Chicago Trial Attorney: Personal Injury & Business Litigation: Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect Law — Patient Advocates Suffer Blow as General Assembly Shoots Down Insurance Requirement

As many of our discussions have tackled, issues of insurance are very essential to protecting the rights of injury victims, and while insurance companies seldom willingly pay all of what they should, Illinois’ mandatory insurance laws at least make sure there’s a system in place to make sure that injury victims have a possibility of…

Chicago Trial Attorney: Personal Injury & Business Litigation: Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect Law — Illinois Nursing Home Advocates Renew Demands for Medicaid Reimbursement Reform

The US Supreme Court announced its long-anticipated verdict on healthcare reform and nursing home advocates are using the spotlight as a chance to renew their demands upon Illinois lawmakers to reform the state’s Medicaid reimbursement procedures. Relying heavily on statistics that suggest the state is underfunding Medicaid reimbursements by an estimated $4.7 billion, or approximately $24.34…

Chicago Trial Attorney: Personal Injury & Business Litigation: Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect Law — An Interesting Model for How to Report Abuse and Neglect

Many of our discussions can, understandably, have the tendency to leave many concerned with the wellbeing and safety of their loved ones in nursing homes a bit disheartened, to say the least. Even if you do notice a situation that disadvantages your loved one, what can you do about it proactively? The standard advice is…

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: 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…