Legal Research

Nursing Home Laws Project

By Steven Matthews

I’d like to share a new website we soft-launched today for our client Jonathan Rosenfeld.  As you can probably guess from the URL, the site is US-based and provides State-by-State collections of Nursing Home injury laws.

Our approach to this website was a bit different than we normally take.  Right from the outset, we considered it a collection rather than simply another lawyer website.  On the design side, the interface is very browse-centric, with a map graphic driving the homepage navigation.  Once you drill down into the State pages (See Illinois as an example), the site identifies negligence and wrongful death laws, and whether there is an applicable Statue of Limitations or Damages Cap for each State.  These pages also include links to State laws, general resource links, and any related posts from Jonathan’s blog.

This is project we’ve been working on for a few months now, and stemmed from Jonathan’s wanting to do “something different”.  He already had a blog, along with one of our FAQ collections, and wanted to carry forward with a similar approach.  As many Slaw readers can guess, personal injury law can be a very difficult practise to market. Especially when the goal is to avoid digital ‘ambulance chasing’, and to promote oneself  in a professional manner.

Like most websites, this offering will continue to be a work in progress.  If you have feedback on features or content that might be added, I’m happy to hear suggestions.

Here’s a screen capture of the homepage:

Full post as published by Slaw.ca on February 08, 2010 (boomark / email).