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Kindred Healthcare, Inc. v. Peckler, 2006 WL 1360282 (Ky. 2006)

Kindred filed a motion for an emergency protective order after the trial allowed limited discovery on the sole issue of…

4 years ago

Baumgarten v. City View Nursing Home, 2006 WI App 78 (Wis. Ct. App. 2006)

Following a jury trial, verdict was entered awarding damages as follows: $132,157.17 for medical expenses; $650,000 for Baumgarten's pain and…

4 years ago

Bartholomew v. Wis. Patients Comp. Fund, 2006 WI 91 (Wis. 2006)

A jury awarded $500,000 to the resident's estate for noneconomic damages for predeath pain and suffering, $350,000 to the spouse…

4 years ago

Wolf v. A+ Loving Care, Inc., 2006 Va. Cir. LEXIS 272 (Va. Cir. Ct. 2006)

In this wrongful death case, the parties filed motions in limine and the following were before the court: "(1) Defendant…

4 years ago

United States ex rel. Szymczak v. Covenant Healthcare Sys., 2006 U.S. App. LEXIS 32112 (7th Cir. 2006)

James Szymczak brought a qui tam action against a hospital and nursing home alleging that fraudulent Medicare claims were filed…

4 years ago

Lakeridge Villa Health Care Ctr. v. Leavitt, 2006 U.S. App. LEXIS 27338 (6th Cir. 2006)

Lakeridge is an Ohio nursing home that participates in Medicare and Medicaid. When it was surveyed, it was found out…

4 years ago

Pisasale v. Ensign Group, Inc., 2006 Tex. App. LEXIS 7983 (Tex. App. 2006)

Plaintiffs sued nursing home and case was dismissed because their expert reports failed to comply with Tex. Rev. Civ. Stat.…

4 years ago

Gray v. Woodville Health Care Ctr., 2006 Tex. App. LEXIS 6904 (Tex. App. 2006)

Resident went to a nursing home after surgery due to a right hip fracture. After developing an upper respiratory infection…

4 years ago

In re Crestcare Nursing & Rehab. Ctr., 2006 Tex. App. LEXIS 1436 (Tex. App. 2006)

Plaintiff served a request to produce for the nursing home's personnel files. The nursing home objected, contending they included confidential…

4 years ago

In re Conservatorship of Burnette, 2006 Tenn. App. LEXIS 756 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2006)

The trial court's order replacing a health care agent was affirmed. Resident, an 88 year old Alzheimer's patient, was unmarried…

4 years ago