Long Term Care

Bland v. Health Care & Ret. Corp. of Am., 927 So. 2d 252 (Fla. 2nd DCA 2006)

Order compelling arbitration was affirmed. Four days after admitting her mother to a nursing home, Ms. Coker, the resident's daughter,…

4 years ago

Estate of Perry v. Mariner Health Care, Inc., 927 So. 2d 762 (Miss. Ct. App. 2006)

The nursing home filed a Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition in January 2000. Plaintiff resided in the nursing home from November…

4 years ago

Davis v. St. Francisville Country Manor, LLC, 928 So. 2d 549 (La. Ct. App. 2006)

Trial court sustained defendants' exception of prematurity. The trial court was reversed in part because violations of the nursing home…

4 years ago

Wilcox v. Gamble Guest Care Corp., 928 So. 2d 695 (La. Ct. App. 2006)

Plaintiff appealed after trial court sustained patient liability fund's exception of no cause of action on Nursing Home Bill of…

4 years ago

Estate of Githens v. Bon Secours – Maria Manor Nursing Care Ctr., Inc., 928 So. 2d 1272 (Fla. 2nd DCA 2006)

Plaintiff, the estate of a 92 year old resident sued for neglect. The resident was wheelchair bound and had Parkinson's,…

4 years ago

Cockerham v. LaSalle Nursing Home, Inc., 930 So. 2d 239 (La. Ct. App. 2006)

Jury found that nursing home and hospital were equally at fault. On JNOV, the trial court awarded damages for survival,…

4 years ago

Cooley v. Gamble Guest Care Corp., 930 So. 2d 1164 (La. Ct. App. 2006)

The trial court sustained defendants' exception of prematurity. The medical review panels' term was about to expire without having reached…

4 years ago

Guilbeau v. Bayou Chateau Nursing Home, Inc., 930 So. 2d 1167 (La. Ct. App. 2006)

Defendants appealed judgment against nursing home and the patient's compensation fund because judgment was improperly modified, because it did not…

4 years ago

Walker v. Whitfield Nursing Ctr., Inc., 931 So. 2d 583 (Miss. 2006)

Summary judgment for Defendants was affirmed where the attorney's certificate that the case was reviewed by an expert prior to…

4 years ago

Jenkins v. Pensacola Health Trust, Inc., 933 So. 2d 923 (Miss. 2006)

Summary judgment was affirmed in part and reversed in part. The statute of limitations for underlying acts of negligence applies…

4 years ago