Elder Law

Chicago Nursing Home Abuse Lawyer Steve Levin Quoted about ?Angel of Death? Case

By Levin & Perconti

The Chicago nursing home abuse lawyers of Levin & Perconti filed an amended complaint in the McHenry County Circuit Court yesterday in a lawsuit against Woodstock Residence. Our attorneys represent the family of Virginia Cole in a civil lawsuit against the nursing home and two former employees. The original complaint alleges that the nursing home and named employees administered lethal doses of morphine that led to Cole?s death at the age of 78. The amended complaint adds the medical director at the time of Cole?s death as a defendant, alleging that the director was negligent in his care of Cole. The complaint alleges that the medical director diagnosed Cole incorrectly, neglected to determine if she was in pain before he ordered morphine and failed to make sure the nursing home was handling controlled substances, such as morphine, properly.

According to Illinois nursing home attorney Steve Levin, the lawsuit does not allege that the named medical director was aware that employees were giving Cole and other nursing home residents unneeded doses of morphine, a narcotic pain killer that is used to treat severe pain. The medical director was also named in a wrongful death suit that was filed on behalf of another Woodstock resident whose death is in question.

In addition to the civil wrongful death lawsuit, a criminal lawsuit has also been filed against the two former employees. We will continue to provide news and information on the ?Angel of Death? case in McHenry County as it becomes available. To read the Northwest Herald?s coverage of the nursing home lawsuit, click on the hyperlink.

Full post as published by Illinois Nursing Home Abuse Blog on March 04, 2010 (boomark / email).