Gugenheim Law News

Type of action: Nursing home negligence Injuries alleged: Bruising and lacerations Name of case: Confidential Court/county: Confidential Case no.: Confidential Tried before: n/a Name of judge: n/a Special damages: Less than $5,000 Verdict/settlement: Settlement Amount: $425,000 Date obtained: October 2005 Demand: n/a Offer: n/a Experts: Linda Ledray, Ph.D., sexual assault, Minneapolis, MN; Laura Slaughter, M.D., […]

Type of action: Hospital/nursing home negligence Injuries alleged: Wrongful death Name of case: Confidential Court/county: Confidential Case no.: Confidential Tried before: Mediation Name of judge: Confidential Special damages: Medical, burial and funeral Verdict/settlement: Settled Amount: $890,000 Date obtained: Summer 2005 Demand: n/a Offer: n/a Experts: Jonathan Arden, M.D., McLean VA, pathology; Patricia Brock, RN, Orange […]

A Franklin County jury has held in favor of a Louisburg nursing home on claims the facility failed to prevent and treat an 81-year-old resident\’s pressure sores. The sores, called Stage IV decubitus ulcers, became infected and the man later died. The decedent\’s estate filed a wrongful death suit against the nursing home, Britthaven of […]

Type of Action: Nursing home negligence Description: According to plaintiff\’s counsel: Herman Hoke, an 83-year old who suffered from Parkinson\’s Disease, Dementia, Congestive Heart Failure, and multiple other conditions, was admitted to Westwood Health and Rehabilitation Center in Archdale, North Carolina. During the 16 days that he was a resident of Westwood, Hoke fell six […]

Type of Action: Nursing Home Negligence Description: An 87-year-old male had been a resident of the defendant nursing home since 1996. In late 1999, resident began falling. During the year 2000, resident sustained more than 15 falls. In January 2001, the nursing home staff was found to have failed to use the fall-prevention devices that […]