$90,000 Settlement for Failure to Provide Proper Skin Care in Nursing Home Lawsuit

Barbara Ouimette was admitted to Rosewood Care Center in St. Charles, Ill. At the time, she was at high risk of skin breakdown. She also required assistance with activities of daily living.

Over the next several years, she experienced significant weight loss and developed a right buttock wound and pressure sores on her coccyx and sacrum. Although she underwent wound care, she passed away.

Ouimette’s estate sued the facility’s owner and operator, alleging that they chose not to assess her skin condition, provide proper nutrition and ensure proper staffing at the nursing home facility where she was living.

Before trial, the parties settled for $90,000. The attorney handling this matter for the Ouimette estate was Jonathan W. Young of Chicago, Ill.

Adams v. Bravo Care of St. Charles, Inc., No. 2018 513 (Ill. Cir. Ct. Kane County).

Kreisman Law Offices has been handling Illinois nursing home abuse cases, nursing home bedsore lawsuits, and nursing home 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 Naperville, Aurora, Addison, Barrington, Palatine, Mt. Prospect, Carol Stream, South Elgin, Northbrook, Buffalo Grove, Orland Park, Homewood, Tinley Park, Chicago (South Chicago, Burnside, Roseland, Chinatown, Libertyville, Rogers Park, Irving Park, Lakeview, Old Town, Union Park), Berkely, Hillside, Villa Park, and Western Springs, Ill.

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