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Nursing home death sparks $200 million jury verdict 

By: Sylvia Hsieh
Published: January 24, 2012

Tags: nursing home litigation

The son of a nursing home patient who died after falling down a staircase while strapped in her wheelchair has been awarded $200 million against a Florida facility.

$91.5 million verdict awarded for nursing home death 

By: Kimberly Atkins
Published: January 17, 2012

Tags: dehydration, nursing home, nursing home litigation, Top Ten Jury Verdicts, Top Ten Jury Verdicts of 2011, wrongful death

A West Virginia jury awarded the son of a woman who died of severe dehydration after a brief stay in a nursing home $91.5 million, including an $80 million punitive damages award.

“It was like a house of horrors,” plaintiffs’ attorney Michael J. Fuller said of the facility where 87-year-old Dorothy Douglas was admitted in 2009, only to die a few weeks later.

Attorney fights shell game to track responsibility for death 

By: Douglas J Levy
Published: December 14, 2011

Tags: loss of companionship, loss of society, medical malpractice, nursing home litigation, pain and suffering, wrongful death

Walter Polomski died in 2008 after choking on a golf ball-sized meatball at a nursing care facility. His family had to relive that nightmare during the ensuing negligence trial.

But in trying to get answers as to who was ultimately responsible, John M. Perrin, the attorney for Polomski’s estate, was having nightmares of his own.

Nursing home can’t limit remedies for negligence 

Published: November 30, 2011

Tags: American Health Lawyers Association, arbitration, negligence, nursing home litigation, punitive damages, wrongful death

A nursing home sued for wrongful death could not enforce a limitation of remedies clause in its admissions contract that required arbitration and precluded punitive damages, the Florida Supreme Court has ruled in reversing judgment.

$91.5 million verdict awarded for nursing home death 

By: Kimberly Atkins
Published: August 15, 2011

Tags: dehydration, nursing home, nursing home litigation, wrongful death

A West Virginia jury has awarded the son of a woman who died of severe dehydration after a brief stay in a nursing home $91.5 million, including an $80 million punitive damages award.

Mich. whistleblower wins $725,000 in damages 

By: Douglas J Levy
Published: July 25, 2011

Tags: Michigan, nursing home litigation, retaliation, whistleblower

A Michigan jury has awarded $725,000 in damages to a respiratory therapy manager at a Detroit-based nursing facility who claimed that her cooperation in a state investigation was the basis for her firing.

Nursing homes can’t enforce arbitration clauses 

Published: July 15, 2011

Tags: arbitration, negligence, nursing home litigation, wrongful death

Nursing homes can’t enforce arbitration clauses in their admission contracts when sued for negligently causing the death of a resident, West Virginia’s highest court has ruled.

Punitives barred in nursing home neglect case 

By: Pat Murphy
Published: March 28, 2011

Tags: nursing home litigation, punitive damages

A claim for punitive damages in a nursing home neglect case abated with the death of the resident who allegedly suffered injuries as the result of inadequate care, the Illinois Supreme Court has ruled in affirming judgment.

‘Common sense’ helps lawyers win $9.5M in bedsore case 

By: Sylvia Hsieh
Published: March 25, 2011

Tags: bedsores, nursing home litigation

A team of small firm lawyers in Georgia won a $9.5 million verdict on behalf of the family of a 51-year-old patient at a private care home who died after developing bedsores.

Virginia attorney general might get new powers to investigate nursing homes 

By: Peter Vieth
Published: February 14, 2011

Tags: abuse and neglect, elder care, Freedom of Information Act, malpractice, nursing home investigation, nursing home litigation, nursing homes

A bill sailing through the Virginia legislature would expand the attorney general’s power to investigate nursing home abuse and neglect, even in cases where the patient does not receive government assistance.