Nursing Home Litigation

As our population ages, the number of personal care and nursing homes have increased dramatically. Negligence claims, resulting from the quality of care provided, raise difficult issues.

We recognize and understand the need to balance the rights of a patient with the management goals of the facility. We have successfully tried cases involving allegations of negligence and neglect arising from nursing homes and the delivery of personal care.

Experience in this practice area includes:

• Defending and resolving a wrongful death case involving a small nursing home, which the plaintiff claimed had inadequately monitored and treated a resident, causing decubitus ulcers, sepsis, and eventual death.
• Litigating the issue of negligence and intentional neglect at a nursing home.
• Representing an assistant living facility on charges of allowing a patient to wander, take a car, and cause an accident resulting in severe personal injury.
• Securing substantial jury verdict for a patient wrongfully transferred in violation of Georgia Nursing Home Patient Bill of Rights.