The Seattle Times reported Foss Home and Village nursing home agreed to compensate a sexually abused resident. The facility will pay $8 million to a victim of sexual assault while in the facility’s care. The resident alleged the facility was careless in its hiring of a sexual predator. The facility failed to provide care to
The Morning Call reported a $250,000 settlement in a nursing home fall case. Lehigh County and Good Shepherd Rehabilitation will pay $250,000 to settle claims that inadequate staffing led to Shirley Leibenguth’s death. Cedarbrook understaffed its registered nurses by 30% and its CNAs 14%-22% compared with safe staffing standards. This profited them more than $2.5
Illegal Dumping The L.A. Times reported that law enforcement has accused a California nursing home of illegally “dumping” patients onto city streets. This is unsafe for the dumped residents. The family members were not consulted when patients were “dumped” onto the street. Why would the nursing homes do this? Money. Greed. The nursing homes wanted
The Chicago Tribune reported the settlement between Maxwell Manor nursing home and whistle-blowers. Maxwell agreed to pay more than $1.6 million to settle a portion of a whistle-blower lawsuit involving allegations of extreme patient abuse and Medicaid fraud. The lawsuit remained under seal until Monday, when the settlement was announced. Under terms of the agreement, the federal government
A jury found Life Care Centers of America guilty of negligence. The jury awarded $1.5 million in compensatory damages to the family of a former resident who died as a result of the nursing home’s neglect and negligence. Life Care Centers of America was sued by Dennis Matthews, son of the late Verdie Matthews. He
The Virginia Supreme Court recently affirmed an $850,000 verdict obtained by Jeff Downey in a nursing home case in Danville, Virginia. The case, Musgrove v. Medical Facilities of America Inc., involved pressures sores, an amputation, and death by dehydration, malnutrition and wound complications. The Defendant asserted numerous assignments of error, many dealing with pertinent nursing home
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