Skokie, IL
Nursing home abuse and neglect Lawyer at Skokie, IL
Practice Areas: Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect, Car Accidents ... +2 more
OUTCOME: $175,000 settlement
The client was attending a party at a private home when the deck broke off the house and crashed to the ground, causing the client to suffer injuries to his shoulder and knee which required surgery. T ... here were numerous other claims being made against limited insurance coverage. The settlement represents over half of the insurance coverage available.
OUTCOME: $152,000 arbitration award
Arbitration award in favor of a police officer who was rear-ended while stopped on the expressway suffering a shoulder injury which required surgery. The client had prior shoulder problems for which s ... urgery had been recommended but not performed several years earlier.
OUTCOME: $320,000 settlement
The client was wheelchair bound but was able to self propel with his feet. The nursing home staff elected to have him placed in a Tilt in Space wheelchair which was too heavy for him to move with his ... feet even though he tried repeatedly, exposing himself to friction and shear. This resulted in a deep tissue injury which required surgical debridement of a 15x20 cm section of his buttocks.
OUTCOME:
Client was a well-recognized fall risk due to advanced dementia, a history of falls, and muscular weakness. An order was in place from the physician for the use of a chair alarm including checking its ... operation every shift. The client was left unattended in the dining room at 2 a.m. She got up from her chair and walked down the hallway by herself before falling and fracturing a hip. Investigation showed that the alarm was not activated at the time she got up from the chair.
OUTCOME: $250,000 settlement
Client was admitted as a long term resident to the shelter care unit of the defendant nursing home. Fall risk assessments and fall prevention care plans are not done in the shelter care unit and the c ... lient fell shortly after admission suffering a fractured hip and shoulder. She experienced a post operative stroke and died shortly thereafter. Suit alleged that she was an improper admission to the shelter care unit and had such advanced care needs that she should have been admitted to the skilled care unit where fall risk assessments and care planning would have been done.
OUTCOME: $600,000 settlement
We reached a settlement on behalf of the estate of a nursing home resident who was admitted to the nursing home for rehabilitation after suffering a brain injury in a car accident. While a resident at ... the facility he developed a bed sore for which he was catheterized. This led to a urinary tract infection and a c-diff infection resulting in the decline of the wound and ultimately death
OUTCOME: $185,000 settlement
Client was admitted to the nursing home for rehabilitation after suffering a fractured right hip in a fall at home. The staff failed to respond to the call light, so the client attempted to get out of ... bed to go to the bathroom on her own, falling and suffering a fractured left hip.
OUTCOME: $75,000 settlement
The client was walking across the parkway by her apartment building when she stepped into a hole and fell suffering a fractured wrist. The hole had been created by the removal of a tree stump which wa ... s nor properly backfilled.
OUTCOME: $250,000 settlement
Client was admitted to the nursing home for rehabilitation after undergoing surgery for an abcess on his jaw. He was a fall risk due to weakness and confusion, and the staff promised the family that a ... bed alarm would used. Unfortunately, they could not find one in the facility, and he fell while walking to the bathroom unattended. He suffered a brain bleed which caused his death later that day.
OUTCOME: $465,000 settlement
Client was stopped at a red light when a truck plowed into the line of vehicles stopped at the red light. Client suffered injuries to both knees requiring 2 surgeries to both knees including replaceme ... nt of both knees. Settlement represents payment of the balance of the policy limits after payment of other claims. The client has an underinsured motorist claim pending against her own insurance carrier.
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