There is no need for “tort reform” when 100,000 patients die each year as a result of medical malpractice and juries tend to side with the doctors anyway! Juries in medical malpractice cases sympathize with the doctors being sued rather than the patients who are suing them, a law professor at the University of Missouri
A federal jury awarded $1.75 million to a woman who said her sister lost her dignity in the last days of her life because of unhygienic conditions and improper care at a Charleston nursing home. Tammy Rectenwald, 44, lived at Meadowbrook Acres on Greenbrier Street from March 1999 until October 2003. On Oct. 8, 2003, she
I ran across a sad but interesting article discussing the difficulties in choosing the right nursing home for a loved one. The author was looking for the right place for his wife who suffered from Alzheimer’s Disease. He used the federal database (the Nursing Home Compare Database) that is supposed to help in choosing a nursing home
The former owner of several nursing homes has been sentenced to 42 months of imprisonment after being convicted of health care fraud and money laundering. Rocky Lemon pled guilty on both charges. In addition to the prison term the owner must serve three years of supervised release after completing his imprisonment and pay more than $4
It is horrible how the U.S government treats war veterans. This article discuss how a Phoenix, Az nursing home for veterans was cited for negligence because of mismanagement and understaffing. State review blames staffing shortage for nursing home troubles. A state government-run nursing home for veterans suffered from staffing shortages, poor morale and mismanagement. The
When two residents at a nursing home in Santa Cruz got eviction notices last March, they decided to fight them. They called Linda Robinson of Advocacy Inc., a Santa Cruz nonprofit, to help them file appeals with the state Department of Health Services. A little more than a year later, the issue is being resolved