Defendants filed motions to strike two counts in Plaintiff’s complaint, alleging recklessness in the care and treatment of the decedent, as well as, a violation of Conn. General Statutes § 19a-550(b)(10). The motions were denied. As part of Plaintiff’s negligence claim, Plaintiff alleged that “defendants failed to properly care for, assess and/or treat the decedent’s […]
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Resident suffering from dementia was admitted to nursing facility. Husband signed admissions documents including two arbitration agreements. California law prohibits including the arbitration agreement in the admissions agreement so it was a separate document. Husband signed the arbitration agreement on a line labled “Legal Rep/Responsible Party/Agent.” Husband did not hold a power of attorney and […]
Children of deceased nursing home resident sued nursing home. The trial court denied the nursing home’s motion to compel arbitration and the nursing home appealed. The resident had executed a California Probate Code § 4701 health care power of attorney that impliedly included the power to execute contracts for nursing home admission. The power of […]
Plaintiff filed suit for medical malpractice, negligence, violations of the Residents’ Rights Act and wrongful death. The complaint was personally served on Defendant’s agent on February 9, 2005. Defendant had 30 days to file an Answer. Without filing a request for extention, Defendant filed first answer 30 days too late. Plaintiff moved to strike the […]
Margaret Dickson was a resident at Hildebrand Hidden Acres, a nursing home, when Vincent Pharmacy and its pharmacist on duty, James Ehl, “mis-filled” a medication prescribed for her. As a result, Dickson became hyperglycemic and had to be hospitalized. One of her daughters, Barbara Lacey, filed a complaint on Dickson’s behalf, alleging negligence and wantonness. […]
Kindred filed a motion for an emergency protective order after the trial allowed limited discovery on the sole issue of whether the arbitration agreement executed on behalf of the resident was void. Among the matters over which Kind sought protection was the relationship between Kindred and the service that administers the ADR program, as well […]
Following a jury trial, verdict was entered awarding damages as follows: $132,157.17 for medical expenses; $650,000 for Baumgarten’s pain and suffering; $3,965.31 for funeral and burial expenses; and $225,000 for Virginia Baumgarten’s loss of society and companionship claim. After trial, the court entered an order reducing the medical expenses to $82,157.17 and offered the estate […]
A jury awarded $500,000 to the resident’s estate for noneconomic damages for predeath pain and suffering, $350,000 to the spouse for predeath loss of consortium and $350,000 for post-death loss of consortium. The trial court reduced the award to $350,000, which was the cap for noneconomic damages in a medical malpractice case. The court of […]
In this wrongful death case, the parties filed motions in limine and the following were before the court: “(1) Defendant A+’s Motion to Exclude Evidence Unrelated to the Proximate Cause of Edna Heiden’s Death; (2) Defendant A+’s Motion to Limit the Number of Plaintiff’s Expert Witnesses; and (3) Plaintiff’s Motion to Exclude from Evidence (i) […]
James Szymczak brought a qui tam action against a hospital and nursing home alleging that fraudulent Medicare claims were filed and payment was received for unnecessary, unrendered, misrepresented, and unreimbursable services in violation of the False claims act (31 USC § 3729-31). Szymczak filed the action pro se and the district court dismissed the action, […]
