Posted on July 29th, 2010
The Governor of Kentucky has created a task force that will review nursing home abuse cases in the state.
One of the first steps of the task force will be a look into how the government handles reports of nursing home abuse and neglect. A previous report was sent to the local newspaper and stated that there were 107 Class A citations claiming that a resident was in harm of becoming injured or worse.
Seven of the cases were prosecuted at the state level. Eight of them were under review from the prosecutor or attorney general, but the average pending time for a case was 19 months.
If you or a loved one has been the victim of nursing home abuse, contact the New Jersey Nursing home abuse lawyers of Levinson and Axelrod by calling 800-346-5529.
Posted on July 21st, 2010
A nursing home abuse lawsuit over the death of an elderly woman has ended with a jury in Polk County awarding the family $114 million.
The case is about a 76-year-old woman that was placed in a nursing home in Florida in March 2003 for rehabilitation. The woman fell twice within the first two weeks of admittance and suffered head trauma and an injured upper arm because of it.
The lawsuit claims that these falls were caused by the staff not putting in the appropriate measures to protect the residents. The woman was then moved from the home after being malnourished and she had multiple bed sores. She died in July 2003.
Nursing home abuse can happen to the most vulnerable people, our thoughts are with family and friends of the victim.
Posted on July 14th, 2010
An investigation is underway at a nursing home in Champaign County for the mistreatment of one of the nursing home residents. A local newspaper reports that a nursing home aide tried to move the resident and the resident suffered a cut that needed 24 stitches.
The nursing home aide was suppose to use the assistance of another person before moving a resident in order to avoid injury. Earlier in the year, the nursing home was fined almost $100,000 for health violations from the Illinois Department of Public Health.
If you or a loved one has suffered from nursing home negligence, contact the New Jersey nursing home abuse lawyers of Levinson Axelrod by calling 800-346-5529.
Posted on July 8th, 2010
A nursing home abuse case has come to an end with a $667 million verdict against multiple nursing homes that are owned by Skilled HealthCare that is based out of California.
The class-action suit represented almost 32,000 residents who were getting negligent care from nursing home that are owned by Skilled HealthCare. The settlement was determined by the amount of hours that the state law requires each resident to receive in care each day. According to records, the nursing homes in this chain were much below this number for over five years.
If you or a loved one has been the victim of nursing home abuse, contact the New jersey nursing home abuse lawyers of Levinson Axelrod, P.A. by calling 800-346-5529.
