Tag: nursig home neglect

Arduous Legal Process Often Required to Prosecute Nursing Home Neglect

As the U.S. population ages and St. Louis nursing home admissions increase, many St. Louis families will be faced with evaluating the quality of care nursing homes are providing their loved ones. In our previous post, we noted an Arkansas case of nursing home neglect in which a woman died and the jury awarded her […]

Written by on June 20, 2013

Jury Awards $5.2 Million in Nursing Home Negligence Lawsuit

In a recent nursing home neglect case in which a 76-year-old woman died, an Arkansas jury returned a unanimous verdict against the nursing home and awarded the victim’s family $5.2 million. The woman died when nursing center staff failed to follow a doctor’s order to have the woman transported to a hospital emergency room to […]

Written by on June 18, 2013