S.W. v. Renaissance at Hillside, Inc.:

$3 million record nursing home pressure sore settlement against a suburban Hillside nursing home and physician for a 59-year-old resident who developed multiple painful and infected bedsores which took four years to heal.

S.A. v. HCR Manor Care Homewood:

$2.9 million record nursing home jury verdict against a suburban Homewood nursing home for the family of a deceased 57-year-old resident who was suffocated due to the home’s negligent care of her tracheostomy tube.

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J.M. as administrator of the estate of M.M. v. Senior Lifestyle Maplewood Limited Partnership d/b/a Kingsley Place and Lincoln Square, Barry A. Rapaport, M.D., et al.:

$2.3 million settlement for the family of an 88-year-old assisted living facility resident who developed severe and infected bed sores which ultimately brought about her death. Her doctor was criminally indicted for his conduct and charged with involuntary homicide.

P.C. as administrator of the estate of A.R. v. Ridgeview Pavilion, Inc., et al.:

$1.5 million settlement against a nursing home for violating the Nursing Home Care Reform Act by failing to monitor a mentally impaired resident's cigarette smoking, leading to severe burns and death.

M.P. as administrator of the estate of E.J. v. Brentwood North Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, et al.:

$1.5 million settlement for an 87-year-old nursing home resident who suffered severe burns when seated in a steaming-hot sitz bath.

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J.F. v. Wedgwood Pavilion Nursing Home:

1.4 million verdict against a nursing home for failure to manage a nursing home resident's behavior which caused a shoving match, fall, hip fracture and death of a 79 year old fellow nursing home resident.

W.B. as administrator of the estate of W.B. v. Jackson Square Nursing Center, et al.:

$1.3 million settlement for a 74-year-old nursing home resident who died as a result of a beating he received when the nursing home placed a younger resident with violent tendencies in his room.

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A.J. as administrator of the estate of E.J. v. Guadalupe Economic Services, et al.:

$1.2 million settlement for an 82-year-old nursing home resident who developed bed sores so severe that they caused an infection in the bone; she died as a result of complications from these injuries.

T.H. v. Halsted Terrace Nursing Center, Inc.:

$1.1 million settlement against a nursing home for a 75-year-old resident who developed multiple painful and infected bedsores, or pressure ulcers, which caused her death.

B.W., administrator of the estate of I.H. v. Baptist Convalescent Center, Inc., et al.:

$1 million settlement for an 82-year-old nursing home resident who asphyxiated and died after becoming entrapped between her mattress and bed rail. Her bed alarm was found unplugged, and the required alarm mat was missing. Levin & Perconti was asked to co-counsel this out-of-state nursing home neglect case by a referring attorney from Kentucky.

C.A. as administrator of the estate of W.R. v. Mercy Health Care Rehabilitation Institute:

$1 million settlement against a nursing home for a 75-year-old resident who suffered malnutrition, dehydration and Stage IV pressure sores, resulting in death.

E.L. v. Sunrise Assisted Living:

$1 million verdict against assisted living facility who admitted liability for failing to give a proper mechanical soft diet due to understaffing and poorly trained staff resulting in choking and death of a 67 year old man.

J.W. v. Alden Northshore Nursing Home:

$1 million settlement on behalf of a quadriplegic that developed severe pressure sores that his nursing home claimed were unavoidable. After leaving the home, it took one year for the sores to heal and they have not returned.

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C.P. v. Unidentified Nursing Home:

$1.0 million settlement for failure to properly care plan for and monitor a wheelchair bound resident’s risk of strangulation resulting in death.

D.Y. v. Alden Naperville Rehabilitation and Health Care Center and Dr. Seema Gupta:

$1 million settlement for the family of a 78-year-old nursing home resident against a Naperville nursing home and doctor for failure to prevent and treat seven Stage IV pressure ulcers which caused the resident’s death.

O.W. v. Hillcrest Healthcare Center:

$995,000 settlement against a Joliet nursing home for the mother of a 45-year-old nursing home resident with schizophrenia and alcoholism who died as a result of a gastric ulcer which perforated a vein and caused a hemorrhage. Signs and symptoms of the gastric ulcer, present two weeks prior to the resident’s death, were not reported to the resident’s physician.

C.B. v. American Baptist Homes of the Midwest:

$950,000 settlement against a nursing home for allowing an 85-year-old woman with dementia to wander outside the nursing home, where she froze to death.

E. V. v. Emerald Park Health Care Center:

$950,000 settlement against an Evergreen Park nursing which has subsequently been shut down by the State of Illinois for a 91-year-old nursing home resident who over a three year period suffered from malnutrition and dehydration sustaining a body loss of 1/3 of her total weight within the last three months, causing a hospitalization and death.

A.B. v. Unidentified Chicago Area Nursing Home:

$950,000 settlement for the family of an 81-year-old nursing home resident in a wheelchair who fell down a flight of stairs and suffered a subdural hematoma and died seven months later.

A.C. as special administration of the estate of L.C. v. Manorcare Health Services Inc., et al.:

$925,000 settlement on behalf of the family of an 86-year-old nursing home resident who was so badly neglected that she became malnourished and dehydrated, and developed severely infected bed sores that caused an infection in her bone and in her blood, and resulted in her death.

R.B. as administrator of the estate of J.P. v. Kenwood Healthcare Center, Inc.:

$900,000 settlement against a nursing home whose failure to monitor a 58-year-old wheelchair- bound resident's unauthorized smoking caused the resident to sustain severe burns, resulting in death.

A.J. as administrator of the estate of S.J. v. Regency Nursing Center Inc.:

$900,000 settlement against a nursing home that failed to appropriately feed and hydrate a 76-year-old resident, leading to his malnutrition, dehydration and death.

O.A. v. Columbus Park Nursing and Rehabilitation Center and Pavilion of Forest Park:

$900,000 settlement for the family of an 81-year-old nursing home resident against two nursing homes. One Chicago nursing home failed to prevent the resident from falling and sustaining a hip fracture. The other, Forest Park nursing home failed to prevent the formation of and worsening of multiple pressure ulcers, including multiple Stage IV pressure ulcers.

K.T. v. Chevy Chase Nursing Home:

$850,000 settlement against a nursing home for a woman who fell from her bed, resulting in a subdural hematoma and death.

C.T., special administrator of the estate of D.F. v. Manorcare Health Services, Inc., et al.

$825,000 settlement for a 75-year-old nursing home resident with dementia and a history of wandering who died of hypothermia after exiting the facility in bitter cold temperatures resulting from the home’s failure to verify if his tracking bracelet was functioning, properly supervise him, and promptly notify the police.

I.R. v. Halsted Terrace Nursing Cente:

$800,000 settlement against a Chicago nursing home for failing to appropriately monitor an 88-year-old patient’s hydration levels after a fall causing severe pain, appetite loss, severe dehydration and death.

I.P. for N.P. v. Riverside Foundation:

$800,000 settlement against a Lincolnshire, Illinois intermediate care facility for failing to appropriately supervise a 32-year-old mentally disabled woman on a  facility outing where she choked to death.

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C.W. as administrator of the estate of L.E. v. Burnham Terrace Nursing Center:

$760,000 verdict against a nursing home doctor who failed to respond to signs and symptoms of a bowel obstruction, leading to the death of a 67-year-old resident with Alzheimer's disease.

L. S. v. Glenview Terrace Nursing Cente:

$750,000 settlement against a Glenview nursing home for the family of an 80 year old Parkinson’s nursing home resident with dementia who developed Stage IV pressure sores, dehydration and malnutrition resulting in hospitalizations and death.

C.G. v. Avenue Care:

$750,000 settlement against a nursing home for an 86-year-old who developed pressure sores resulting in an amputation.

P.H. v. Countryside Care Center:

$750,000 settlement for a 77-year-old nursing home resident who fell, suffered a subdural hematoma, and died.

L.S. v. Glenview Terrace Nursing Home:

$750,000 settlement against a nursing home for an 80-year-old who was malnourished and developed pressure sores, resulting in death.

D.C. as executor of the estate of J.C. v. Balmoral Home, Inc.:

$700,000 settlement against a nursing home for a 63-year-old resident who suffered a fractured femur, malnourishment, dehydration and a Stage IV pressure ulcer.

E.P. as administrator of the estate of A.P. v. Oak Lawn Pavilion:

$700,000 verdict awarded when an 82-year-old resident with Alzheimer's disease wandered out of the nursing home and was struck by a car, sustained a leg fracture and ultimately died.

R.H. v. The Renaissance At 87th Street:

$650,000 settlement for the family of a 76-year-old nursing home resident against a Chicago nursing home for failure to appropriately prevent and treat pressure ulcers resulting in gangrene, bilateral leg amputations and death.

S.J. v. Dawson Nursing Home:

$600,000 settlement against a nursing home and hospital for a 71-year-old man who developed Stage IV heel pressure sores, resulting in amputation.

B.H. v. Alden Wentworth Rehabilitation and Health Care Center:

$600,000 settlement against a nursing home in death of a 46-year-old disabled woman who developed multiple infected pressure sores, resulting in death.

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J. P. v. Lexington Health Care Center of Streamwood:

$510,000 settlement against a Streamwood nursing home for the family of a 78-year-old resident who repeatedly took off her personal alarm, fell on her way to the bathroom and fractured her hip and died four months later from heart problems.

J. S. v. Manor Care of South Holland:

$500,000 settlement against a South Holland nursing home for a nursing home’s failure to treat corneal abrasion and dental problems of 74-year-old resident which resulted in the loss of eye and multiple tooth extractions.

J. M. v. South Shore Care Center:

$475,000 settlement against a Chicago nursing home for its failure to obtain final lab report for urine culture of 82-year-old resident and notify the doctor of sensitivity findings resulting in patient remaining on an antibiotic which was resistant to infection, urosepsis developed and the resident died.