Cases Filed, Verdicts & Settlements
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Unidentified Respiratory Illness Hits Mt. Carmel |
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An article written by Andrea Billups with additional reporting by Fran Lostys from Reader's Digest |
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PKSD Handling Several Lawsuits Against Mt. Carmel Nursing Home |
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Illinois AG Madigan inspects E. St. Louis nursing home, finds wanted man |
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Milwaukee Mt. Carmel Nursing Home Has 35 Violations To Date |
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Wisconsin Association for Justice Announces New Leaders for 2010 |
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By GLENN HOWATT and PAM LOUWAGIE, Star Tribune staff writers |
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Kyle Named to Multi-Million Dollar Adovcates Forum |
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Federal Program Misses Problem Nursing Homes |
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By KEVIN FREKING, Associated Press Writer |
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Wall Street to Capitalize on Life Insurance |
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Attorneys Look to Get Clients Out of a Bind |
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by Jack Zemlicka for the Wisconsin Law Journal August 24, 2009 |
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Study finds not-for-profit nursing homes are often superior |
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By Shari Roan for the Los Angeles Times |
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PKS Expands Nursing Home Neglect Team |
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Attorney Find Purpose Through Niche Practices |
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by Jane Pribek for the Wisconsin Law Journal May 29, 2009 |
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Oklahoma Nursing Home Loses Funding Due to Violations |
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Group Sues Hospital for Withholding Treatment |
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An article from the Chicago Tribune (05/15/09)
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Research Tries to Prevent Elderly Falls |
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Chemical Restraints Used in California Nursing Home |
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Broken Bones in Elderly Women |
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Improving Nursing Home Care |
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Alzheimer's Effect on Healthcare Costs |
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Wisconsin to Take Part in Medicare Pay Incentive Test |
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Bill Would Eliminate Federal Nursing Home Bonus Payments |
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Feingold to Introduce Arbitration Act |
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Financial Abuse of Elderly Costs $2.6 Billion Annually |
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Doctors, Nurses Disciplined by State Agency |
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Most Vulnerable Americans Protected By Fairness in Nursing Home Arbitration Act |
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Bipartisan bill will ensure nursing home corporations don’t eliminate seniors’ legal rights
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Parents file lawsuit in connection to Winnebago Mental Health death |
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Research Model May One Day “Inoculate” Elderly Against Slip-Related Falls |
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This article was published by the American Physiological Society on February 4, 2009.
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House of Representatives Passes Elder Abuse Act of 2009 |
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Family Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit against State Mental Health Institute |
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Investigation Concludes Nurse Disobeyed Doctor’s Order
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Feds Rate U.S. Nursing Homes |
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An article by Julie Appleby, Steve Sternberg and Jack Gillum
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Elder Abuse Reports Rising |
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An Article by Dean Mosiman of the Wisconsin State Journal
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Wisconsin Association for Justice Elects New Leaders |
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Jeffrey Pitman elected as Officer
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Wisconsin A Leader In Pressure Ulcer Initiatives |
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Once Just an Aging Sign, Falls Merit Complex Care |
By John Leland
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Resident files lawsuit alleging fraud at nursing home chain |
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The class-action suit accuses Extendicare of promising more than it can deliver.
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National Rating System for Nursing Homes to Go Online in December |
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In 'Sweetie' and 'Dear,' a Hurt for the Elderly |
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By JOHN LELAND Published: October 6, 2008 |
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Lawsuit against Extendicare grows |
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Medicare Will Stop Reimbursing "Preventable Errors" on Oct. 1 |
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Violations Reported at 94% of Nursing Homes |
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Four Wisconsin Nursing Homes on Problem List |
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Substantial Settlement in Nursing Home Case |
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Senate Finance Committee Approves Two Bills To Help Prevent Neglect, Abuse of Elderly Patients |
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Seniors At Risk In Nursing Homes |
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Nursing Home Patient Hit by Semi |
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Sprinklers Now A Must For Nursing Homes |
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Census Reports Senior Citizen Population To Double By 2050 |
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Few Doctors Report Abuse of Elderly Patients |
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To Be Old, Frail And Evicted: Patients at Risk |
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As Nursing Homes Shift Focus To Short-Term Rehab Care, Families Must Look Elsewhere
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Roberta Murphy: She left her nursing home with infected bed sore and later died |
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Fines sometimes go unpaid by nursing homes |
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Nursing Homes’ Quality, Safety Can be Hard to Gauge |
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Federal, state Web sites don’t show whole picture on inspections
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Serious Violations at Homes Spike |
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34% increase over 3 years involves injuries and risk to hundreds of seniors
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Doctor’s Orders Not Followed, Man Loses Leg |
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Month Long Medication Error Causes Resident’s Stroke |
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WI Nursing Home Resident Strangled by Bed Rail |
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Preventable Pressure Sore Leads to Resident’s Death |
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Lawsuit Filed Against Oshkosh Nursing Home |
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Police Investigate Nursing Home Death, PKS Files Lawsuit |
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Elderly Man Suing County After His Ear Was Injured by Ridgewood Employee |
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Quadriplegic Suffers Heat Stroke in Nursing Home Bed |
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