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
Spectrum News has an article discussing a study that shows elderly citizens to fear nursing homes and loss of independence more than death. 89% of America’s seniors want to age-in-place and are willing to use adaptive technology allowing them to maintain their independence, according to a study commissioned by Clarity and the EAR Foundation. The
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