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$175,000 Settlement in Failure to Treat Pressure Sores at Nursing Home
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$500,000 Settlement in Nursing Home’s Failure to Follow Physician’s Orders
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$4.25 Million Settlement in Nursing Home Resident Fall Lawsuit
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$30.9 Million Including $25 Million in Punitive Damages in Jury Verdict in Failure to Prevent, Treat Pressure Sores
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$1 Million Jury Verdict in Nursing Home’s Failure to Prevent Sacral Pressure Sore
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Illinois Appellate Court Finds Arbitration Clause Inapplicable in Nursing Home Wrongful Death Lawsuit
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$200,000 Settlement in Wrongful Death of Nursing Home Resident
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$325,000 Settlement in Wrongful Death of Nursing Home Resident Whose Condition Deteriorated After Fall
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$1.4 Million Jury Verdict in Nursing Home Resident’s Death Following Infected Pressure Ulcers
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Illinois Appellate Court Affirms Unenforceable Arbitration Provision in Nursing Home Abuse Lawsuit
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Improper Wound Care at Nursing Home Results in Undisclosed Settlement Amount
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Illinois Appellate Court Affirms Denial of Arbitration in Nursing Home Lawsuit
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$75,000 Settlement in Failure to Prevent Pressure Sores at Nursing Home
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$250,000 Jury Verdict in Inadequate Nursing Home Care Plan Following Death of Resident
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$75,000 Nursing Home Settlement for Failure to Implement Fall Protection Measures
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$250,000 Settlement in Insufficient Staffing Lawsuit Against Nursing Home
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$3.45 Million Jury Verdict in Failure to Assist Elderly Resident in Bathroom Fall
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Illinois Appellate Court Affirms Arbitration Clause in Nursing Home Lawsuit
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Illinois Appellate Court Answers Certified Question as to Disability Tolling Statute
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$450,000 Settlement in Nursing Home Neglect, Resident Fall
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$775,000 Settlement for Inadequate Care at Nursing Home
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$2 Million Settlement in Failure to Provide Adequate Safety Measures for Wandering Nursing Home Resident
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$150,000 Settlement for Wrongful Death of Patient Who Was Refused Readmission to Nursing Home
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$755,000 Jury Verdict in Elder Abuse Lawsuit
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U.S. District Court Returns Nursing Home Case for Further Disposition Regarding Wrongful Death Related to COVID-19
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$150,000 Settlement in Failure to Prevent Fall at Nursing Home
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$2.7 Million Settlement for the Failure to Properly Clean Port Site of Home Health Care Patient
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$120,000 Settlement in Nursing Home Fall Lawsuit
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$750,000 Settlement Reached in Failure to Implement Fall Prevention Measures at Nursing Home
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$125,000 Settlement in Nursing Home Case Regarding Failure to Prevent Falls
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$2 Million Settlement Caused by Dangerous Nursing Home Bedrails
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$90,000 Settlement for the Death of Nursing Home Resident Caused by Inadequate Care Plan
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Illinois Appellate Court Reverses in Part and Remands Nursing Home Case as to Motion to Compel Arbitration
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Illinois Appellate Court Partially Reverses and Remands Case Alleging Violations of Illinois Nursing Home Care Act
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$262,500 Settlement in Nursing Home Fall Lawsuit
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$450,000 Settlement in Negligent Monitoring at Nursing Home
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$205,200 Settlement for Negligent Patient Transfer
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$250,000 Settlement for Failure to Handle Fall Assessments at Assisted Living Facility
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$237,500 Settlement in Failure to Secure Wheelchair to Van’s Locking Mechanism
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$125,000 Settlement for Failure to Assist Nursing Home Resident with Daily Needs
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$100,000 Settlement in Failure to Adequately Assess Nursing Home Patient
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$1 Million Settlement in Inadequate Care, Understaffing Nursing Home Lawsuit
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$130,000 Settlement in Failure to Prevent Fall at Nursing Facility
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$700,000 Settlement for Failure to Secure Patient into Wheelchair
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$185,000 Settlement Reached in Nursing Home’s Failure to Prevent Fall During Transfer
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$210,000 Settlement for Failure to Prevent Falls in Nursing Home, Assisted Living, Wrongful Death
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$125,000 Settlement in Nursing Home’s Failure to Prevent and Treat Pressure Sores
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$4.87 Million Judgment in Failure to Develop Care Plan at Nursing Home
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$1.15 Million Settlement Reached in Failure to Prevent Third Party’s Access to Secure Unit
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$197,100 Arbitration Award in Nursing Home Lawsuit for Inadequate Care of Resident
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$1.4 Million Judgment in Inadequate Staffing in Nursing Home Case
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$137,500 Settlement in Failure to Prevent Nursing Home Resident’s Pressure Ulcers
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Nursing Home Death Caused by Choosing Not to Modify Care Plan; Undisclosed Settlement
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$225,000 Settlement in Injury to Nursing Home Resident After Transport Suddenly Stopped
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Appellate Court Affirms Elder Abuse Judgment That Awarded Damages, Attorney’s Fees and Costs
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Improper Treatment of Pressure Sores Leads to Undisclosed Settlement in Nursing Home Lawsuit
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Home Caregiver’s Negligence Does Not Amount to Medical Malpractice Claim
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$4.45 Million Settlement Reached in Negligent Placement of Child Lawsuit
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Illinois Appellate Court Reverses Dismissal Against Nursing Homes For Wrongful Death Filed Two Years After The Negligence But Before The Running Of The Same Two Years From The Date Of Death
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$5 Million Jury Verdict for Nursing Home Failure to Provide Resident Correct Soft Diet
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Nursing Home Settles Death of Resident for Failure to Monitor Blood Sugar
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$200,000 Jury Verdict for Failure to Monitor Nursing Home Resident
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$350,000 Settlement Reached in Failure to Prevent and Timely Treat Pressure Sore at Nursing Home
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$700,000 Jury Verdict in Nursing Home Fall Case Caused by Negligent Hiring of Aide
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Illinois Appellate Court Reverses Dismissal of Wrongful Death in Nursing Home Case on Statute of Limitations Issue
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$224,000 Jury Verdict for Fall of Resident at Nursing Home
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Illinois Appellate Court Affirms Allowing Estate to File Physician’s Affidavit Supporting Motion to Reconsider Arbitration in Nursing Home Case
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$6 Million Jury Verdict in Wrongful Death of Resident in Assisted Living Facility for Failure to Supervise
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$350,000 Settlement Reached in Nursing Home’s Failure to Follow Regulations for Admission of Violent Resident
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$2.24 Million Jury Verdict for Wrongful Death in Nursing Home’s Negligent Discharge
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$187,500 Settlement in Nursing Home Fall, Injury, Wrongful Death Lawsuit
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Illinois Appellate Court Reverses Summary Judgment Against Nursing Home Due to Fraudulent Transfer of Assets
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Illinois Appellate Court Affirms in Part and Reverses in Part a $4.1 Million Jury Verdict in Wrongful Death, Nursing Home Negligence Lawsuit
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$475,000 Settlement for Assisted Living Facility’s Failure to Provide Medical Assistance to Resident with Bilateral Femur Fractures, Resulting Death
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$5 Million Jury Verdict for Stage 4 Bed Sore and Wrongful Death
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$250,000 Jury Verdict for Improper Administration of Antipsychotic Medication at Nursing Home
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$1.89 Million Jury Verdict for Nursing Home Resident’s Fall and Injuries
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Nursing Home Errors of Abuse and Neglect Go Unreported
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Illinois Appellate Court Affirms Summary Judgment Dismissing Nursing Home That Had Sold Itself to Another Company
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Illinois Appellate Court Reverses Order Denying the Vacating of a Default Judgment in Nursing Home Lawsuit
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Illinois Appellate Court Affirms Summary Judgment Against Certain Defendants in Nursing Home Care Act Case
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Home Health Provider Sued Over Injury to Patient While Lifting
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$200,000 Settlement Reached in Negligent Administration of Medication at Nursing Home
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Settlement Reached in Home Health Care Abuse Case Where Elements of Negligent Hiring and Supervision Were Key
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$7.5 Million Jury Verdict for Nursing Home Abuse for Resident Sexually Assaulted by Fellow Resident
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$200,000 Settlement Reached for Negligent Administration of Medication at Nursing Home
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State Supreme Court Reverses Trial Court’s Order Granting Nursing Facility’s Motion to Compel Arbitration
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Nursing Home Held Liable for Improper Treatment of Patient’s Respiratory Distress
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Illinois Appellate Court Affirms New Trial in Wrongful Death Case Against Nursing Home Doctor
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State Appellate Court Finds That Claim Arising Out of Patient’s Fall at Nursing Home Required Expert Testimony to Prove Causation
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$180,000 Settlement Reached in Failure to Prevent Pressure Sores in Nursing Home
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$1.83 Million Jury Verdict for Nursing Home’s Failure to Prevent and Treat Pressure Sores
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Cook County Jury Signs Verdict for $972,000 in Nursing Home Negligence Lawsuit
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$200,000 Jury Verdict for Nursing Home’s Failure to Diagnose Orthopedic Injuries to Resident
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State Appellate Court Affirms Judgment Notwithstanding Verdict that Vacated Judgment Against Health Care Center for Wrongful Death of Resident
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Illinois Appellate Court Returns Nursing Home-Arbitration Case Back for Discovery on Severable Issues in the Wrongful Death Portion of Case
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Inadequate Staff Training at Nursing Home Results in $195,000 Settlement
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$1 Million Jury Verdict for Wrongful Death of Nursing Home Resident Due to Understaffing
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$340,000 Settlement for Failure to Treat Pressure Sore at Skilled Nursing Facility Led to Death
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$1.83 Million Jury Verdict for Failure to Prevent, Treat Pressure Sores at Nursing Home
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State Supreme Court Finds That Release of Health Care Center Releases Employees From Liability
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Wandering Nursing Home Resident Left to Die in Cold
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State Supreme Court Affirms Dismissal of Assisted Living Negligence Lawsuit Based on Two-Year Statute of Limitations
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State Supreme Court Reverses State Appellate Court in Assisted Living Case with Multiple Expert Reports
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Nursing Home Facilities Held Responsible for Illinois Resident-on-Resident Assaults
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State Supreme Court Holds State Owed No Legal Duty to Nursing Home Resident Alleged to Have Been Sexually Assaulted
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$28.5 Million Jury Verdict for Nursing Home’s Failure to Timely Transfer Resident to Hospital
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Appellate Court Reverses, Upholding Nursing Home’s Arbitration Agreement Even with Lack of Clear Statement of Authority
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Illinois Appellate Court Reversed Lower Court on Nursing Home Arbitration Clause in Wrongful Death Case
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$100,000 Settlement for Nursing Home Resident Whose Bed Sores Went Untreated
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Nursing Homes Required To Provide Assistance With Activities Of Daily Living, Especially For Those Who Have Dietary And Eating Restrictions
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Nursing Home’s License Suspended After Nine Patients Died
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$8.3 Million Jury Verdict for the Wrongful Death of a Resident of Long-Term Care Facility
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Appellate Court Finds That Insurance Policy Exclusion Applied to Claim by Long-Term Care Patient Who Fell from a Wheelchair Lift
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State Supreme Court Clarifies Elder Abuse Law
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Illinois Appellate Court Affirms Order That Nursing Home Has Same Privilege and Strict Confidentiality That Healthcare Professionals Possess for Internal Quality-Control Evaluations
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U.S. Supreme Court Says State’s Arbitration Law is Preempted by the Federal Arbitration Act
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Illinois Senate Bill 2031 Would Create a Nursing Resident’s Authorized Representative
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Nursing Home Wrongful Death Case Allowed to Continue in Spite of Arbitration Clause
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Nursing Home Contracts Containing Arbitration Clauses Under Attack
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$5.2 Million Jury Verdict for Multiple Deaths at Nursing Home
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Jury’s Verdict of $250,000 for Wrongful Death of Nursing Home Resident Vacated by Trial Court
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Appellate Court Reverses Trial Court Finding That Nursing Home May Be Responsible for Choosing Not to Follow Doctor’s Order to Use Bedrails
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$20 Million Jury Verdict for Wrongful Death Caused by Opiate Overdose
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Illinois Assisted Living Residents Get Reduction in Personal Needs Allowance
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Jury Signs $900,000 Verdict Against Nursing Home in the Death of a Resident After Repeated Falls
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$8.47 Million Verdict for Brain Damage to 8-Year-Old Child at Nursing Home
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Outbreak of Bacteria from Intravenous Syringes Injures 52 Nursing Home Patients
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State Supreme Court Affirms Overruling of Objections to Motion to Compel Arbitration in Nursing Home Lawsuit
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$143 Million Settlement Reached in Nursing Home Chain’s False Claims Act Litigation
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$303,000 Jury Verdict Entered Against Nursing Home In Which Staff Negligently Removed Skin Staples from Resident
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$30 Million Nursing Home Jury Verdict with Punitive Damages
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Nursing Home Pressure Ulcer Case Reversed and Remanded for New Trial When Court Replaced Holdout Juror
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Appellate Court Finds Nursing Home Cannot Force Arbitration in Wrongful Death Claim
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New Rule Bars Nursing Homes Receiving Federal Funds From Requiring Arbitration in Disputes
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$586,600 Arbitrator Award in Assisted Living Facility Injury and Death Case
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$325,000 Settlement Reached in the Death of a Nursing Home Resident Caused by an Inadequate Transfer
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$475,000 Settlement Reached in Nursing Home Fall and Injury Case
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Nursing Home Resident Dies After Suffering Several Untreated Illnesses – Jury Enters Verdict for $5.56 Million
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Confidentiality Clauses in Settlement Agreements and How to Just Say No
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Illinois Nursing Home Care Act Amended As Related To Background Checks
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National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel Changes Terminology in Pressure Ulcer
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Injured Nursing Home Resident Refused Information About Another Resident
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Illinois Law Now Allows Cameras in Nursing Homes; Some Call Them ‘Granny Cams’
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Elder Abuse in U.S. Increases with the Size of the Older Population
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$12 Million Jury Verdict in Nursing Home Abuse Case
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Illinois Supreme Court Considers Reviewing Nursing Home Case
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$650,000 Jury Verdict for Nursing Home’s Failure to Prevent and Treat Bed Sores
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$10.2 Million Jury Verdict for the Death of a 15-Year-Old Boy at a Residential Care Facility
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$1 Million Jury Verdict in Nursing Home Abuse Case for Failure to Assist Resident and Prevent Pressure Sores
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Nursing Home Sued by Resident for Improper Administration of Medications
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New Illinois Law Will Allow Electronic Monitoring by a Resident in Their Nursing Home Room
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State Supreme Court Finds That Nursing Home Abuse Case Was Filed Properly and Was Not Applicable to the Medical Malpractice Act
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Confidential Settlement Reached in Assisted Living Resident’s Fall, Resulting in Injuries and Death
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Cook County Jury Verdict for Injured Senior Who Fell From Wheelchair During Transport to Doctor’s Appointment
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$883,000 Jury Verdict for Failure to Prevent and Treat Pressure Sore at Hospital
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Illinois Appellate Court Affirms Discovery Orders in Nursing Home Abuse Case and Vacates Order of Contempt
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$38 Million Settlement for Whistleblower Actions Under the False Claims Act Against Operator of Skilled Nursing Facilities
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Jury Enters $16.73 Million for Family Injured by Nursing Home Employee Sent Home Intoxicated
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Appellate Court Agrees that Arbitration Agreement was Inapplicable to Wrongful Death Claim of Resident’s Beneficiary
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Nursing Home Resident Death Allowed to Proceed in State Court and Did Not Violate Arbitration Act
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Illinois Appellate Court Affirms Nursing Home Abuse Verdict Where Two Jury Instructions Were Given
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Illinois Appellate Court Find That Health-Care Power of Attorney Authorizes the Agent to Sign Nursing Home’s Arbitration Provision and Thus Patient Can Be Bound by the Agent’s Action
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Nursing Home Resident Not Protected Under the Illinois Nursing Home Care Act and Federal Law to be Readmitted to Nursing Home After Hospital Stay
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Nursing Home Owed Duty of Care to Resident Being Transported by Van from Dialysis Center
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Home Health Care Agency Responsible for Injury to Home-Based Patient’s Injuries
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Illinois Jury Finds in Favor of Nursing Home when Resident is Injured Falling from Wheelchair
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Nursing Home Lawsuit Resulting in a Resident’s Death for Delayed Transfer to Hospital
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$500,000 Jury Verdict Against Hospital for Failure to Prevent Bedsores to Patient
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$1 Million Jury Verdict for Failure to Timely Diagnose and Treat Pulmonary Embolism in Skilled Nursing Facility
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Cook County Jury Verdict for Death of Nursing Home Patient for Physician Negligence in Handling Seizure Disorder
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California Nursing Home Files for Bankruptcy Protection
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Report Shows That Nursing Home Residents Are Found to be Abused in One of Three Nursing Homes
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Illinois Nursing Home Abuse Cases Should Not be Confused with Medical Malpractice Cases
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Does Former Lawyer Working on a Contingency Fee Arrangement Who Withdraws from Pending Lawsuit Waive His or Her Attorney Lien?
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Illinois Law Aimed at Reducing Unlawful or Fraudulent Transfers to Unrelated Caregivers of the Elderly or Disabled
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Nursing Home Transfer of Liabilities Considered Fraudulent
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Resident’s Fall at Nursing Home Leads to $1.25 Million Settlement
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$13.2 Million Jury Verdict in Inadequate Staffing Case at Nursing Home
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Nursing Home Resident Suffers Fractures and Settles for $1.5 Million for Injuries
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Jury Enters Record-Setting $43.5 Million Nursing Home Abuse Case for the Neglect of an 80-Year-Old Man
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Arbitrator Awards $975,000 against Nursing Home for Failure to Implement Treatment Plan and for the Death of its Resident
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$2.01 Million Jury Verdict for 85-Year-Old Woman Who Was Sexually Assaulted in a Nursing Home
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$150,000 Settlement Reached for Nursing Home Resident Who Developed Bedsores and Received Inadequate Nutrition
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Court Holds That Peer Review Privilege Statutes Are Not Preempted by Federal Law
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Florida State Senate Has Passed the Bill That Would Limit Jury Verdicts in Nursing Home Abuse Cases
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Long-Term Healthcare Plan Denied for Care in Assisted Living Facilities
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Crucial Internal Documentation in Litigating Nursing Home Cases
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Jury Verdict for $132,000 for Noncompliance with Physician’s Feeding Orders in Nursing Rehab Center
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Nursing Homes Alerted to Poor Dental Hygiene of Residents
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Cases of Nursing Home Abuse Go Uninvestigated
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$28 Million Jury Verdict in Nursing Home False Claims and Whistleblower Act Fraud Case
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Nursing Home Resident’s Family Receives $1.75 Million Settlement for Failure to Provide Fall Prevention Procedures and Pain Management
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Nursing Home Employee Reveals Resident Bed Sores and Other Nursing Home Abuses by Photography
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Elder Abuse Captured on Video; Reports of Abuse on the Rise
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Illinois Senate Bill 1912 Amends Code of Civil Procedure to Enforce Settlements in Wrongful Death and Personal Injury Cases
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Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn Signs New Laws to Protect Senior Citizens and Prevent Abuse and Neglect
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Illinois Appellate Court Holds That Jury Was Wrong in Choosing Not to Award Loss of Society in Death Case – Watson v. South Shore Nursing & Rehab
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Illinois Supreme Court Holds Again that Punitive Damage Claims Do Not Survive an Injured Person’s Death – Vincent v. Alden-Park Strathmoor
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Disabled Resident’s Fall Leads to 400,000 for Surviving Family – Estate of Schrik v. Omole
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Chicago Nursing Home Inspections May Be Compromised – Suspicions That Nursing Home Owners Tipped Off
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Illinois Nursing Home Safety Bill To Protect Seniors From Nursing Home Abuse Signed by Governor
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Illinois Nursing Home Arbitration Clause Subject of Recent Illinois Appellate Court Decision
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Nursing Home Claim for Punitive Damages Upon Resident’s Death Denied by Illinois Courts – Vincent v. Alden-Park-Strathmoor, Inc.
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Kane County, Illinois Nursing Home Resident Settles After a Below the Knee Leg Amputation
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Guidelines for Selecting a Nursing Home for the Elderly
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Falls On the Rise as a Leading Injury Among Senior Citizens
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Illinois Nursing Homes Housing The Mentally Ill And Felons Threaten The Elderly
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Nursing Home Residents Face Uncertain Future With Long-Term Care Insurance Denials
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Wrongful Death Action Allowed Against Nursing Home by Missouri Supreme Court, But Arbitration Clause Not Allowed
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National and Illinois Nursing Home Deficiencies On the Rise
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Cook County Class Action by Nursing Home Residents Challenges State of Illinois to Provide Supportive Services
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Infected Pressure Sores from Malnutrition and Other Nursing Home Abuse Results in Illinois Legislation
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Nursing Home Abuse And Alzheimer’s Residents: Protection Under the Illinois Nursing Home Care Act
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