| Nursing Homes Verdicts & Settlements | Click on case name to purchase report | |
| Verdict & Settlement Disposition | Description | Case Name |
| $54,000,000 | Nursing-home resident's gastrointestinal bleeding not spotted, led to death, estate claimed. Home contended she died of heart attack. | Estate of Barber v. ManorCare Inc. Bernalillo Co., N.M., Dist. Ct., No. D-202-CV-200508066 (6/28/07) |
| $3,400,000 | Estate claimed 93-year-old nursing-home resident choked to death after nurse's aide gave him wrong meal. Aide blamed kitchen worker; kitchen worker blamed aide. |
Dalessio v. Lexington Health Care Group Inc. Waterbury Co., Conn., Super. Ct., No. UWY-CV-02-0174371-S (11/20/07) |
| $3,000,000 | Nursing-home resident suffering dementia drank lye that was left on kitchen counter, sustained burns of airways. Family claimed staff negligently created hazard. | Estate of Reinhardt v. Sunrise at Mill Basin Kings Co., N.Y., Sup. Ct., No. 22407/05 (1/29/08) |
| $1,480,000 | Alzheimer's patient hit and killed by car after wandering out of nursing home. Family alleged negligent supervision; defense contended home wasn't a lockdown facility. | Wilson v. Eden Retirement Home Los Angeles Co., Calif., Super. Ct., No. BC353067 (3/28/08) |
| $638,000 | Nursing home didn't prevent resident's pressure ulcers and didn't yield to hospital's care when it could no longer treat the ulcers, plaintiff alleged. | Estate of Gibbs v. Primrose Villa Inc. Harnett Co., N.C., Super. Ct., No. 07 CVS79 (12/1/07) |
| $350,000 | Nursing home's resident escaped and died of hypothermia. Family claimed she was supposed to be checked hourly; defense claimed family should have taken her home. | Estate of Pelletier v. Manor at Woodside Dutchess Co., N.Y., Sup. Ct., No.1321/04 (12/11/07) |
| $350,000 | Arthritic nursing-home resident drowned during unsupervised time in facility's hot tub. Home claimed drowning was caused by preexisting medical condition. | McKay v. Lifestyles, Senior Housing Managers LLC Clark Co., Wash., Super. Ct., No. 04-2-04652-5 (7/24/07) |
| $112,500 | Nursing-home resident at risk for aspiration choked to death after being fed a hot dog. Defense claimed food was cut into small pieces. | "Estate of Doe" v. "ABC Nursing Home" Norfolk Co., Mass., Super. Ct. (10/29/07) |
| Defense | Nursing-home resident's family claimed untreated pressure sore led to death, but home contended that her death was an unavoidable result of multiple sclerosis. | Estate of Galloway v. Inglis House Philadelphia Co., Pa., Ct. C. P., No. 050403361 (12/6/07) |
| Defense | Estate claimed nursing-home resident's fatal knee fracture occurred during bed-to-chair transfer, but defense contended fracture was not related to transfer. | Sheridan v. Bloomfield Nursing Oakland Co., Mich., Cir. Ct., No. 2004-060587-NZ (11/1/07) |
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