Nursing Home and Personal Care Home Litigation

With more people living in nursing homes or personal care homes, an increasing number of problems have developed. Many of the problems with care provided in these homes stems from a failure to treat the residents with basic human dignity.

Some firms tend to reject cases involving the elderly due to concerns with recoverable damages or concerns that the client may pass away before the case goes to trial. Our experience supports our belief that determination and a thorough investigation can uncover the dirty secrets many nursing homes and personal care homes try to hide. And, more importantly, we ensure wrongdoers are held responsible for injuring the client who has historically been denied access to the justice system.

Nursing homes and personal care facilities are heavily regulated by a variety of federal and state agencies. Handling these types of cases requires in-depth knowledge of the applicable regulations. Proving that the errors and omissions are related to the deteriorated health and life expectancy of the resident requires thorough medical analysis and experience with the behind-the-scenes realities of nursing homes and personal care facilities.

We have successfully handled a number of cases involving clients that, given the typical evaluation and litigation strategies, may have either been passed over or who would not have recovered fully. Aren’t elderly victims of neglect and bad care entitled to just as much justice as younger victims of negligence?
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