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Colorado Appellate Court Affirms Denial Of Arbitration Of Nursing Home Resident’s Injury Claim

August 19, 2026

In its June 4, 2026 Order Affirmed decision, the Colorado Court of Appeals affirmed an order from the trial court that denied a nursing home’s motion to order arbitration of a resident’s personal injury claim. The Colorado appellate court held that a medical durable power of attorney (MD[...]

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The State of Michigan Court of Appeals (“Michigan Appellate Court”) stated in its unpublished opinion dated June 17, 2021: “Turning to plaintiff’s remaining claims, these essentially entail an allegation of negligence premised on the theory that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

Two Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Lawsuits Filed Against California Nursing Home

April 1, 2012

A California nursing home in Northern California recently had two medical malpractice wrongful death cases filed against it for the deaths of two of its residents that occurred during 2011. Case No. 1 In the first case, a man was admitted into the hospital in January, 2011, for treatment of his k[...]

Kentucky Medical Malpractice Verdict For Surgeon’s Broken Legs

February 19, 2012

A retired surgeon who was in his mid-80s was being cared for by a nursing assistant who was supposed to use a lifting device to transfer the man from a chair to his bed but failed to do so. As a result of the nursing assistant’s failure to use the proper procedure for the man’s transfer[...]

Chicago Medical Malpractice Results In Elderly Man Freezing To Death

February 14, 2012

The 77-year-old male resident of a Chicago nursing home had a habit of wandering off from the premises. With a history of two previous recent incidents when he had wandered away, he was a known risk for leaving the nursing home without being seen. The man’s dementia made it difficult for him[...]

Michigan Medical Malpractice Leads To Broken Neck

February 11, 2012

A 90-year-old World War II vet who had Alzheimer’s disease and poor balance was supposed to never be left unattended where he could possibly fall. Unfortunately, a privately contracted nursing aide negligently left the man sitting on the edge of his bed when she left his room to obtain a piec[...]

Kansas Nursing Home Medical Malpractice Turns Criminal

February 8, 2012

A licensed practical nurse (LPN) who worked in a Topeka, Kansas nursing home was supposed to administer morphine to a 105-year-old nursing home resident who had dementia and was in severe chronic pain but instead the LPN diluted the patient’s vial of morphine with water. The incident happen[...]

Nursing Home Medical Malpractice — Not Just A Problem In The U.S.

February 7, 2012

Nursing home medical malpractice is not just a phenomenon in the United States. Other countries have to deal with the consequences of medical malpractice that occur in nursing homes. As an example, a disturbing case of nursing home malpractice in the United Kingdom, resulting in an 83-year-old m[...]

Texas Medical Malpractice Claim For Bugs Crawling Down Man’s Tracheal Tube

January 29, 2012

A Texas medical malpractice case that was filed on January 12, 2012 alleges that when the two sons of a hospitalized patient visited their father in a Houston, Texas area hospital last year, they were horrified to see ants and gnats crawling through their father’s tracheal tube and into the[...]

Illinois Medical Malpractice Verdict For Nursing Home Suffocation Death

December 20, 2011

A nursing home stay after surgery or major medical treatment is sometimes necessary for the patient to receive inpatient rehabilitation services such as physical therapy and/or occupational therapy before the patient is well enough to return home (many nursing homes also provide long-term care fo[...]

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