PROVEN RESULTS:
$1.2 Million for verbal abuse
and assault
Our office represents victims of Nursing home Abuse, like the 86
yr old gentleman who was assaulted by Bernadette
Stackpole an abusive CNA at the Franklin
Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Franklin is owned/operated
by Kindred
Healthcare. Hamill law offices represented three families
of elder victims at Franklin in litigation. Two of the cases
went to verdict and resulted in awards
to the families of $300,000 and $450,000
respectively for verbal and physical abuse. A third went to Trial
in Norfolk Superior Court and resulted in a $425,000
payment by Kindred. CNA Stackpole was convicted of Criminal Abuse
of Elders in Norfolk Superior Court. The total payout by Kindred
for verbal and physical abuse for our three client/victims was almost
$1.2 Million.*
Elder Abuse:
Has a family member been injured or
mistreated while in a nursing Home?
If so we can help you.
We have the knowledge, the resources, the tenacity and the
experience to help you and give you answers. We have a proven track
record of results from litigating tough cases and getting exceptional
results. Nursing Home expert Bernard J. Hamill is the attorney you
want on your side. He is the Trial Attorney who the newspapers call
for information on Nursing Home litigation matters: Herald
Article - "How
to Select a Nursing Home".
1 in 10 Nursing Home Residents
have Bedsores: Read Report
Failure by nurse aids and CNA's to routinely move and change a
patients position can result in STAGE
FOUR bedsores causing pain and even wrongful death. If you
know an abused or neglected elder who has been injured in a nursing
home or assisted living facility you should seek the immediate help
of an experienced nursing home abuse attorney. Negligence and abuse
in nursing care facilities has become too common. Nursing homes
commit violations of law on a daily basis, and many elders are the
victims of this abuse and neglect. Let us be your advocates for
the safety of those who need our protection the most. We advocate
and litigate for these most helpless victims. Please visit our Elder
resource page.
YOU HAVE RIGHTS UNDER THE LAW!
Federal
and Massachusetts laws such as §483.25
Quality of Care (Ftag 309)
governing nursing homes give you rights to seek monetary damages.
Nursing home abuse is medical malpractice. Mistreatment of helpless
dependant elders is unacceptible and we have devoted a substantial
portion of our practice to eradicating mistreatment of nursing home
residents. We are members of the exclusive "Nursing Home Litigation"
section of the AAJ (the Amercian Association for Justice). We attend
the latest seminars and actively litigate Nursing Home cases using
'cutting edge' techniques. No expense is spared to prosecute these
cases to bring wrongdoers to jusitce. Federal Appeals Courts have
held since 2009 that violating Residents rights in a Nursing Home
is a Federal Civil Rights action
warranting the award of money Damages!
You May be Entitled to Money Damages
In Massachusetts, as in most States, monetary damages
are recoverable for injuries and/or emotional distress sustained
in Nursing Homes caused by inadequate care. Compenstaion is awarded
for Pain and Suffereing, Mental anguish, emotional distress,
loss of consortium, companionship and support, medical bills
and Damages for the loss of dignity. Damages are also awarded
when there is a Wrongful death which is a death caused by
the nursing homes negligent care.
Nursing
Home Abuse may include:
- Assault or battery by Employees
(see abuse case story)
- Assault or battery by other Patients
- Unnecessary physical restraint
- Sepsis
- Insufficient food or water
- Improper, excessive medication
- excessive force or threats
- ridicule, verbal abuse
- Patient Doping - excessive psychotropic medicines
- Emotional Distress Claims -
Anatomy of
- rough treatment (SEE OUR RECENT
VERDICTS)
Have
they violated the Standard
of Care ????
Nursing Home
Neglect includes:
- Accidents
- Failure to provide proper personal hygiene
- Failure to provide sufficient medical attention
- Falls
- Hoyer Lift Falls
- elopement, wandering
- Failure to protect from safety hazards
- Failure to prevent bed
sores
- Stage four bed sores
- Pressure sores
- decubitus
ulcers
- wrongful death
- Hip fractures
- Allowing a resident to slip or fall
- C-Diff and infections
- Bed Rail Entrapment
- Broken Bones,
dehydration,
- Malnutrition,
starvation, significant
weight loss
- Use of Restraints for Discipline or Convenience
- patient upon patient assaults and abuse
- Dignity Claims
- rapes or sexual assaults
We are currently investigating or
have won Claims against the following Nursing Homes:
Kindred
Healthcare
Kindred
Hospital
Epoch
Health
Roscommon
Lifecare
Manor Care
Eagle Pond Kindred
Sunbridge Meadow View
Sweet
Book of Williamstown Rehab (CareOne
LLC)
CareOne
LLC
Sherrill House
Sunbridge
Bolton Manor - Kindred
Hearthstone
Bridgewater Nursing
The
Atrium
Hallmark
Southwood
John Scott
Baystate Marylane
Town and Country
Northwood Radius
Quincy Rehab & Nursing Home
Sarah Brayton
The Highlands
Call us if your loved one has been hurt at one of
these facilities
*Click here to read about the Norfolk
Jury Trial. Click here to read the Nursing
Home Abuse Lawsuit Complaint filed in Norfolk Superior Court.
National Nursing Home Chains we have Won recent Claims or
Suits against include: Epoch, Kindred Healthcare, Lifecare.
News update: Beware
of Nursing Home mandatory arbitration agreements that limit your
rights to recovery for injuries in Nursing Homes. Click
here: Arbitration
Nursing Homes. Watch this Video
on Mandatory ARbitration!
You
have rights in a nursing home. If you have been harmed
by their care you may be entitled to monetary compensation. Verdicts
for Elders suffering Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect show a dramatic
rise in the Plaintiffs success rate as well as a large increase
in the dollar award amount of the average Nursing
Home Verdict.
Our office is handling Nursing Home abuse
and bedsore cases against
some of the largest Nursing Home chains in America including Epoch
and Kindred Healthcare. If you feel that you or your loved
one has been injured as a result of nursing
home abuse please call 1-617-479-4300 or use our free case
evaluation form below:
An Attorney
will speak with you now at 617-479-4300
or use this free evaluation form:
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