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NURSING HOME CASES

Summary:

We expect nursing homes to be restful places that care for our elderly loved ones. While most are, there are exceptions to that rule. Some nursing homes have employees that not only fail to provide assistance and protection for our loved ones, they do the exact opposite: they harm those who are closest to us.  Whether these unimaginable acts are due to the negligent hiring of dangerous employees or negligent under-training of employees, nursing homes, through a legal doctrine called vicarious liability, are liable for the misdeeds of their employees.  In these cases, strong legal representation is necessary to stand up for the rights of our loved ones and to protect them against those they are most vulnerable to—their care providers.

An emerging area of nursing home law is based on cases where one nursing home resident attacks another resident.  It appears that when our loved one is hurt in this fashion, the nursing home may still be liable because it should not expose our family members to dangerous situations by negligently taking in unsafe residents.

Cases:

 Juarez v. Heritage

- Defendant nursing home failed to strap plaintiff’s wheelchair in while moving him in a van. While driving around a corner, plaintiff’s wheel chair—plaintiff in tow—is thrown across the van. He died only two weeks later. Plaintiff received a confidential settlement.

The Robert Pahlke Law Group has also handled other nursing home cases where patients suffered injuries and death due to defective equipment, negligent care, over medication, the fracturing of bones, carelessly caused pressure sores and other negligible acts.

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