Power of attorney includes ability to agree to arbitration
A person possessing a power of attorney may lawfully sign an arbitration agreement on behalf of an incapacitated patient, the Colorado Supreme Court has ruled. A mother who suffered from Alzheimer’s...
View ArticleNYC nursing home to pay $19M for patient neglect
A Brooklyn, N.Y., nursing home will have to fork over nearly $19 million in damages to the family of a 76-year-old patient neglected so badly that he left with more than 20 bedsores. The massive award,...
View ArticleNursing homes, family settle wrongful death suit
A Missoula, Mont. family and two nursing homes have settled a wrongful death lawsuit that claimed adequate health care was not provided to an elderly man who died of a blood infection. Relatives of the...
View ArticleNursing home arbitration clause may be enforceable
A plaintiff could not avoid arbitration of a wrongful death claim against a nursing home based on a state law prohibiting the waiver of jury trial rights, the Illinois Supreme Court has ruled. The...
View ArticleNursing home operator faces $671M in damages
Nursing home operator Skilled Healthcare has been ordered to pay more than $671 million for failing to provide adequate staffing at its assisted-living facilities. A Humboldt County, Calif. jury...
View ArticleSkilled Healthcare seeks mistrial on damages award
Skilled Healthcare Group Inc. asked a California judge to declare a mistrial or order a new trial over a jury’s $677 million damages award for claims the company improperly staffed its nursing homes....
View ArticleState begins paying $16 million to settle nursing home lawsuit
Maryland has started repaying $16 million to nursing homes and nursing home residents as part of what attorneys called the second-largest class-action settlement in the state’s history. Read the full...
View ArticleSkilled Healthcare reaches settlement over staffing case
Skilled Healthcare Group Inc. has announced a $50 million lawsuit settlement over staffing in its California nursing homes, helping it avoid a $677 million damage verdict. Read the full article from...
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Virginia attorney general might get new powers to investigate nursing homes
A bill sailing through the Virginia legislature would expand the attorney general’s power to investigate nursing home abuse and neglect, even in cases where the patient does not receive government...
View ArticleHIPAA preempts Florida medical records law
Federal privacy law preempts a state law authorizing the release of medical records of deceased residents of nursing homes to certain designated individuals, the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has...
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