Settlements
Below is a sample of settlements, arbitration awards and jury verdicts
involving nursing home abuse and neglect cases across the Country in the
last 10 years:
$12 million
A female resident was sexually assaulted by a male resident.
Jury awarded $100,000
Fall from wheelchair: Subdural hematoma: Wrongful death
$10 million
89-year-old resident's leg was amputated as the result of the collapse of a neglected infection.
$525,000
92-year-old resident suffered amputation of her leg from neglect.
4/98
$125,000
95-year-old resident fell and fractured her hip.
3/98
$250,000
leg amputation
$901,478
Lethal overdose 7/99
$337,500
82-year-old female resident neglect.
3/97
$1.6 Million
neglect of 63-year-old resident. fractured hip.
$650,000
80-year-old patient wandered away from the defendant's facility and drowned.
The jury awarded $250,000
Fall on bathroom floor: Subdural hematoma: Wrongful death
Jury awarded $2.5 million
Patient strangles on safety-vest restraint
$2,050,000
71-year-old male resident victim of neglect
5/99
$700,000
67-year-old female died after being locked out.
$900,000 (Settlement)
74-year-old fall down.