Nursing Home Abuse Neglect Injuries
Nursing Home Abuse
Lawyers
Massachusetts
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Massachusetts
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Abuse Lawyer
Massachusetts
Nursing Home Abuse Lawyers
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Hamill
Nursing Home Verdicts
Dec. 2013: $300,000
Settled for 2
"abuse" vs ALF
Settled for 2
"abuse" vs ALF
Hamill
Clients win two more
verdicts
$750,000
$750,000
!!!
And
a third Win
$425,000
$425,000
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medical records
Kindred
Healthcare Claims
Wrongful
Death
Major Nursing Home Chain Settles just
before Trial for $345,000 - Pressure Sores
March 2010
March 2010
Epoch
Neglect
Roscommon Claims
Sherrill House Claims
Nursing Home Abuse Resources
Know
Your Rights:
Nursing Home Patient Rights
Satire: Who is better off?
Prisons
vs Nursing Homes
Patients rights
State Regulations
105 CMR 155
105 CMR 155
Federal Regulations:
42 CFR 483
42 CFR 483
Falls - Broken Hips Wrongful Death
News Flash: Government Lists
"Worst
Nursing Homes"
Do
you have a case
????
Nursing Home Toolbox:
How to get Records
getting Cost reports
Getting Surveys
How to get Records
getting Cost reports
Getting Surveys
pain treatment
Sample Nursing Home Cases
PROVEN RESULTS:
Record Awards
Client receives
Jury Verdict July 2014: $14,000,000
$2.5 Million
for Rape Sexual Assault - $2,477,000.00 (Jury Verdict 12-17-13)
$1.2 Million
for verbal abuse and assault
Our office represents victims of
. I just tried a Jury case to Verdict in Middelsex
County and my client was awarded $2.5 Million for being Raped or
Sexually assaulted. It is the highest Nursing Home Verdict ever
awarded in a Massachusetts Nursing Home Case.
Our office represents victims of Nursing home Abuse,
like the 86 yr old gentleman who was assaulted by
Bernadette
Stackpole
an abusive CNA at the
. Franklin is owned/operated
by
Hamill law offices represented three families
of elder victims at Franklin in litigation.
Two of the cases
went to
verdict and resulted in awards
to the families of
$300,000 and $450,000
respectively for verbal and physical abuse. A third went to Trial
in Norfolk Superior Court and resulted in a
$425,000
payment by Kindred. CNA Stackpole was convicted of Criminal Abuse
of Elders in Norfolk Superior Court. The total payout by Kindred
for verbal and physical abuse for our three client/victims was almost
$1.2 Million
.*
Understaffing, corporate greed and diverting moneys
paid to them for patient care often causes abuse and negelct. Record
fraud often accompanies neglect. Elder neglect and abuse is rarely
isolated: it is ususally Systemic. If a medical facility is lax
or doesn't supervise, pay and train adequate numbers of competent
nurse aides and support them, abuse tends to become widespread and
systemic. When systemic abuse occurs it is accomplished through
an atmosphere of fear of reporting neglect. When neglect occurs
and is not reported, it is always because of a culture of fear of
reporting on the part of the nurse aides. These types of substandard
facilities actually punish those who truthfully report abuse.
Elder Abuse:
Has a family member been injured
or
mistreated while in a nursing Home?
If so we can help you
.
We have the knowledge, the resources, the
tenacity
and the experience to help you and give you answers. We have a proven
track record of results from litigating tough cases and getting
exceptional results. Nursing Home expert Bernard J. Hamill is the
attorney you want on your side. He is the Trial Attorney who the
newspapers call for information on Nursing Home litigation matters:
Herald
Article
1 in 10 Nursing Home Residents
have Bedsores:
Read
Report
Failure by nurse aids and CNA's to routinely move
and change a patients position can result in
causing pain and even wrongful death. If you
know an abused or neglected elder who has been injured in a nursing
home or assisted living facility you should seek the immediate help
of an experienced nursing home abuse attorney. Negligence and abuse
in nursing care facilities has become too common. Nursing homes
commit violations of law on a daily basis, and many elders are the
victims of this abuse and neglect. Let us be your advocates for
the safety of those who need our protection the most. We advocate
and litigate for these most helpless victims. Please visit our
Elder
resource
page.
We are now
reviewing cases w
here:
- A nursing home resident developed
bed
sores
, that resulted in sepsis, or
septic
shock
(blood poisining)
- A nursing home death was caused by diagnosed sepsis .
- An elder victim has suffered broken bones.
- A nursing home resident was abused sexually or physically assaulted .
- Dignity and Emotional Distress Claims
- A nursing home death was caused by diagnosed sepsis .
- An elder victim has suffered broken bones.
- A nursing home resident was abused sexually or physically assaulted .
- Dignity and Emotional Distress Claims
YOU HAVE
RIGHTS UNDER THE LAW!
Federal
and Massachusetts laws
such as
)
governing nursing homes give you rights to seek monetary damages.
Nursing home abuse is medical malpractice. Mistreatment of helpless
dependant elders is unacceptible and we have devoted a substantial
portion of our practice to eradicating mistreatment of nursing home
residents. We are members of the exclusive "Nursing Home Litigation"
section of the AAJ (the Amercian Association for Justice). We attend
the latest seminars and actively litigate Nursing Home cases using
'cutting edge' techniques. No expense is spared to prosecute these
cases to bring wrongdoers to jusitce. Federal Appeals Courts have
held since 2009 that violating Residents rights in a Nursing Home
is a
Federal
Civil Rights action
warranting the award of money Damages!
You May
be Entitled to Money Damages
In Massachusetts, as in most States,
monetary damages are recoverable for injuries and/or
emotional
distress
sustained in Nursing Homes caused by inadequate care.
Compensation is awarded for
Pain a
nd Suffereing, Mental anguish,
emotional distress,
loss of consortium
, companionship and
support, medical bills and Damages for the
loss of dignity
.
Damages are also awarded when there is a
Wrongful death
which
is a death caused by the nursing homes negligent care.
Have
they suffered from
bed
sores
or
decubitus
ulcers
?
Nursing
Home Abuse
may include:
-
Rape
,
sexual assault
,
(
Anatomy
of Nursing Home Rape
)
- Assault or battery by Employees ( see abuse case story )
- Assault or battery by other Patients
-
- Assault or battery by Employees ( see abuse case story )
- Assault or battery by other Patients
-
Assaults
by staff or strangers
- Unnecessary physical restraint
- chemical restraints
-
Sepsis
,
- Insufficient food or water
- Improper, excessive medication
- Patient Doping - excessive psychotropic medicines
-
-
Anatomy of
- rough treatment (
- rough treatment (
SEE OUR
RECENT
VERDICTS
)
- Record Fraud
- Dignity Claims
- Record Fraud
- Dignity Claims
Have
they violated the
Standard
of Care
????
Nursing Home
Neglect
includes:
"Never Events"
- Failure to provide proper personal hygiene;
unclean,
- Dignity claim: unchanged sitting in feces
- Maggots
- Failure to provide sufficient medical attention
- Understaffing
- Inadequate security measures
- Dignity claim: unchanged sitting in feces
- Maggots
- Failure to provide sufficient medical attention
- Understaffing
- Inadequate security measures
, wandering
- Insufficient food or water
- Failure to protect from safety hazards
- Failure to prevent bed sores
- Stage four bed sores
- Pressure sores
- Insufficient food or water
- Failure to protect from safety hazards
- Failure to prevent bed sores
- Stage four bed sores
- Pressure sores
-
Hip fractures
-
- Use of Restraints for Discipline or Convenience
- patient upon patient assaults and abuse
- Dignity Claims
We have investigated or handled
potential claims against the following Nursing Homes:
Manor Care
Eagle Pond - Kindred
Sunbridge Meadow View
(CareOne
LLC)
Sherrill House
Sunbridge
Bolton Manor - Kindred
Marlborough - Kindred
Hearthstone
Bridgewater Nursing
Home
Hallmark
Southwood
John Scott
Baystate Marylane
Town and Country
Northwood Radius
Marina Bay
Quincy Rehab & Nursing Home
Sarah Brayton
The Highlands
Medicare Watch List Facilities
Call us if your loved one has been
hurt at one of these facilities
*Click here to read about the
Norfolk
Jury Trial
. Click here to read the
Nursing
Home Abuse Lawsuit Complaint
filed in Norfolk Superior Court.
National Nursing Home Chains we have Won recent
Claims or Suits against include: Epoch, Kindred Healthcare, Lifecare.
News update:
Beware of Nursing Home mandatory arbitration agreements
that limit your rights to recovery for injuries in Nursing Homes.
Click here
Video
on Mandatory Arbitration!
You
have rights in a nursing home.
If you have been harmed
by their care you may be entitled to monetary compensation. Verdicts
for Elders suffering Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect show a dramatic
rise in the Plaintiffs success rate as well as a large increase
in the dollar award amount of the average
Nursing
Home Verdict
.
cases against
some of the largest Nursing Home chains in America including
Epoch
a
nd
Kindred Healthcare
. If you feel that you or your loved
one has been injured as a result of
please call 1-617-479-4300 or use our free case
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