Earlier this month, an appellate court in Mississippi issued a written opinion in a personal injury case that illustrates an important point for those considering filing a Maryland medical malpractice case. The issue presented in the case was whether the plaintiff should have had an expert prepare an affidavit in…
Earlier this month, an appellate court in Georgia issued a written opinion in a premises liability lawsuit brought by a woman who slipped and fell in a nursing home while rushing after her husband as he was wheeled through the facility. In the case, Pipkin v. Azalealand Nursing Home, the court…
Earlier this month in nearby West Virginia, a woman filed suit against the nursing home that was in charge of caring for her sister after she discovered evidence that led her to believe the nursing home was negligent in her sister’s care. According to a report by one local news…
Earlier this month in southern Minnesota, an elderly woman died as a result of injuries she sustained when she fell out of her wheelchair in a local nursing home. According to a report by one news source, the woman’s care plan included the use of footrests for her wheelchair. However,…
A study involving researchers affiliated with Harvard and other academic institutions, intended to look into prevention of hip fractures, actually may have exposed over 1,300 participants to increased risk of hip injury. The Office of Human Research Protections (OHRP), part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, ordered…
A nationwide study, led by a researcher at the University of Southern California, recently reviewed the rates of falls among short-stay nursing home residents. This was the first major study to analyze falls among newly admitted patients. Numerous studies have reviewed fall rates among long-term nursing home residents, and those…
A nursing home in Iowa must pay a $15,000 fine for failing to provide needed treatment to a resident who fell and suffered a head injury. The resident reportedly lay on the floor for almost an hour while staffers attended a holiday party nearby. Nursing home administrators say they plan…
Suffering from dementia and confined to a wheelchair, 94 year-old Florida nursing home resident Elvira Nunziata needed near-constant supervision. Still, she managed to pass through a door that should have been locked, falling down a stairwell and sustaining fatal injuries in 2004. Her son, Richard Nunziata, knew someone at the…
A jury in Pinellas County, Florida rendered a $200 million verdict against the parent company of a nursing home. The lawsuit stemmed from the 2004 death of a resident who fell down a flight of stairs in a wheelchair. The case is particularly interesting not only because the verdict might…
A fourth nursing home abuse and negligence lawsuit has been filed this week against the owners of a Kentucky nursing home complex, after a resident allegedly suffered from inadequate care when her healthcare rights and safety were reportedly threatened. According to a news development from the Richmond Register that our…