Unknown to many, there are people in nursing homes that require skilled nursing care for reasons aside from old-age and de-conditioning. A substantial number of nursing home patients require short-term and long-term care due to various types of personal injuries and conditions related to negligence of others. In some circumstances, we have successfully prosecuted many… Continue Reading
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Nursing Home Patients Involved In Automobile Accidents: Who’s To Blame?
Posted in Broken Bones, Nursing Home InjuryIf you were playing a word association game, I bet you’d be hard pressed to combine nursing home patients and car accidents! While the terms may mix like oil and water in many contexts, in my world as a nursing home lawyer I frequently see the two intermixed– and the the results certainly don’t favor… Continue Reading
Ambulance Accident Claims The Life Of A Nursing Home Patient After Dialysis Treatment
Posted in Medical Transportation & Ambulance AccidentsI was recently emailed a news story involving a 78-year-old patient at Lakeshore Nursing Home in Nashville, TN who died when the ambulance in which she was a passenger, collided with a truck parked on the shoulder of the road. The victim identified as Sue Bly, was being transported back to her nursing home… Continue Reading