A West Virginia woman has filed a lawsuit against HCR Manorcare for nursing home neglect, alleging that one of the nursing home chain’s facilities let a relative’s health deteriorate due…
New research suggests that lawsuits against nursing homes are dropping overall, but poorly performing facilities are more likely to face a nursing home neglect lawsuit than those with better performance.
According to new research, medical mistakes may be 10 times more common than previously believed, which could mean that one out of every three hospital patients have been the victim…
The family of a Georgia woman has been awarded more than $9 million in a wrongful death lawsuit filed over the failure to treat multiple pressure ulcers caused by nursing…
A Kentucky nursing home has been hit with a $42.75 million verdict in a wrongful death lawsuit filed over the gross negligence of the staff.
A Texas jury has awarded nearly $600,000 to the family of a man who died as a result of an infection from untreated nursing home bedsores.
Bedsores, hospital infections and other medical mistakes cost the U.S. economy $19.5 billion in 2008, according to a new report.
A Pennsylvania appeals court has ruled that nursing homes can be held corporately liable through a nursing home neglect lawsuit or nursing home wrongful death lawsuit for injuries caused by…
A California nursing home has been hit with a nearly $30 million verdict in a wrongful death lawsuit, including $28 million in punitive damages for failing to provide proper care…
A Philadelphia jury awarded $6 million in damages earlier this month in a wrongful death bedsore lawsuit filed against a nursing home and hospital, including $5 million in punitive damages…
