The nursing home filed a Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition in January 2000. Plaintiff resided in the nursing home from November…
Trial court sustained defendants' exception of prematurity. The trial court was reversed in part because violations of the nursing home…
Plaintiff appealed after trial court sustained patient liability fund's exception of no cause of action on Nursing Home Bill of…
Plaintiff, the estate of a 92 year old resident sued for neglect. The resident was wheelchair bound and had Parkinson's,…
Jury found that nursing home and hospital were equally at fault. On JNOV, the trial court awarded damages for survival,…
The trial court sustained defendants' exception of prematurity. The medical review panels' term was about to expire without having reached…
Defendants appealed judgment against nursing home and the patient's compensation fund because judgment was improperly modified, because it did not…
Summary judgment for Defendants was affirmed where the attorney's certificate that the case was reviewed by an expert prior to…
Summary judgment was affirmed in part and reversed in part. The statute of limitations for underlying acts of negligence applies…
Plaintiff appealed the trial court's order granting the motion for summary judgment. "During discovery, the Appellees proposed a request for…
Plaintiffs moved for JNOV after the jury failed to award wrongful death damages and allocated 70% of damages to the…
Defendant nursing home moved to compel arbitration. The trial court denied the motion, and the nursing home appealed. The agreement…
Both parties appealed after the court severed limitations on damages but compelled arbitration. In 2004, Plaintiff filed suit for negligence…
The nursing home appealed the decision denying its exception of prematurity and exception of no cause of action and non-joinder…
The personal representative of the resident's estate sued multiple corporations for nursing home negligence including Residence Healthcare, a foreign corporation.…
The decision of the trial court was reversed and arbitration was compelled. On September 17, 2002, Mann underwent a total…
Plaintiff brought suit and the nursing home filed an exception based on the immaturity of the claim as it had…
Plaintiff's daughter sued the nursing home after it asked EMTs to revive Doris Lee; Ms. Lee had a DNR. There…
After Plaintiff sued for negligence, Manor Care moved to disqualify Plaintiff's counsel. The trial court denied the motion. An application…
Plaintiff filed suit alleging various claims: negligence; medical malpractice; malice and/or gross negligence; fraud; breach of fiduciary duty; statutory survival…
Prior to filing suit, Plaintiff opened an estate for resident in Tallahatchie County. After the suit was filed, Defendants filed…
The wife was a personal representative of the husband's estate. The husband was killed in a vehicle collision. Medicaid paid…
Two estates filed suit against Defendants, including fictitious parties alleging simple negligence, medical malpractice, malice and/or gross negligence, fraud, breach…
Defendants appealed an order compelling response to 195 requests to produce and requiring them to prepare a privilege log. On…
Health Facilities Mgmt. Corp. v. Hughes A management company and a nursing facility appeals from a judgment entered against them…
Alcoy v. Valley Nursing Homes, Inc. Resident, 79 years old, was admitted to nursing home following a stroke. She was…
Raymond Davis, Sr., individually, and Raymond Davis, Jr., as an administrator of the Estate of Elsie T. Davis, sued First…
Curtis Peacock, the administrator of the estate of his mother, Nina Peacock, filed suit against HCP III Eastman d/b/a Heart…
Beverly Tutinas's husband, Julian, was on Medicaid, but she was not. When Beverly died owning a home valued at $69,641.89…
Resident was sexually assaulted in a mental health facility. Plaintiff brought an action alleging negligent hiring, gross negligence, sexual assault,…
Defendant appealed following entry of judgment on verdict and denial of its motion for JNOV. Resident died after he went…
Plaintiffs filed their expert report on August 29, 2005. The 120th day after filing the complaint was July 4th. Defendant…
Miller v. Levering Reg'l Health Care Ctr., LLC The resident had a history of falling, was left unattended in a…
A survival action was brought against the nursing home and its corporate parent. A jury found that the nursing home,…
B.T. Healthcare, Inc. v. Honeycutt Resident suffered from pressure ulcers at two different nursing homes. After filing suit, Plaintiff settled…
On admission to the nursing home, the resident's granddaughter executed an admission contract that included an arbitration agreement. Later, after…
Plaintiff filed a negligence and wrongful death suit against the nursing home. Kindred filed a motion to dismiss or, in…
Maria Rubio was a nursing home resident suffering from Alzheimer's disease. While in the nursing home she was sexually assaulted…
The Court affirmed a $24,300 civil penalty after a U.S. Departmental Appeals Board found that a nursing home violated regulations…
Plaintiff appealed from trial court's grant of summary judgment to Manor Care, its dismissal of claims against an individual, and…
Thornburg v. El Centro Regional Medical Center The plaintiff requested medical records, and the hospital charged $2 per page. Plaintiff…
When contrasted with Hines and Smith, a different result was reached where the legislature had re-written the property code. In…
The court of appeals affirmed the dismissal of the claim against the state for failing to assure compliance with the…
What does caregiving cost businesses? In answering this question, it’s important to begin with an understanding of what caregiving is,…
Effective January 1, 2021, Georgia HB 865 (Act 508), amended the Georgia Probate code. Now, if you prepare a written…
The Special Needs Alliance (SNA) is a national organization comprised of attorneys committed to the practice of disability and public…
On July 5, 2016, in Doctors Hospital of Augusta v. Alicea, 299 Ga. 315 (2016), the Georgia Supreme Court affirmed…
A medication error is defined as "any preventable event that may cause or lead to inappropriate medication use or patient…
Presently, there are four nursing homes in Dalton, Georgia. They are Quinton Memoria, Regency Park, Ridgewood Manor, and Wood Dale.…
https://www.aging.senate.gov/hearings The Senate Special Committee on Aging was first established in 1961 as a temporary committee. It was granted permanent…