Nursing Home Cited For Mistreatment Of Resident Following Investigation Of Resident's Fractured Neck
The Minnesota Department of Health released an investigative report concluding a resident of Presbyterian Homes of Arden Hills Nursing Home sustained a broken neck due to a fall or other trauma at the facility. The investigation follows the death of 91-year-old Gladys Gall, a resident at the facility. Despite the fact no federal or state nursing home violations were identified, investigators still determined there was ample circumstantial evidence to conclude the nursing home was at fault in the injury and subsequent death of Gall. On April 18, 2008 Gall was admitted to an emergency room after complaining of head and...
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Damages
'Damages' refer to losses sustained do to physical or psychological injury for which you can be compensated. In cases involving injury or death, damages are assessed in terms of money compensation. In order to recover damages, you first must establish that an employee of a nursing home or the facility itself did something wrong or negligent. There are three elements in proving fault in nursing home accident cases: Duty: The nursing home had a 'duty' to act as a reasonably safe facility. In nursing home cases, the facilities must follow strict Federal and State Regulations setting forth both the type...
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