Chicago Trial Attorney: Personal Injury and Business Litigation: Nursing Home Abuse

Two nursing assistants were fired from an Oklahoma Nursing Home for abusing a 96-year old dementia patient. In the disturbing article found here, apparently relatives of the injured patient  — again who suffers from dementia — placed a hidden video camera in their loved one’s room after becoming suspicious that someone was stealing the resident’s…

Chicago Trial Attorney: Personal Injury and Business Litigation: Nursing Home Care Act-No Punitive Damages

In a 6-0 decision, late last week March 2011, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled in the case of Thomas Vincent v. Alden-Park Strathmoor, Inc. that punitive damages are not allowed under the Nursing Home Care Act in death cases. This is an unfortunate decision that seems to give nursing homes less incentive to care for…