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Helen Ende, 89, suffered from dementia. She was a resident of Parkside Manor. Ende left the facility and remained outdoors for approximately seven hours in freezing temperatures, and she froze to death. Staff at the nursing home didn’t realize she was gone. She was survived by her son.
Her son, on behalf of her estate, brought a claim against Encore Wisconsin LLC, Parkside’s parent company, alleging staff disregarded Ende’s rights and was liable for its staff members’ intentional behavior. One of the assertions was that facility policy required workers to account for all residents. The three workers who were on duty chose not to follow this policy and one worker left the building for a few hours during his shift.
Following trial, the jury signed a verdict for $4 million in punitive damages.
The attorneys handling this case were Benjamin Wagner and Molly Lavin.
Ende v. West Bend Mut. Ins. Co., No. 2023CV000182 (Wis. Cir. Ct. Kenosha Cnty.).
Kreisman Law Offices has been handling nursing home abuse lawsuits, nursing home fall cases, nursing home wandering lawsuits, and wrongful death cases for individuals, families and loved ones who have been harmed, injured or died as a result of the carelessness or negligence of a medical provider for more than 49 years in and around Chicago, Cook County and its surrounding areas, including Wilmette, Evanston, Skokie, Mount Prospect, Glencoe, Arlington Heights, Zion, Fort Sheridan, Calumet City, Oak Forest, Country Club Hills, Melrose Park, Elmwood Park, River Forest, Crystal Lake, Bedford Park, Chicago (Grand Boulevard, Kenwood, Washington Park, Englewood, Chicago Lawn, Archer Heights, Ukrainian Village, Logan Square, Bucktown, Wrightwood Neighbors, Bricktown, Roscoe Village, Lincoln Square, East Albany Park, Beverly), Northlake, Wheaton, Hinsdale, Maywood, LaGrange and Burr Ridge, Ill.
Robert D. Kreisman has been an active member of the Illinois and Missouri bars since 1976.
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