Ms. Doe was transferred to Roe Nursing Home after suffering fractures from falls. Her doctor’s orders instructed nurses at the nursing home to regularly assess the skin around Ms. Doe’s cast to detect skin breakdown, swelling and changes in color. The nursing home nurses were also instructed to cleanse and…
Doe allegedly suffered a series of falls at Roe Nursing Home. He was diagnosed as having a serious head injury. Doe later died; his death was allegedly caused by these falls. A lawsuit was filed against an undisclosed defendant nursing home and its parent company alleging administrator and corporate negligence.…
The decedent administrator sued Oakbrook Healthcare Centre, alleging negligence while the decedent resided in the skilled nursing facility. Oakbrook moved to compel mediation or arbitration with respect to the counts against it, relying on the arbitration provision within the contract signed by the decedent’s daughter and the nursing home. The…
Colvin Towns was admitted to the Camden Nursing Facility in 2008. He suffered from many and various health conditions, including congestive heart failure, bowel and bladder issues, cognitive loss and diabetes. In 2016, he was sent to a hospital emergency department, where he was diagnosed with having nursing home-acquired pneumonia,…
John Tsucalas, 76, suffered from dementia and was admitted to Meadowview Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. Just two weeks later, he fell in his room, striking his head and his right hip. He was transferred to a hospital for treatment and died ten days later. The cause of death was determined…
Shirley Liebenguth lived at Cedarbrook Senior Care and Rehabilitation, a facility operated in part by the local county government. She was morbidly obese and required assistance with basic mobility and total assistance with transfers. When a certified nursing assistant allegedly attempted to move her, she fell to the floor and…
James Owen, 89, lived in the John Knox Village Care Center. He fell while using the bathroom, suffering a fractured cervical vertebra, and died within two weeks. He was survived by his older sister. The Owens estate and Owen’s sister sued the nursing home, alleging it chose not to provide…
The Illinois 4th District Appellate Court affirmed the decision of an Adams County Circuit Court judge. In December 2018, Mark Mason signed numerous documents allowing his mother, Doris Mason, to be admitted to St. Vincent’s Home Inc., a nursing home, including an admissions agreement. The agreement included an arbitration clause…
Doe, 81, lived in a nursing home’s secure memory unit. She tended to wander and had exit-seeking behaviors, necessitating her use of the WandergGuard, a wearable safety device. Even after a door alarm was activated, a nursing home staff member did not see that she had fallen down multiple flights…
A Chicago federal judge sent a lawsuit against the nursing home, Petersen Health Care, back to the state court after the defendant failed to persuade the judge that it had acted at the direction of the federal government to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Anita Martin, who was a resident…