27 Jul 2017
A Saddle River, New Jersey, nurse has been indicted after being caught by a hidden camera abusing a severely disabled man that was on a ventilator. When the mother of the disabled man had concerns over her son’s treatment by his nurse, she placed a hidden camera in the home [..]
25 Jul 2017
New Jersey’s Safe Care Cam program has recently been expanded to include inclusion into nursing homes and other institutions. The program lends hidden surveillance cameras to individuals for free that suspect their family members are being mistreated or abused, so they can gather evidence against caregivers to prove their suspicions. [..]
4 May 2017
In a perfect world, the above headline would be part of the punchline to a horrible joke. Sadly, we don’t live in a perfect world, and this was an actual case that happened in Festus, Missouri. A nursing home owner spent money from Medicaid on strippers that was meant [..]
27 Apr 2017
Nursing home abuse cases often involve horrifying care with deadly outcomes. We hear it when we talk to the families we represent everyday. We all see it on the news now more than ever and wonder how a person can be driven to the point of inflicting that kind of [..]
20 Apr 2017
Palm Beach County authorities have reportedly arrested two Boynton Beach nurses after they had allegedly stolen drugs from the Hamlin Place nursing home where they were employed. The drugs were intended for these Boynton Beach nursing home patients and were instead switched for Tylenol, leaving patients without their necessary prescriptions. [..]
Winning Results
$1,400,000
SETTLEMENT
against a nursing home for the choking death of a resident
$1,000,000
SETTLEMENT
against an assisted living facility for injury and wrongful death of a resident
$930,000
VERDICT
against a Middlesex County nursing home for a resident’s pressure ulcers and wrongful death
$3,000,000
SETTLEMENT
settlement for workers with mesothelioma, lung cancer, and asbestosis caused by asbestos in the workplace