Laws, Regulations, Cases & Other Resources

Covenant Health Rehab of Picayune, L.P. v. Brown, 2007 Miss. LEXIS 43 (Miss. 2007)

After Plaintiffs filed a wrongful death suit, Defendants filed a motion to compel arbitration. Plaintiff argued the resident was incompetent…

4 years ago

Harrier v. Oakwood Skilled Nursing Center-Trenton & Balmoral, Inc., 2007 Mich. App. LEXIS 903 (Mich. Ct. App. 2007)

Resident fell at an assisted living facility; the fall caused a wrist fracture and broken ribs. She was transferred to…

4 years ago

Sheridan v. West Bloomfield Nursing & Convalescent Ctr., 2007 Mich. App. LEXIS 613 (Mich. Ct. App. 2007)

Summary judgment reversed. The dispositive issue was whether plaintiff's claims were for ordinary negligence or medical malpractice, which was reviewed…

4 years ago

Miller v. Cotter, 2007 Mass. LEXIS 189 (Mass. 2007)

Resident's son (Miller) brought suit against physician (Cotter) as well as nursing home and three employees after his father's death.…

4 years ago

Sepulvado v. Toledo Nursing Center, Inc., 2007 La. App. LEXIS 1098 (3rd Circuit 2007)

Edith Sepulvado was admitted to the Toledo Nursing Center, Inc. on May 1, 2001. She was 81 at the time,…

4 years ago

Sharp v. Belle Maison Nursing Home, Inc., 2007 La. App. LEXIS 541 (La. Ct. App. 2007)

Plaintiffs filed suit against physicians, nursing home and parish coroner. The coroner filed a peremptory exception contending there was no…

4 years ago

Mitchell v. Rehab. Inst. of New Orleans, Inc., 2007 La. App. LEXIS 473 (La. Ct. App. 2007)

The court affirmed dismissal due to prescription. Resident went from hospital to nursing home where she treated for decubitus ulcers…

4 years ago

Barnhill v. Iowa District Court of Polk County (Iowa Ct. App. 2007)

This is not a long-term care case. Sanctions were awarded against the Plaintiff's attorney for improperly asserting a direct liability…

4 years ago

Forsythe v. Clark USA, Inc., 2007 Ill. LEXIS 434 (Ill. 2007)

This is not a long-term care case. In Forsythe v. Clark USA, Inc., 864 N.E.2d 227 (Ill. Sup Ct. February 16,…

4 years ago

In re Estate of Margretta K. Brice, 2007 Ga. App. LEXIS 1224 (2007)

Margretta K. Brice died leaving two children, Janice B. Stout and Stephen Curtice Brice. After Margretta died in 2005, Stephen…

4 years ago