There’s always a delicate balance between one person’s right to freedom of speech and another’s right to protect their good name.  Defamation is a civil wrong or a tort. A defamed person may sue the person that made the statement under defamation law. The Verdict The Island Packet reported extensively on a strange case down

Great news in Florida. Justice for a grieving family. A jury ordered national for-profit chain Life Care Centers of America to pay $12.35 million verdict to a neglected resident and her family. Life Care Centers operates more than 200 skilled nursing facilities in 28 states. The chain is owned and operated by the infamous Forest

The Dayton Daily News reported the jury verdict for the child victim of medical malpractice. The jury found a doctor was negligent in his treatment of a then 17-year-old boy’s broken ankle that ultimately led to the teen losing part of his leg. Evan Hopkins won the medical negligence case against Dr. Jerry Magone. Magone performed

Verdict The Arkansas Democrat Gazette reported that an Arkansas federal magistrate judge recommended $10 million to compensate the family of an abused and neglected vulnerable adult. Lois Marie Rack suffered a wrongful death at the age of 52 after only two months in Skyline’s Hillview Post-Acute and Rehabilitation Center. Marie developed pressure injuries despite her care

Darlene Weaver died in June 2017. Her children filed a lawsuit against the Timely Mission Nursing Home. The family contends the neglect and recklessness caused her death. The lawsuit accused the facility of failing to provide care, preventing falls, negligent hiring, inadequate training, and covering up adult abuse. The nursing home’s failure to provide proper

Verdict News4Jax in Florida reported the recent verdict against a care facility for vulnerable adults. Anne Fiorito suffered an eye injury while a resident of Cypress Village Retirement Community. It is owned and operated by Vitas Healthcare Corporation of Florida, a large corporation that offers hospice and palliative care to elderly residents. A jury found neglect and compensated