Nursing Home Litigation

Nursing Home Cases: Damages

Wilcox v. Gamble Guest Care Corp., 928 So. 2d 695 (La. Ct. App. 2006). Plaintiff appealed after trial court sustained…

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Nursing Home Cases: Corporate Liability (Piercing Veil, Direct Liability)

Forsythe v. Clark USA, Inc., 2007 Ill. LEXIS 434 (Ill. 2007). Two mechanics were killed at a refinery. Later, their…

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Nursing Home Cases: Compliance with Medicare & Medicaid Regulations

Lakeridge Villa Health Care Ctr. v. Leavitt, 2006 U.S. App. LEXIS 27338 (6th Cir. 2006). Lakeridge is an Ohio nursing…

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Nursing Home Cases: Arbitration

Marmet Health Care Center v. Brown, 132 S. Ct. 1201 (2012). Marmet began as three seperate cases in West Virginia.…

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Nursing Home Litigation: Cases

Another Court Rules that NHRA is a toothless tiger (E.D. Mo.) Elgin James filed suit alleging that he developed bedsores…

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Alterra Healthcare Corp. v. Estate of Linton, 2007 Fla. App. LEXIS 2727 (Fla. 1st DCA 2007)

Plaintiff filed suit for negligence and violations of the Florida Nursing Home Residents Act (Plaintiff was beaten and raped). Defendants…

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Davis v. Mound View Health Care, Inc., 640 S.E.2d 91 (W. Va. 2006)

Plaintiff's suit against the nursing home was dismissed for failing to comply with the pre-suit notice requirement in W. Va.…

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Nursing Home Litigation: Limitations Period: Alexander v. Amelia Manor Nursing Home, Inc., 924 So. 2d 409 (La. Ct. App. 2006)

Resident was in two different nursing homes and after her death, Plaintiff sued both of them. Each was dismissed and…

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Eldridge v. Heritage Manor, L.L.C., 942 So. 2d 743 (La. Ct. App. 2006)

Plaintiff brought suit and the nursing home filed an exception based on the immaturity of the claim as it had…

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Terry v. Red River Ctr. Corp., 942 So. 2d 1238 (La. Ct. App. 2006)

Plaintiff's daughter sued the nursing home after it asked EMTs to revive Doris Lee; Ms. Lee had a DNR. There…

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