The Lexington Herald-Leader has an interesting story today about the follow-up prosecutions to serious violations issued to nursing homes in Kentucky. The paper examined 107 cases in which nursing homes and their employees were issued Type-A citations and found that only seven were followed up by local or state prosecutors for criminal cases.
Unfortunately this low [...]
This is an excellent video about the investigation and prosecution of financial elder abuse.
TMZ.com is reporting that the Chief Medical Examiner in Middlesex County has ruled that Daniel Kerrigan died from cardiac dysrhythmia after suffering a neck injury during a physical altercation. Police arrested Nancy Kerrigan’s brother Mark after they were called to the elder Kerrigan’s residence. Police reported Mark Kerrigan was intoxicated and had to be pepper [...]
The Albert Lea Tribune has an excellent story about a recent lawsuit filed by victims of abuse at the Good Samaritan Society of Albert Lea nursing home. Here is an article about the original incident and the arrest of nursing assistants for abuse.
The father of former Olympic figure skater Nancy Kerrigan died this weekend after a fight with his son. Police arrested 45 year old Mark Kerrigan for Assault and Battery resulting in harm to an elder after Mark told police his 70 year old father Daniel fell during a fight over the use of a telephone.
The [...]
A Brooklyn nursing home will have to fork over nearly $19 million in damages to the family of a 76-year-old patient neglected so badly that he left with more than 20 bedsores.
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This is a substantial verdict and the first time a plaintiff has been awarded punitive damages against a nursing home in New York state. [...]
Fresno Police have arrested 63-year-old James Saccheri of Clovis, for elder abuse charges. Saccheri, an attorney for the victim’s family, was appointed as a trustee for an elderly woman who is in a full-time care facility.
Authorities say that between 2002 and 2008 Saccheri is accused of embezzling more than $100,000 over several years. Saccheri [...]
An excellent article by Angela Woodall of the Oakland Tribune can be found here. In her article Woodall describes nursing homes and care centers that have a history serious violations and are operated without liability insurance.This becomes a problem for residents who have been harmed by bad care. Collecting judgments against owners without insurance is [...]