Nursing Home Abuse Settlements

jury verdict on behalf of an 85-year-old woman injured in a nursing home when her medications were mismanaged. The verdict is record-breaking as the highest Illinois Nursing Home Care Act verdict since 2006.

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.

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.

jury verdict for the estate of a 67-year-old man who died from complications related to a fall at Southpoint Nursing Home on Chicago’s south side. Mike Bonamarte and A.J. Thut were the attorneys on the case.

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.

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.

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

nursing home bed sore settlement against a facility located in the northern suburbs for a former nursing home resident who sustained injuries as a result of a pressure sore.

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.

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.

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.

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.

settlement in a case filed by the family of an 88-year-old man who developed multiple infected bed sores that required surgery, prolonged hospitalization, and extensive wound care to treat. The bed sore lawsuit alleged that the nursing home failed to take the proper measures to prevent his pressure sores from forming, and failed to prevent existing pressure ulcers from worsening

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.

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