Chicago Trial Attorney: Personal Injury & Business Litigation: Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect Law — Vote on RN Staffing Provision

As previously discussed, nursing home reform advocates are up in arms — and rightly so — over a proposed law that unanimously passed through the state’s House of Representatives that would force already time-strapped Department of Health officials to conduct a thorough review of a nursing home facility’s past reported violations before being permitted to…

Chicago Trial Attorney: Personal Injury & Business Litigation: Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect Law — Over Twenty Residents Take Ill at Colorado Facility

Interesting, and troubling, news came out of Colorado as 21 residents and 7 staff members were reported ill with the norovirus at a suburban Denver nursing home. Norovirus, though not considered being particularly harmful to humans, causes stomach and intestinal inflammation that can lead to dehydration and, ultimately, hospitalization in the elderly. Although this matter has…

Chicago Trial Attorney: Personal Injury & Business Litigation: Nursing Home Neglect — Lawsuit Filed After Dementia Patient Struck and Killed by Fellow Resident

As the Chicago Sun Times previously reported an Oak Park nursing home faced a wrongful death lawsuit from the family of a dementia patient who was reportedly killed after a fight with another resident. As the Illinois Department of Public Health report indicates, the nursing staff apparently failed to witness the incident, as the alleged aggressor…

Chicago Trial Attorney: Personal Injury & Business Litigation: Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect — 5 Charged Relating to Reported Abuse in Tennessee Nursing Home

In an unfortunate story out of a Tennessee nursing home, three nursing assistants were charged with abuse and neglect of a depended adult, while two others were charged with failing to report abuse and neglect. The charges stem from allegations that the nursing assistants sprayed residents with water from syringes — sometimes while the residents…

Chicago Trial Attorney: Personal Injury & Business Litigation: Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect Law — Frightening Case of Repeated Abuse and Neglect in Kentucky Facility

In a very troubling story out of Kentucky, a Kentucky “rest home” was recently shuttered after repeated reports of abuse and neglect in the facility. Although the state’s Attorney General asked to place the home in receivership due to complaints about mismanagement of residents’ finances, the facility was also cited for reports of physical and…

Chicago Trial Attorney: Personal Injury & Business Litigation: Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect Law — Downstate Nursing Home Declared Emergency Situation

As two local news outlets reported, roof leaks at a Danville nursing home became so severe that Vermillion County took the drastic measure of declaring an emergency situation. As the article explains, the leaking was so severe that 17 patient rooms have been taken “out of commission” in the facility, which was built in 1972 and…

Chicago Trial Attorney: Personal Injury & Business Litigation: Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect Law — Report Suggests State Not Doing Its Part

It’s certainly no secret that nursing home overcrowding and understaffing has contributed a great deal to the alarming rate of serious injuries and avoidable deaths suffered in nursing homes each year. That’s why this report from the Chicago Tribune is rather troubling, as it suggests that the state isn’t living up to its end of…

Chicago Trial Attorney: Personal Injury & Business Litigation: Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect Law — Wrongful Death Case Against Chicago Nursing Home Settles After 2010 Drowning

The Chicago Tribune reported a lawsuit against a Rogers Park nursing home that settled for $100,000 after a woman drowned herself in a tub after previously expressing suicidal ideation to staff. The suit alleged that the facility failed to properly monitor the resident after she had put them on notice of her suicidal ideations. This is…

Chicago Trial Attorney: Personal Injury & Business Litigation: Auto Accident Law — More Efforts to Improve Transportation Safety

The State’s trend towards making a concerted effort to improve transportation safety continued with a move by Governor Quinn that went largely under the radar. The announced $21 million grant has the outward goals of trying to improve pedestrian safety in school zones, but it looks as though some of the proposed uses may have positive residual…

Chicago Trial Attorney: Personal Injury & Business Litigation: Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect Law — Pennsylvania Case Finds Interesting Intersection Between Nursing Home Litigation and Arbitration

An interesting story out of Pennsylvania speaks to the tension that many attorneys face between the litigation process that leads a case towards a trial by jury and the emerging trend towards resolving disputes in informal settings outside a court. The case contains a great deal of complex procedural maneuverings that may not make a…