts Against Nursing Home: For the second time in 2022, the Estates at St. Louis Park (“Estates”) nursing home in Minneapolis-St. Paul, which has a one star rating under the five-star rating system used by CMS, was held liable by a jury in excess of $1 million for failin[...]

Medical Malpractice Or Ordinary Negligence? Michigan Appellate Court Reverses Summary Judgment For Nursing Home In Choking Death Case

August 3, 2021

The State of Michigan Court of Appeals (“Michigan Appellate Court”) stated in its unpublished opinion dated June 17, 2021: “Turning to plaintiff’s remaining claims, these essentially entail an allegation of negligence premised on the theory that despite defendants’ awareness th[...]

$905K West Virginia Nursing Home Negligence Verdict For Resident’s Choking Death

November 2, 2018

On September 26, 2018, a West Virginia nursing home negligence jury returned its verdict in the amount of $905,000 against a local West Virginia nursing home for its negligence and recklessness that resulted in the choking death of a 72-year-old resident on December 24, 2012. The West Virginia nursi[...]

California Appellate Court Rules Nursing Home Resident’s Choking Death Was Not Elder Abuse

September 8, 2018

In its July 12, 2018 unreported opinion, the Court of Appeal of the State of California Fourth Appellate District Division Three (“California Appellate Court”) ruled that the choking death of a nursing home resident who was given the wrong meal was not “elder abuse” because t[...]

Minnesota Nursing Home Resident Choked On A Sandwich And Died

September 20, 2016

The Minnesota Department of Health (“Department”) recently reported on its investigation into the death of a Minnesota nursing home resident who was on a special diet when she grabbed a sandwich because she was not properly supervised by the nursing home staff, stuffed the sandwich int[...]

Connecticut Nursing Home Fined $510 For Resident’s Choking Death

April 11, 2012

Just how much is a Connecticut nursing home resident’s life worth? The answer may be $510, according to the fine imposed on a nursing home by the Connecticut Department of Public Health (DPH) that could have imposed a maximum fine in the amount of $3,000.00, for the choking death of a reside[...]

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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