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Criminal Sentence for Nursing Home Neglect

A criminal sentence has reportedly been handed down in connection with a nursing home neglect case. According to reports, a woman has been sentenced to 120 hours of community service and will have to ...

Several Failures Cited in Nursing Home Neglect Lawsuit

A one million-dollar nursing home neglect lawsuit has been filed on behalf of a man that was ignored for nearly a week with a leg fracture, while his x-ray was left unread, as reported by the Johnson ...

Two Nurses Charged with Elder Abuse

Two El Dorado County, California nurses have reportedly been charged with elder abuse . According to reports, the two nursing home workers are accused of neglecting a woman shortly before she died. ...

Man Awarded $200 Million for Death of Mother

A man has reportedly been awarded $200 million in regard to the nursing home death of his mother. According to reports, the woman had pushed herself in a wheelchair through a door leading to a ...

Nursing Home Neglect Death and Dramatic Weight Loss

A nursing home neglect death that occurred to a teenage girl suffering from cerebral palsy reportedly partially occurred due to her dramatic weight loss. According to reports, she weighed only 28 ...

Drug Company Settles Lawsuit Over Nursing Home Death

A drug company has reportedly settled a nursing home neglect lawsuit in regard to a woman's death at a nursing home. According to reports, the woman was accidentally given the wrong medication for ...

Nursing Home Aide Pleads Guilty to Neglect

A nursing home aide has reportedly pleaded guilty to seven counts of elder neglect . According to reports, the neglect was caught after the elderly woman's son placed cameras in her room at a nursing ...

Nursing Home Neglect Lawsuit Filed Against Center

A nursing home neglect lawsuit has reportedly been filed against a home in Illinois in regard to the death of a patient. The man's family is claiming that the man died due to inadequate treatment at ...

License Revoked for Nursing Home Neglect

A nursing home in the Illinois area has reportedly had their license revoked due to nursing home neglect . According to reports, the company that owns the home lost its license as the Department of ...

Elder Abuse Trial Set to Start

An elder abuse trial is reportedly set to begin for a woman and man facing the accusation of elder neglect and abuse. According to reports, the two were supposed to care for the woman's mother, but ...

Nursing Home Resident Dies from Neglect

A nursing home resident has reportedly died as the result of neglect . According to reports, the resident suffered physical abuse by neglect. The woman reportedly died after a wound went untreated. It ...

Family Gets $500,000 in Settlement

A family in the Chicago, Illinois area has reportedly received a $500,000 nursing home negligence settlement. According to reports, a judge approved and ordered the settlement. It is reported that the ...

Man Pleads Not Guilty to Neglect

A man in the Colville, Washington area has reportedly pleaded not guilty to neglecting a senior patient. According to reports, he is accused of a criminal charge of mistreatment. It is reported that ...

Neglect a Problem at Michigan Nursing Homes

Neglect has reportedly become a serious problem at Michigan nursing homes. Apparently, one in five elderly nursing home residents are neglected. It is also reported that vulnerable residents are ...

Lawsuit Against Nursing Home

A lawsuit has reportedly been filed against the Illinois nursing home, Maple Ridge Care Centre. According to reports, a woman died at the nursing home as the facility after she failed to receive ...

More than Seven Defendants in Nursing Home Neglect

Tonya Frey, the niece of a Fir Lane Convalescent Center resident, has filed a suit in the Madison County Circuit Court against more than seven parties allegedly responsible for the neglectful ...

Jewish Nursing Home Settles in Negligence Suit

As reported by WHEC.com News 10, four years ago a Rochester family's 87 year-old matriarch filed a lawsuit against a Jewish nursing home for negligent care that resulted in her paralysis in 2006. ...

Nurse’s Aide Sentenced in Case

A former nurse's aide has been sentenced for neglecting to feed a patient in 2008. Amanda Sallee has pleaded guilty in March to charges of wanton abuse and neglect of an adult. Now, she has been ...

Nursing Aide Sentenced in Abuse Case

A former nurse's aide has been sentenced in a nursing home abuse case where she allegedly neglected to feed a patient in 2008. Amanda Sallee has pleaded guilty to charges of wanton abuse and neglect ...

Nursing Home Negligence the Result of Inadequate Staffing

In New York, many nursing home patients are suffering due to inadequate staffing at homes. Many residents are placed in nursing homes because they need extra attention, but some residents are ...

Woman Charged with Neglect of Mother

Brenda Tucker of Naperville is being charged with criminal neglect in regard to the death of her mother. The mother, Betty Tucker, called police last year and reported elder abuse . She died soon ...

Nursing Home Abuse Verdict Upheld

A judge in Sacramento has upheld a $29 million nursing home abuse verdict for the matter of a 2005 death of a patient. Horizon West Healthcare wanted a new trial or to "significantly reduce damages." ...

Negligent Care Provided at Nursing Home

A Champaign County, Illinois nursing home is currently under investigation for possible negligence in caring for a resident. According to reports, a resident suffered a laceration requiring 24 ...

Negligence Trial Ends in $677 Million Verdict

A class-action case of nursing home negligence has resulted in a $677 million verdict against the nursing homes owned by Skilled HealthCare in California. The case involved the number of hours per day ...

Woman Withdraws Plea in Nursing Home Abuse Case

An Austintown, Ohio woman is going to trial now that she has withdrawn her guilty plea in an alleged nursing home abuse matter. Iindia Weatherly pleaded guilty to the abuse charge in May, but, after a ...
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