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Illinois Nursing Home Abuse Blog

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Defending Illinois Nursing Home Victims Requires Year-Round Advocacy

Posted on February 18, 2011
This blog is consistently filled with information on the latest developments in the public debate around tort reform. Nursing home law is seemingly always in the news as insurance companies and other big business interests continue to pressure lawmakers to enact statutes taking away rights of legal victims...

Nursing Home Lawsuits Ends with $1 Million Verdict

Posted on February 17, 2011
Ohio.com reported late last month on the conclusion of a nursing home trial. The suit was filed by the family of a nursing home resident killed by the negligent conduct of her caregivers. The initial nursing home lawsuit was filed against the Heather Knoll Retirement Village after the death of a 69-year old resident from a falling accident...

Alternatives to Damage Caps in Illinois Nursing Home Lawsuits

Posted on February 16, 2011
When we discuss tort ?reform? on this blog we are typically referring to the attempts by some to limit the damage awards reached by impartial, unbiased juries. Damage caps are likely the most discussed part of these so-called reforms. As we?ve attempted to show repeatedly, those caps act as an arbitrary infringement upon the rights of a jury to make decisions in our legal system...

Illinois Nursing Home Lawsuit Filed Against Cedar Ridge Health Care and Rehab Center

Posted on February 15, 2011
The Madison-St. Clair Record reported last week on a nursing home lawsuit filed by a daughter alleging problem with the care provided to her mother at a local facility. The Illinois nursing home lawsuit claims that Cedar Ridge Health Care and Rehab Center in Lebanon, Illinois failed to provide the resident with reasonable care, ultimately leading to the resident?s death...

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Tort Reform Would Erode Juries in Illinois Nursing Home Lawsuits

Posted on February 14, 2011
Our Founding Fathers valued liberty and created our founding documents with an eye toward creating a system of individual rights and fair government procedures. Our civil justice system remains a unique American hallmark. Our Constitution, a document with few revisions over the last 230 years, specifically lists the importance of a jury trial as one of those enshrined liberties...

Company Waited Too Long To Issue DePuy Hip Recall

Posted on February 13, 2011
Many plaintiffs in new DePuy hip implant lawsuits are arguing that the company which manufactured and sold the products waited too long before recalling the devices. As we have frequently reported, many victims are elderly community members and senior citizens...

New Comprehensive Report Could Help Improve Illinois Nursing Homes

Posted on February 12, 2011
The best Illinois nursing homes do not simply avoid catastrophic cases of nursing home abuse and neglect. Instead, they proactively seek ways to improve the lives of their residents at all times. All those who care about the treatment of elderly friends and family members at these facilities know residents remains vibrant, active, productive members of any community...

Illinois Nursing Home Rankings Help Residents Make Tough Choices

Posted on February 11, 2011
Reaching the decision to move into a nursing home is typically a difficult one for residents and their families. Following that step, there remains the challenge of determining what area nursing home offers the best environment out of the many options...

Recent Verdict Highlights Problems With Malpractice Damage Caps

Posted on February 10, 2011
We have frequently mentioned the arbitrary nature and illogical outcomes produced by damage caps imposed on medical malpractice and nursing home lawsuits. NBC 2 News reported on a medical malpractice lawsuit that highlights those damaging effects created when the victims of negligent care have rights ignored...

Illinois Nursing Home Lawsuit Alleges Inadequate Treatment

Posted on February 09, 2011
Some of the most heart-breaking examples of Illinois nursing home abuse involve residents who are forced to sit in their suffering without receiving any treatment. There are various reasons for the repeatedly examples of this abuse, including understaffing at for-profit facilities and mistakes made by ill-trained, inexperienced care workers...

Trial Begins in Federal Lawsuit Similar to Recent Illinois Nursing Home Settlement

Posted on February 08, 2011
TampaBay.com published a story this morning on a high profile federal nursing home lawsuit that questions state practices overemphasizing the use of nursing homes for injured and debilitated citizens. Specifically, advocacy groups, including the AARP, filed suit alleging a state Medicaid program was in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act...

Illinois Nursing Home Lawsuit Filed on Behalf of Resident

Posted on February 07, 2011
The family of another nursing home resident has filed suit after negligent care provided by a facility led to the death of their loved one. Last week the Madison-St. Clair Record reported on the Illinois nursing home lawsuit. The surviving estate of an elderly female resident initiated the action against the Lincoln Home after the woman?s death last January...

Dementia Patient Missing From Chicago Nursing Home

Posted on February 06, 2011
target="_blank" The Chicago Tribune reported today on disturbing news out of a Chicago nursing home. Staff members at the Alshore Nursing Home recently explained that one of their elderly residents went missing from the facility on Friday morning. The 79-year old female resident was last seen by nursing home staff members around 9 a...

Conservative Reasons to Oppose Medical Malpractice ?Reform?

Posted on February 05, 2011
Earlier this week we shared information from the 7th Amendment Advocate that put the debate about tort reform into a constitutional context. Respect for the Bill of Right demands that all of the guarantees promised by our Founders be understood and protected...

The Importance of Enforcing Illinois Nursing Home Laws

Posted on February 04, 2011
Laws requiring that nursing homes ensure that their facility is safe and secure are only of any worth if those laws are enforced. It isn?t the act of passing a law that improves resident lives, it is the actual steps then taken by the facilities to comply that improve the well-being of the elderly resident...

Documentary ?Hot Coffee? Sets the Record Straight on Tort Reform Debate

Posted on February 03, 2011
Misinformation abounds when it comes to tort reform. Public relations teams with insurance companies and other big business have been working for years to manufacture the idea that ?frivolous? lawsuits are causing nationwide problems. As we have pointed out repeatedly, the assertions made by proponents of this ?reform? are often completely wrong and virtually always overblown...

Illinois DePuy Lawsuits Likely Involved in Nearly $1 Billion in Projected Settlements

Posted on February 02, 2011
About Lawsuits reported on the latest developments related to the DePuy hip recall lawsuits. Johnson & Johnson, the company that owns the orthopedic business that created the defective hips, recently released financial information that sets aside money it expects to pay because of the problematic medical devices...

The Conservative Case Against Malpractice "Reform"

Posted on February 01, 2011
Many nursing home residents and their advocates may not be aware that discussion about medical malpractice rules often affects nursing home lawsuits. The limits imposed by these proposals often include cases against negligent nursing home employees. For example, last week we discussed proposed Illinois nursing home law changes that would weaken the rights of residents and their families to hold a bad nursing home accountable for conduct that injured residents...

DePuy Hip Recall Update: Stricter Implant Requirements Rejected by FDA

Posted on January 31, 2011
The Food and Drug Administration recently rejected a proposed rule change that sought to ensure the safety of all medical devices. As reported in DrugWatch the proposal would have eliminated the loophole that allows certain medical devices, like hip implants, from undergoing clinical trials...

Unsafe Conditions Leads to Illinois Nursing Home Death

Posted on January 30, 2011
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...

Calls for Tort Reform Ignore the Constitution

Posted on January 29, 2011
Lawyer bashing and jury ridicule have been commonplace in the recent public discussion about the civil justice system. Certain special interests continue to propagate the belief that ?reforms? need to be enacted to improve the system of justice across the country...

Operation Guard Strikes Again?Enforcing Illinois Nursing Home Laws

Posted on January 28, 2011
WQAD News reported today on the latest surprise Illinois nursing home inspections conducted as part of Operation Guardian. The project, spearheaded by the Attorney General?s Office, is aimed at conducting unannounced visits at these facilities to ensure the safety of nursing home residents and compliance with state and federal laws...

Illinois Nursing Home Lawsuits May Be Unfairly Limited By New Legislation

Posted on January 27, 2011
Yet again new federal legislation is attempting to ?reform? the parts of the legal system in a way that will do nothing but insulate big business at the expense of nursing home victims. The latest attempt takes the form of H.R. 5?legislation identical to a proposed bill from the last Congress...

Illinois Nursing Home Lawsuit Filed for Wrongful Death

Posted on January 26, 2011
A week and a half ago we posted on an Illinois wrongful death lawsuit filed against the Maple Ridge Care Center in Lincoln, Illinois on behalf of a 63-year old former resident of the facility. The victim in that case was killed shortly after negligent care led to the amputation of their leg...

Levin & Perconti Attorneys Interviewed For Perspective on Nursing Home Liability Case

Posted on January 25, 2011
We have previously discussed the efforts being fought to limit damage awards possible in nursing home liability lawsuits. Another development on that front will come when the Illinois Supreme Court decides the case of Thomas Vincent v. Alden-Park Strathmoor, Inc...

Some Nursing Homes Focusing on Quality of Life for Demenia & Alzheimer?s Residents

Posted on January 24, 2011
Stories of tragic neglect and abuse fill the archives of this blog, because it is important to raise awareness of the plight faced by so many victims stuck in bad nursing homes. At the same time, some facilities (though still too few) are taking important steps to improve care for the residents whose lives are dictated by their decisions...

Illinois Nursing Home Violation: Rainbow Beach Care Center

Posted on January 23, 2011
Our examination continues of the latest report of Illinois nursing homes that have violated basic resident health, care, and safety laws. Rainbow Beach Car e Center, a nursing home just north of the city in Evanston, recently received several Type ?A Violations from the Illinois Department of Public Health and fined $10,000...

Broken Hips May Increase Risk of Stroke

Posted on January 22, 2011
Many senior citizens face hip problems. A lifetime of work typically takes its toll on individual bones?joints are particularly susceptible to problems because of the continual movement and stress on the area. It is important for many nursing home residents to take special care that they avoid hip injury caused by slips and falls...

Nursing Home Lawsuit Settles for $3.5 Million

Posted on January 21, 2011
It is often very difficult for a family to make the decision to place their elder loved one in a nursing home. However, that challenge is often made unbearable when it is discovered that the nursing home has been failing to provide reasonable care. Herald Net News shared the story of horrific treatment by one nursing home, sparking a lawsuit that was recently settled out of court...

Advocates Explain Problems with Nursing Home Liability Limits

Posted on January 20, 2011
Each day brings news of more nursing home residents harmed and sometimes killed because of poor oversight provided by their caregivers. When that happens, the law provides a method of redress that allows the victims to hold the negligent nursing home accountable for their mistakes...

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