Tag Archive: liability

NEJM Editor discusses the improtance of tort actions

A leading drug company may be poised to win a landmark legal victory next fall. If the drug manufacturer, Wyeth, prevails in a case soon to be argued before the U.S. Supreme Court (Wyeth v. Levine),1 drug companies could effectively be immunized against state-level tort litigation if their products that have been approved by the

Nursing homes without liability insurance

Randy Ellis staff writer for NewsOk.com has a sad story about a neglected resident who did not get questions or compensation because the nursing home had no assets and no liability insurance.  Below are excerpts of the story: The story refers to a family who received a telephone call that their mother had been injured at The

Direct liability of parent corporation of facility

David McGuffey is a great nursing home and elder law attorney from Tn.  He is kind enough to share with other nursing home attorney his summary of important cases and legal theories.  Recently he wrote an article about direct liability of parent corporations in the nursing home industry.  Below are excerpts: In Forsythe v. Clark

$15 Million Awarded in Highway Collision

$42 Million Given Back for over 8,000 Investors

$1.05 Million Largest Nursing Home Jury Award in Spartanburg History

$2.32 Million in “Unprecedented” Jury Award Against Nuisance Landfill

$1.05 Million Largest Nursing Home Jury Award in Spartanburg History

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