Preventing dangerous and potentially fatal injuries that result from falls in nursing homes, quite simply, should be at the top of every nursing home's priority list. Unfortunately, nursing home residents are, in general, at a high risk for falls, be it from physical injuries, illness, or otherwise, and the consequences of what might seem like a simple fall to a person of normal health can have severe Read More
Chicago Trial Attorney: Personal Injury & Business Litigation: Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect Law — A Cautionary Note on Pressure Sores
We recently discussed the important story from Colorado where a jury awarded $3.2 million dollars to the family of a man that died after a fist-sized bed sore on his back. Another story reporting on this case brings up an additional point on "bed sores" that truly underscores just how preventable they are. For patients assessed at high risk for skin breakdown, nursing homes generally have policies and procedures in Read More
Chicago Trial Attorney: Personal Injury & Business Litigation: Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect Law — California Nursing Home Sued for Administering Anti-Psychotic Drugs without Patients’ Consent
Earlier this year, the AARP joined a very unique class action lawsuit against a nursing home in Ventura, California facing charges that it administered antipsychotic drugs to its residents without informed consent from the patients and/or their representatives . The lawsuit, which also targets a doctor, alleges, in part, that residents of the facility were administered a number of antipsychotic medications under a Read More
Chicago Trial Attorney: Personal Injury & Business Litigation: Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect Law — the Paradox of Punitive Damages under the Illinois Nursing Home Care Act
An interesting story recently unfolded in West Virginia, where the State Supreme Court prepared to undertake a review of potential caps on punitive damages against nursing homes following a trial where a jury awarded $91.5 million after a nursing home resident allegedly died of complications from dehydration and neglect. The report indicates that the jury apportioned approximately $11 million of the award for Read More
Chicago Trial Attorney: Personal Injury & Business Litigation: Personal Injury, Toxic Tort Law — NBC Investigation into North Carolina Ground Water Contamination a Harrowing Must-Read
In an investigative study that feels eerily similar to a Hollywood screenplay, NBC recently released the details into their investigation claimed ground water contamination in North Carolina that the state allegedly did not notify residents of for over six years. As the article details, the Environmental Protection Agency began calling residents in the area this past summer notifying them that their water was Read More
Chicago Trial Attorney: Personal Injury & Business Litigation: Workers Compensation Law — Why All the Red Tape?
One of the interesting things about workers compensation law is that, unlike certain areas of civil law such as auto accidents or medical malpractice, for instance, that come down to case-by-case factual determinations, it seems as though a great majority of the facets, nuances, and "ins and outs" of this area is regulated and spelled out in the text of the law. From a practical standpoint, this is due in large part Read More
Chicago Trial Attorney: Personal Injury & Business Litigation: Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect — Colorado Jury Awards Significant Damages in Bedsore Case
A jury in Colorado awarded a $3.2 million verdict to the family of an 88-year old nursing home resident that died due, in large part, to complications stemming from a bedsore approximately the size of a baseball. Bedsores, or "pressure ulcers" as they are commonly known, are one of the more common causes of nursing home abuse and neglect cases that many attorneys in this area of the law come across. In this Read More
Chicago Trial Attorney: Personal Injury & Business Litigation: Workers Compensation Law — An Introduction to Independent Medical Examination
When it comes to personal injury disputes that are filed in court, one of the most common things that the average person tends to hate about the process is the persistent "finger pointing" and attempts to "discredit" the other side. This tends to rear its head most often when it comes to medical opinions -- one side comes up with a doctor that says the plaintiff is hurt, the other side comes up with a doctor that Read More
Chicago Trial Attorney: Personal Injury & Business Litigation: Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect Law — The Right to Know Your Rights
A common theme that attorneys representing nursing home abuse and neglect victims preach is that the best way to prepare yourself and your loved one and keep vigilant against potential nursing home misconduct, is to be well aware of your rights as a patient. In addition to a facility's particular practices and procedures, the Illinois Nursing Home Care Act sets out a number of specific rights of a patient in a Read More
Chicago Trial Attorney: Personal Injury & Business Litigation: Workers Compensation Law — Personal Injury Lawsuit or Workers Comp Claim — Where Do I Draw the Line?
Being injured on the job is one of the most stressful things that can happen to the average American. Navigating the unique legal and procedural area of Workers' Compensation law -- a figurative "island unto itself" -- is a rather daunting task that requires a great deal of expertise and compassion. In order to understand this area of the law, it is perhaps most useful, as is the case with most things in life, to Read More
