Another Heater Incident At Nursing Home Results In Burns & Amputation Of Patient's Leg
One of the things that I am continually reminded about in nursing home injury cases is just how much just plain rotten judgment is made by nursing home staff. Sure there are smart and thoughtful folks working in some of these facilities, but I frequently feel like patient safety is an afterthought as opposed to a priority. Out of Washington, another prime example of poor judgment resulting in a patient injury was reported in Seattlepi.com when a nursing home patient fell from his bed allowing his leg to come into contact with the baseboard heater on the floor nearby....
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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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