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(1) $200,000,000.00 VERDICT:
Nursing Home Malpractice - Estate Of Woman Sues After She Falls Down A
Stairwell While Strapped To A Wheelchair - Wrongful Death.
In
this case, a man sued after his elderly mother died at the nursing home
after falling down the stairs while strapped to a wheelchair. The
woman suffered from dementia and was a resident at a Florida nursing
home and rehabilitation center. She showed a tendency to wander off.
The
facts revealed in this case that the elderly woman wandered to the
emergency exit stairwell of the facility through a door with a disabled
(disconnected) alarm. Apparently the alarm to the fire-door had been
disconnected to enable the staff to smoke outside. She fell down ten
flights of stairs while strapped to a 45 pound wheelchair, and she was
found over an hour later at the bottom of the stairs --- drowning in her
own blood. The woman, Elvira N., died from her injuries shortly after
the paramedics arrived at the scene [Circuit Court for Pinellas County,
Florida].
$60,000,000.00 of the jury award was for compensatory damages, and $140,000,000.00 was for punitive damages for gross negligence of the defendant nursing home.
(2) $100,000 RECOVERY:
Medical Malpractice – Nursing Home
Negligence – Failure to report sexual assault on resident by another
resident – 82-year-old female resident is sexually assaulted without any
action by nursing home staff who suspected inappropriate conduct.
In
this nursing home negligence matter, the plaintiff alleged that the
defendant nursing home was negligent in failing to report sexual assault
by one resident upon another and were told to "keep their eyes shut".
The defendant denied the allegations and disputed any liability to the
plaintiff [Massachusetts].
(3) $100,000 RECOVERY:
Medical Malpractice – Nursing Home Negligence – Plaintiff’s decedent
falls out of bed and suffers a subdural hematoma which goes undiagnosed
and untreated – Wrongful death of 79-year-old male.
In this
nursing home negligence action, the estate of the decedent alleged that
the defendant nursing facility failed to properly care for and treat the
decedent leading to the decedent’s death from an undiagnosed and
untreated subdural hematoma. The defendant nursing facility denied all
liability [Pennsylvania].
(4) $200,000 VERDICT:
MEDICAL MALPRACTICE – NURSING HOME NEGLIGENCE – FAILURE TO PROPERLY TREAT PRESSURE WOUNDS – WRONGFUL DEATH – SURVIVAL ACTION.
This
medical malpractice/wrongful death action was filed against eight
defendants, in relation to five nursing home facilities in which the
68-year-old decedent resided prior to his death. The plaintiff alleged
that the defendants failed to provide adequate medical care and
neglected the decedent, resulting in a dramatic increase in the severity
of the decedent’s pressure wounds and a downward spiral in his condition [Pennsylvania].
(5) $150,000 RECOVERY:
Medical Malpractice – Nursing Home Negligence – Failure to properly care for pressure ulcers – Infection – Wrongful death.
In
this nursing home negligence matter, the plaintiff alleged that the
defendant nursing homes were negligent in their care and treatment of
the plaintiff which resulted in pressure ulcers that became infected and
resulted in the death of the plaintiff’s decedent. The defendants
denied the allegations and disputed liability and causation.
Contact an attorney directly for further information and with specific questions.
[www.jvra.com/Verdict/10-3-2012]
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