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• Lawsuit Blames Nursing Home Neglect For Resident’s Death Following Hurricane

  October 8, 2018

  Irvin Jackson

  A wrongful death lawsuit indicates that residents at a Florida nursing home were left overheating and dehydrating following Hurricane Irma last year.

• Lawsuit Alleges Invokana Caused Acute Renal Failure, Urinary Tract Infection, Other Injuries

  July 12, 2017

  Irvin Jackson

  Side effects of Invokana allegedly caused a Tennessee woman to suffer acute kidney failure and other health problems less than a month after treatment with the new generation diabetes drug began, according to a product liability lawsuit filed against the drug manufacturers.

• CMS Proposes First Nursing Home Reform Rules in Quarter Century

  July 20, 2015

  Irvin Jackson

  New federal proposed rules would overhaul nursing home care requirements nationwide.

• Byetta, Victoza, May Increase Risk of Dehydration In Diabetes Patients

  January 5, 2015

  Irvin Jackson

  A new study's findings suggest that Byetta and Victoza can increase the chances of diabetics suffering dehydration.

• Extendicare Nursing Home Settlement Results in $38M Payment for Poor Care

  October 13, 2014

  Russell Maas

  A nationwide nursing home chain has agreed to pay $38 million to settle federal claims that it provided substandard care that caused residents to suffer nursing home neglect injuries.

• Massachusetts Nursing Home Lawsuit Results in $14M Verdict

  July 29, 2014

  Irvin Jackson

  The family of a Massachusetts woman has been awarded $14 million in a nursing home wrongful death lawsuit.

• Lawsuit Alleges Side Effects of Benicar Caused Chronic Diarrhea Problems

  March 28, 2014

  Irvin Jackson

  The makers of Benicar face a product liability lawsuit from a Texas woman who suffered sprue-like enteropathy after taking the drug.

• Fleet, Other Laxatives May Cause Kidney Damage, Heart Injury, Death: FDA

  January 9, 2014

  Irvin Jackson

  The FDA warns that taking too much over-the-counter sodium phosphate laxative could cause severe injury and death.

• Nursing Home Morphine Overdose Lawsuit Results in $700k Jury Award

  April 26, 2013

  Irvin Jackson

  A Missouri jury has awarded $700,000 to the family of a man who died from a morphine overdose at a...

• Nursing Homes that Neglected Patients Got $5.1B From Medicare: Report

  March 4, 2013

  Irvin Jackson

  The country’s Medicare program paid more than $5.1 billion to nursing homes that were not providing the proper standard of...