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Minnesota Nursing Home Cited For Neglect In Resident’s Oxycodone Overdose Death

February 16, 2018

A Minnesota nursing home was cited with neglect in the death of a resident in his mid-50s who had been admitted to the Minnesota nursing home for short-term rehabilitation with diagnoses of cancer, chronic pain, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. His physician ordered liquid oxycodone with i[...]

Utah Appellate Court Imputes Nurse’s Concealment Of Medication Error To The Nursing Home Where She Was Employed

January 31, 2018

The Utah Court of Appeals (“Utah Appellate Court”) held in its opinion filed on January 19, 2018 that the defendant nursing home’s efforts to avoid full liability for its nurse’s medication error and her subsequent concealment of that error are unavailing, largely because kno[...]

$375K Ohio Nursing Home Negligence Settlement

October 4, 2017

A nursing home in Ohio has agreed to pay $375,000 to the family of an 83-year-old resident who died after she received 20 times more oxycodone than was ordered by her doctor, to settle the nursing home negligence claims. The woman died on July 7, 2015 after she received 500 mg of oxycodone over the [...]

$450K Texas Nursing Home Verdict For Untreated Toe Infection Leading To Death

April 2, 2017

A Texas nursing home negligence jury returned its verdict in the amount of $450,000 in favor of the son of a former resident whose death the jury determined was caused by the negligent failure of the defendant nursing home to properly diagnose and treat the 79-year-old diabetic resident’s big [...]

New York Nursing Home Negligence Lawsuit For Fatal Resident On Resident Attack

March 17, 2017

The family of an 82-year-old female nursing home resident who inadvertently wandered into the room of an 84-year-old male resident who had dementia filed a lawsuit against the nursing home on March 3, 2017, alleging that the defendant nursing home failed to prevent the man from violently attacking t[...]

Maryland Nursing Home Wrongful Death Case Filed in Baltimore

November 19, 2016

The estate of a former nursing home resident and his three adult children have filed a Maryland nursing home negligence wrongful death case against the Maryland nursing home where the plaintiffs allege the resident failed to receive the care he needed that resulted in his untimely and painful death.[...]

California Nursing Home Lawsuit Alleges Neglect Led To Resident’s Fall And Death

July 10, 2016

A California nursing home negligence lawsuit filed on June 14, 2016 alleges that a California nursing home’s under-staffing and its neglect of a 74-year-old resident led to her fall in February 2016 while she was in her bathroom and her subsequent death one month later while being treated in a[...]

$5.5M Colorado Nursing Home Wrongful Death Verdict

May 22, 2016

On May 13, 2016, after a two-week trial, a Colorado nursing home wrongful death jury returned its verdict against a Colorado nursing home and its corporate owner in excess of $5.5 million, which included $5 million in punitive damages, $57,066.43 in economic damages, and $500,000 in wrongful death[...]

Federal District Court Finds No Private Cause Of Action Under Federal Nursing Home Reform Act

October 5, 2015

In its Opinion & Order entered on September 17, 2015, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin (“the Court”) concluded that the Federal Nursing Home Reform Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1396r (“FNHRA”), does not provide a basis for a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claim (a pr[...]

California Nursing Home Sued Twice In 2015 For Deaths Of Two Residents

September 16, 2015

A California nursing home has been sued twice this year for alleged nursing home negligence leading to the deaths of two residents. The first nursing home wrongful death case was filed on July 31, 2015, after the nursing home death of a 69-year-old man, and the second nursing home wrongful death law[...]

Illinois Nursing Home Sued For Resident’s Death

September 13, 2015

On June 18, 2015, a complaint alleging nursing home negligence resulting in a resident’s death on June 19, 2013 was filed against the nursing home and other defendants. The Illinois nursing home negligence/wrongful death lawsuit was filed under Illinois’ Nursing Home Care Act as well[...]

Maryland Nursing Home Negligence Lawsuit Filed For Resident’s Painful Death

June 26, 2015

A Maryland nursing home negligence lawsuit was recently filed by the grandson and daughter-in-law of an 85-year-old resident of a Baltimore nursing home who suffered an unexplained fracture of her left arm and an unexplained dislocated right arm while she was a resident of the defendant nursing h[...]

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