On this page, our nursing home lawyers will look at nursing home negligence lawsuits involving bedsores (also known as pressure sores or pressure ulcers). Bed sores are skin tissue wounds that develop when a person remains immobile in the same position for prolonged time periods. Bed sores can lead to…
If you or a family member has been the victim of nursing home neglect, abuse or negligent medical care, you can file civil lawsuit against the nursing home facility and get financial compensation. Nursing home negligence lawsuits are very common. Plaintiffs have a very high rate of success in these…
On this page we will look at lawsuits against Maryland nursing homes for abuse, neglect and malpractice. If your elderly parent or relative died or was seriously injured due to nursing home negligence or abuse, you can file a lawsuit against the nursing home facility and get financial compensation. Plaintiffs…
In the case of Red Bluff v. Tarpley (No. 14-22-190), a Texas appellate panel upheld a $7.1 million verdict for a nursing home assistant, Nicole Tarpley, on Thursday. She was injured when a patient weighing over 300 pounds fell on her leg after a wheelchair malfunction at a Red Bluff…
If you have a power of attorney from your elderly parent or relative that lives in a nursing home, does that mean you can be held liable for nursing home bills? The answer is no, but nursing homes may try to go after you anyway. In this post, we will…
Unfortunately, most courts around the country have enforced nursing home agreements executed by residents agreeing to forgo civil claims in favor of arbitration for negligence claims. The game changes in wrongful death cases. Usually this is for a very simple reason: the parties have changed. Courts in Maryland and other…