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New Jersey Supreme Court Rules Nursing Home Incident Reports In Two Injury Cases Not Privileged

October 9, 2024

The New Jersey Supreme Court stated in its August 5, 2024 decision: In this consolidated appeal, the Court considers whether internal reports and documents created after alleged adverse events occurred at the defendant nursing and assisted living facilities are discoverable or are instead privileged[...]

$8.5M Maryland Nursing Home Malpractice Verdict

August 25, 2024

On August 19, 2024, a Prince George’s County, Maryland nursing home malpractice jury returned its verdict against the defendant nursing home in the amount of $8.5 million ($8 million for the Estate and $500,000 for the decedent’s daughter). Pursuiant to Maryland’s cap on noneconomi[...]

Illinois Appellate Court Rules Wrongful Death Beneficiaries’ Claim Not Subject To Nursing Home Arbitration Agreement For COVID-19- Related Death

June 20, 2024

Background In July 2022, plaintiff Luann Mikoff, as special administrator of the estate of her late mother Bonnie Stone (decedent), filed a complaint against defendants, Unlimited Development, Inc., and Jerseyville Manor, a skilled nursing facility (Facility), alleging that defendants were responsib[...]

Elder Abuse In The United States (Including Nursing Home Abuse)

June 1, 2024

A report issued in March 2024 by SeniorLiving.org entitled “Elder Abuse Statistics for 2024” stated: “Reports from nursing home workers indicate that two in three caregivers committed abuse within a one-year period (elder abuse is defined by the National Center on Elder Abuse as a[...]

Illinois Appellate Court Refuses To Enforce Optional Nursing Home Arbitration Agreement

July 29, 2023

Court Refuses To Enforce Optional Nursing Home Arbitration Agreement: Under Illinois law, if a nursing home arbitration provision is required for admission to a care facility then it becomes part and parcel of the health-care decision to admit the patient to the facility. In a prior appellate case, [...]

Nursing Home Beds In The United States Are Declining

June 8, 2023

Nursing Home Beds Declining: The results of a study published on March 1, 2023 in JAMA Network entitled “Trends in Supply of Nursing Home Beds, 2011-2019” found that the number of nursing home beds in the United States declined between 2011 and 2019: “the supply of nursing home bed[...]

Analysis Of Pain Experienced By Nursing Home Residents

May 26, 2023

Analysis Of Pain Experienced By Nursing Home Residents: A study published on December 22, 2022 in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Association entitled “Pain trajectories of nursing home residents” sought to understand changes in nursing home (NH) resident pain over time in order t[...]

OIG Found CMS Dropping The Ball Regarding Nursing Home Surveys

May 24, 2023

OIG Found CMS Dropping The Ball Regarding Nursing Home Surveys: In its January 2022 report entitled “CMS Should Take Further Action To Address States With Poor Performance inConducting Nursing Home Surveys,” the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (&#[...]

Massachusetts Appellate Court Affirms Defense Win In Nursing Home Hoyer Lift Claim

January 17, 2023

Defense Wins In Nursing Home Hoyer Lift Claim: In Massachusetts, the plaintiff brought a nursing home medical malpractice action as the administrator of the estate of his father, John B. Satiro, who died from complications of an injury to his inner thigh that he sustained while being transferred by [...]

One Dead, Two Others Injured When Nursing Home Gave Residents Dishwashing Liquid Instead Of Juice

December 5, 2022

Nursing Home Gave Residents Dishwashing Liquid Instead Of Juice: The San Mateo Police Department Criminal Investigations Bureau initiated a death investigation into the circumstances involving the death of one and hospitalization of two care home facility residents. On August 28, 2022 at approximate[...]

Nevada Supreme Court Holds Nurse’s Negligence In Administering Drug To Wrong Patient Is Ordinary Negligence

August 20, 2020

The Supreme Court of the State of Nevada (“Nevada Supreme Court”) stated in its opinion filed on July 9, 2020: “we consider whether a nurse’s mistake in administering a drug to one patient, when the drug was prescribed to a different patient, as well as the alleged failure to[...]

Pennsylvania Appellate Court Affirms Nursing Home Abitration Agreement Not Enforceable Against Visually Impaired Resident

July 30, 2019

The Superior Court of Pennsylvania (“Pennsylvania Appellate Court”), in a non-precedential decision filed on July 16, 2019, stated that there was “clear and convincing evidence that [a Pennsylvania nursing home resident] did not knowingly and voluntarily agree to arbitrate his disp[...]

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