Nursing Home Neglect Lawyer

Tweet You may remember the 2009 trial of Anthony Marshall who was the son of Brooke Astor and heiress to much of the Astor fortune. If you do not recall, Anthony was accused of forging his mother’s signature on a document that allowed him to invest her money as he pleased. As Mrs. Astor suffered from Alzheimer’s [...]

Tweet a 96 year old patient of the Quail Creek Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, in Oklahoma,  suffered abuse at the hands of several nursing assistants. The patient suffers from dementia, and requires constant supervision and care.   A statement was issued last week following the arrest of two employees of the facility. Lucy Waithira Gakunga (age [...]

Tweet Modesta Alvarado was a patient at a New Jersey nursing home, she recently died as a result of injuries she sustained while at the facility.  According to court documents, Alvarado suffered abuse at the hands of several employees at the facility. A recent news agency has even released a video of the alleged abuse. [...]

Tweet A woman has filed a nursing home neglect suit against Canyon Sufar Partners, following injuries to her family member. Canyon’s wholly own subsidiary, of Huntington Health & Rehabilitation, was the facility where the victim allegedly sustained injuries due to neglect. Anne Barcheck, the alleged victim in the suit, was a patient of the facility [...]

Tweet The Supreme Court Of Mississippi upheld a reduction of a $1.5 million jury verdict  from a wrongful death civil suit last weekend. The suit revolved around allegations of abuse and neglect at a Mississippi nursing home, which ultimately led to a residents death. The resident, Henry C. Gibson, was a patient of a Mississippi nursing home, [...]

Tweet According to a report by the Kansas City Star, the state of Kansas ranks among the worst in the nation when it comes to sufficient staffing, preventing bedsores, and other issues related to quality of care in nursing homes. State representative such as Governor Sam Brownback, fear that the needs of the industry may [...]

Tweet Ohio nursing homes are now required to demonstrate that quality care and standards for living are being met, in order to receive funding for the facility. The state initiated this program at the start of 2012, in hopes it will raise the standards for elder care facilities industry wide, and reduce the intances of elder abuse and [...]

Tweet The state of California’s Attorney General has brought charges against two nurses , who allegedly neglected and abused an elderly woman at a Placerville California nursing home. Husband of the deceased woman, Mr. Don Esco has been waiting almost 5 years for justice, since his wife passed in March of 2008. Two nurses plead not guilty to [...]

Tweet Torrington Connecticut is a former mill town, as are most other towns along the Naugatuck River Valley. In the early days of Torrington, the city was centered around the Naugatuck River, which was used to power surrounding areas for nearly a century. Nowadays, the city is an eclectic mix of races and age groups, with over 30,000 [...]

Tweet A resident of a nursing home outside of Minneapolis, Minnesota, was sexually assaulted by a staff member. According to state reports released last week, a St. Paul nursing home staff member sexually abused the resident over a period of months. According to court documents, the abuse ranged from a variety of sexual assaults, from [...]