A New York man has filed a nursing home negligence lawsuit against the facility where his mother died late last year after choking on a grilled cheese sandwich. According to Syracuse.com, the woman was just 63-years-old, yet suffered from dementia. For this reason, she had to wear dentures to bite…
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Nursing Home Victims Settle With Hospital for Hepatitis C Infection
Residents at a nursing home in North Dakota have settled with a hospital system following the largest outbreak of hepatitis C in recent U.S. history. However, the ongoing legal battle between the hospital and the nursing home where most of those involved were sickened will press on. Courthouse News Service…
State Regulators Blast Nursing Home for Low Staffing, Poor Training, Defective Equipment
State health officials in Massachusetts have issued a scathing report on the operations of a nursing home in Brockton, a suburb of Boston, following the death of a dementia patient in April. An initial inquiry into that patient’s death prompted investigation into another a month earlier, which opened the doors…
Tarvin v. CLC of Jackson – Legal Authority to Sign Arbitration Agreement for Nursing Home Residents
The enforceability of nursing home arbitration agreements often rests on: Who signed it? And furthermore, what authority did that person have to do so? It’s a key point in many nursing home abuse lawsuits because arbitration agreements prohibit residents – and their estates – from suing the nursing home in court.…
Maree v. Neuwirth – Complex Nursing Home Structure Can Thwart Lawsuits
The management structure of nursing homes has grow increasingly complex in recent years, making it more difficult to identify all responsible parties. This is no accident. In fact, as the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services reported in a 2009 analysis, nursing homes use these complex management structures as…
Nursing Home Resident Admits Setting Fire to Facility
A resident at an Illinois nursing home reportedly admitted to fire officials and police that she intentionally set a fire at the facility because she was, “tired of the nursing staff trying to boss her around.” That account is according to TV-KSDK, which reported the woman resided in the independent…
Nursing Home Arbitration Agreements: House Dems Propose Overhaul
Nursing home arbitration agreements – which have become mandatory for admission for many facilities across the nation – restrict patients’ access to the court system in the event of disputes arising as a result of poor care or criminal acts. They are a serious problem, as they serve to curtail…
Reinshagen v. WRYP – Damage Caps in Nursing Home Arbitration Agreements Void Contract
Nursing home arbitration agreements have become the new normal anytime a patient is admitted to a facility. These agreements are intended to limit the patient’s or family’s access to courts for resolution of disputes, such as those that arise as a result of nursing home abuse or nursing home neglect…
New Bill Would Ban Anonymous Nursing Home Complaints
Anonymous complaints of nursing home abuse or neglect would be banned under a proposed law being mulled by lawmakers in Illinois. The bill, unsurprisingly supported by nursing home lobbyists, would prohibit anonymity, purportedly to slash the number of false complaints reportedly made to “Harass nursing homes.” Rep. Mike Unes, sponsor of…
Possible Sun Exposure Death Investigated at Florida Nursing Home
Authorities are investigating the death of an elderly Florida nursing home resident who may have died of possible sun exposure after he was reportedly left outdoors for an extended period of time. According to Health News Florida, first responders in Pinellas Park were called to a nursing home to treat…