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$38M Settlement Approved Following $91.5M West Virginia Nursing Home Negligence Jury Verdict

October 28, 2014

On October 20, 2014, a West Virginia judge gave final approval to a settlement reached in a nursing home negligence case in which a jury had awarded $91.5 million to the plaintiffs in 2011. The judge approved the distribution of the $38 million settlement funds as follows: $20.5 to the family member[...]

Grim Statistics For Nursing Home Residents Who Suffer Hip Fractures

June 27, 2014

In an article appearing in this week’s online edition (June 23, 2014) of JAMA Internal Medicine, it was reported that among the Medicare population studied who suffered a hip fracture, 13% died within three months, 24% died within twelve months, and only 50% of those who survived at least six [...]

Cost Of Long Term Care In The United States In 2014

April 26, 2014

A recently published survey of the cost of long term care in the United States in 2014 reported that the cost of long term care has steadily increased over the last eleven years but that the cost of long term care provided at home has grown at a lesser rate than the cost of long term care provid[...]

Alabama Nursing Home Sued For Failure To Monitor Resident’s Blood Thinners, Leading To Death

April 12, 2014

An Alabama nursing home is being sued by the daughter of a former resident who died as a result of alleged nursing home negligence. The nursing home neglect lawsuit was filed on April 1, 2014, claiming that the 78-year-old woman died from coagulopathy due to the failure of the nursing home staff to [...]

Mississippi Appeals Court Grants Nursing Home New Trial

April 3, 2014

On March 25, 2014, the Court of Appeals of the State of Mississippi (“Appeals Court”) granted a new trial to the defendant nursing home that was held responsible for a wrongful death verdict in the amount of $1,213,300 (the amount of the verdict was reduced to $513,300 pursuant to[...]

NY Nursing Home Hidden Camera Results In Criminal Charges Against 10

March 27, 2014

A loving son who was concerned that his father was being harmed in a New York nursing home took the bold step of placing a concealed camera in his father’s nursing home room to monitor and document the care (or lack of care) his father was receiving. The recordings from the hidden camera [...]

Florida Nursing Home Negligence Jury Verdict: $1.2 BILLION

July 25, 2013

On July 22, 2013, a Florida jury awarded $1.2 billion to the family of a 69-year-old nursing home resident who died after repeated falls in the nursing home that the nursing home negligently failed to prevent. The nursing home negligence lawsuit was filed in 2009 and involved years of legal ma[...]

West Virginia Nursing Homes Seek Limit On Their Responsibility For Injuries

March 8, 2013

On March 6, 2013, the West Virginia Senate passed a bill that would limit (cap) the amount that West Virginia nursing homes would be responsible to pay for injuries caused to residents through their negligence, by expressly including nursing homes under the West Virginia Medical Professionals Lia[...]

Another Minnesota Nursing Home Fails To Perform CPR, Resident Dies

March 3, 2013

In our blog for February 10, 2013 entitled, “Too Tired To Save A Life,” we reported on a Minnesota aide at a nursing home facility located in Waconia, Minnesota who failed to perform CPR on a nursing home resident on December 21, 2012, claiming that he was “too tired” to perf[...]

Medicare Paid Nursing Homes $5.1 Billion For Poor Care In 2009

March 1, 2013

In a report issued on February 27, 2013 by the Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, it was reported that a study of a random sample of medical records from Skilled Nursing Facilities (“SNF,” which are commonly referred to [...]

Inappropriate Use Of Anti-Psychotic Medications In Nursing Homes

May 3, 2012

Federal data recently reviewed by a major newspaper pursuant to a Freedom of Information Act request reveals that the inappropriate use of anti-psychotic medications for nursing home residents is rampant. Anti-psychotic medications are typically used in the treatment of severe mental disorders suc[...]

Study: Improving Economy Associated With Rise In Nursing Home Deaths

April 16, 2012

A recently published research study by a well-respected nonpartisan research group operating under a grant from the Social Security Administration found that during improving economic times when lower-paid nursing home staff seek and obtain better paying jobs elsewhere, there are additional dea[...]

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