NATIONAL – One of the most iconic scenes of Happy Gilmore features Happy’s grandmother as she has recently moved into a new nursing home. The caretaker Hal comes across welcoming and caring when Happy is around, but the moment he leaves, Hal treats the grandmother and her counterparts as prisoners and slave labor. That bit…
NATIONAL – In a recent blog at LawyersUSA (10/8), Kimberly Atkins wrote, “Civil suits help uncover abuses by nursing home and insurance companies, according to a new report by the American Association for Justice. Where regulatory and legislative bodies have been unable to cope with this distressing rise of neglect and abuse of our elderly, the…
NATIONAL – Recently a jury has awarded $29.1 million in damages against a nursing home. The jury found the nursing home staff guilty of elder abuse in the death of the plaintiff. In response to “hearing testimony about the company’s finances,” jurors determined the companies should pay $28 million in punitive damages to the plaintiff’s estate…
