With a criminal trial set to begin, a former nurse has pleaded guilty to criminal neglect charges as opposed to letting a jury decide her fate. The nurse identified as Marty Himebaugh and her supervisor Penny Whitlock faced multiple criminal counts for their roles in a series of suspicious patients deaths at Woodstock Care Center… Continue Reading
Tag Archives: criminal neglect
Court Date Set In Illinois Elder Neglect Case
Posted in NeglectWill County, Illinois Judge Amy-Bertani-Tomczak has set a December 2nd court date for two sisters facing criminal neglect charges relating to the care of their mother. Prosecutors brought the charges against Bernice Brandon and Elizabeth Williams after a medical examiner determined that their neglect contributed to the death of their mother, Hattie Smith. According to… Continue Reading
Criminal Charges Filed Against Assisted Living Employee In Relation To Resident Suffering Burns While Eating
Posted in Dementia / Alzheimer's Patients, Nursing Home StaffAs an injury lawyer who frequently handles nursing home negligence matters, I find myself regularly thinking ‘what happened to plain old common sense’? I mean, you can train the nurses, physicians, maintenance workers and administrators til’ you’re blue in the face– yet most of the commonly encountered nursing home problems could easily be avoided with… Continue Reading
Illinois Elder Abuse Trial To Help Define Standard Of Care
Posted in Illinois Nursing Homes, NeglectThe pending criminal trial of Jill and Julie Barry will have an important impact on Illinois seniors as it will help define what constitutes ‘reasonable care’ when it comes to the home-care of elders. Currently, prosecutors in Illinois have few parameters when it comes to the definition of ‘elder abuse’ because Illinois courts have not… Continue Reading
‘Dog The Bounty Hunter’ Takes Priorty Over Resident Safety In Chicago Nursing Home
Posted in Illinois Nursing HomesNew information has come to light regarding the death of the 89-year-old woman who froze to death just a short distance from The Arbor, a Chicago-area nursing home. Perhaps the most disturbing aspect of this matter was a ‘cover-up’ of the death by nursing home staff that was quickly detected by local police. Quite obviously,… Continue Reading
Nursing Home Cleared Of Neglect Charges In Case Where Resident Had Maggots In His Eyes
Posted in NeglectA shameful tale of a nursing home neglect recently was reported in Florida. As amazing as this sounds, the Florida Nursing Home was cleared of criminal neglect charges by the Florida Attorney General when a nursing home resident was found to have maggots in both eyes. The Attorney General, investigating the case blames their inability… Continue Reading