http://www.nursinghomeabuselawyerblog.com/ Published by Walton Law Firm LLP en-us 2010-09-07T09:50:44-08:00 http://www.nursinghomeabuselawyerblog.com/2010/09/juries_slamming_nursing_homes.html There has been a string of large verdicts against nursing homes for poor care. A few months ago, a Northern California jury returned a verdict of over $600 million against a nursing home chain for deliberately understaffing its homes and... Walton Law Firm 2010-09-07T09:50:44-08:00 http://www.nursinghomeabuselawyerblog.com/2010/08/nursing_home_verdict_rattles_l.html The AP has a story out today about the Skilled Healthcare Group verdict in Northern California, where a Humboldt jury awarded a class of plaintiffs $677 million dollars for what it determined was chronic and deliberate pattern of understaffing at... Walton Law Firm 2010-08-30T15:55:34-08:00 http://www.nursinghomeabuselawyerblog.com/2010/08/canhr_launches_website_to_figh_1.html The California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform (CANHR) has launched a comprehensive website that addresses the growing problem of drug misuse in California nursing homes. Every day, approximately 25,000 California nursing home patients are given an antipsychotic drug. Half... Walton Law Firm 2010-08-26T10:14:40-08:00 http://www.nursinghomeabuselawyerblog.com/2010/08/orange_county_jury_awards_31_m_1.html A resident of St. Edna skilled nursing facility in Santa Ana (a Covenant Care facility) was awarded $3.1 million by an Orange County after the jury found that the nursing home failed to recognize that the resident was overdosing on... Walton Law Firm 2010-08-20T14:09:36-08:00 http://www.nursinghomeabuselawyerblog.com/2010/08/six_nursing_home_employees_arr_1.html It was announced this morning that six nursing home workers were arrested for playing a cruel prank on several residents at the Valley View Skilled Nursing Facility. According to a release from the California Attorney General's office, the employees applied... Walton Law Firm 2010-08-04T09:21:12-08:00 http://www.nursinghomeabuselawyerblog.com/2010/07/investigation_into_chemical_re.html San Diego's 10News I-Team has conducted an investigation into what it is calling the chemical restraint of elderly residents of nursing homes. That is, using anti-psychotic drugs not necessarily for their prescribed use, but to control behavior in residents who... Walton Law Firm 2010-07-26T10:49:04-08:00 http://www.nursinghomeabuselawyerblog.com/2010/07/114_million_verdict_in_nursing.html A jury has awarded the family of a 76-year-old nursing home resident $114 million for egregious nursing home abuse and neglect. The family's lawsuit against the nursing home alleged that the staff knew Juanita Jackson was at a high risk... Walton Law Firm 2010-07-23T16:51:25-08:00 http://www.nursinghomeabuselawyerblog.com/2010/07/cancer_and_dementia_patient_re.html The family of a man who was found dead in a ditch near a freeway overpass is blaming a Long Beach hospital for his death. Joseph Castillo, 63, had apparently been dead for several days when his body was found... Walton Law Firm 2010-07-21T10:41:02-08:00 http://www.nursinghomeabuselawyerblog.com/2010/07/understaffing_blamed_in_nursin.html Johnnie Esco, age 77, was hospitalized because of pneumonia, and her husband of 61 years was at her bedside every day. When she recovered, she was sent to a local nursing home for physical therapy, to help her regain her... Walton Law Firm 2010-07-20T09:13:12-08:00 http://www.nursinghomeabuselawyerblog.com/2010/07/hospice_patient_elvis_entertai.html "Elvis impersonator Donald Trapani is about to leave the building. But not just yet." So begins an article in yesterday Arizona Republic paper about hospice patient Donald Trapani, who spends his days entertaining his fellow hospice patients with his impersonation... Walton Law Firm 2010-07-15T08:59:35-08:00