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: Illinois Nursing Home Abuse BlogFamily Sues Nursing Home for Wrongful Death
By Levin & Perconti
The family of a man who was hit and killed by a freight train has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the nursing home he wandered away from. The lawsuit alleges that the nursing home negligently failed to supervise the patient who suffered from dementia. The home knew this patient was at risk for wandering and failed to keep him secure in the facility and additionally it did not follow the company's policies for missing residents. The patient disappeared on October 25 and police later found his body near the train tracks that run close to the nursing home. To read more on this tragic story, click here.
Full post as published by Illinois Nursing Home Abuse Blog on November 19, 2008 (boomark / email).
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