Elder Law

Unsafe Conditions Leads to Illinois Nursing Home Death

By Levin & Perconti

The Madison St. Clair Record reported earlier this week on a nursing home lawsuit filed by the family of a resident killed because of unsafe conditions at the Cambridge House of O?Fallon.

The suit alleges that the victim, an elderly female resident, was walking in the facility?s hallway when she tripped on a phone cord. The cord came from a nurse?s station nearby. The dangerous tripping hazard was stretched across the hallway, and it was not secured in any way. Obviously with many elderly residents walking in the area, the danger posed by the loose cord was obvious.

Unfortunately for the victim in this case, the fall caused severe injury?fracturing her spine. Her overall health deteriorated quickly following the incident. Before recovering in any way from the fall, the woman caught pneumonia. In her weakened condition her body had little chance of fighting off the illness. She died shortly afterward

The family of the victim filed this Illinois nursing home lawsuit at the end of December last year. They are seeking to hold the negligent facility accountable for the careless behavior that led to the death.

Full post as published by Illinois Nursing Home Abuse Blog on January 30, 2011 (boomark / email).