Recent Articles

Resident abused for months by staff and supervisor

Ray Mullman
January 07, 2009 16:16

 Lehighvalleylive.com had an article from the Associated Press discussing the abuse and torture of a resident by a nursing home nursing supervisor and four staffers.  They were charged with abusing a 94-year-old Alzheimer's patient for months, including punching her in the face...

Editorial from Aiken Standard

Ray Mullman
January 06, 2009 16:10

The Aiken Standard had an interesting editorial about the deficient care of nursing homes in Aiken, South Carolina and the new 5 star rating system.  The editorial states that nursing homes are increasingly becoming an integral part of the health care network in our country. As people live...

Resident died when left alone in cold rain for several hours

Ray Mullman
January 05, 2009 15:38

St. Louis Post dispatch had a story about another resident who died of exposure when the facility failed to supervise her. The resident was left alone outside for hours and died of exposure.   Interviews of employees at the Northgate Park Nursing Home provide no explanation for how the...

Orders allowing Plainitff to talk to former employees of nursing home

Ray Mullman
January 04, 2009 16:56

Defendants often attempt to hide information by filing motions to prevent Plainitffs from interviewing former employees about facts material to Plaintiffs' claims of neglect and understaffing.  We have uploaded a couple of Orders here and here allowing contact between...

Florida nursing homes given immunity from new disclosure law

Ray Mullman
January 04, 2009 16:14

Florida's "right to know" constitutional amendment that allows patients to check records of medical mistakes by health care providers doesn't apply to nursing homes according to the Florida Supreme Court. The decision in Benjamin v. Tandem Healthcare, Inc. came in a lawsuit over...

Order compelling production of incident report

Ray Mullman
January 03, 2009 16:48

We have uploaded a great Order compelling the production of an incident report.  The defense attempted to claim that the incident report was work-product.  The Court rightly disagreed.  All nursing homes are required by state and federal regulations to investigate and prepare...

Motion for sanctions for deposition misconduct

Ray Mullman
January 02, 2009 16:39

We have uploaded a great Motion for Sanctions for deposition misconduct such as coaching witnesses and obstructive objections.  The motion was done by the well respected Minnesota nursing home lawyer Mark Kosieradzki.  Defense counsel in numerous cases interfere and obstruct the taking of...

$1.25 million verdict in Georgia pressure ulcer case

Ray Mullman
January 01, 2009 18:58

Melvin Raybon died in pain four years ago, and a DeKalb County jury agreed that the cause of his suffering was neglect at the Tucker nursing home where he lived for nine months.  The jury compensated Raybon’s daughter $1.25 million for the pain and suffering her father felt the last year...

Fall outside nursing home results in death

Ray Mullman
December 31, 2008 16:37

News Channel 36 in Concord, North Carolina had a tragic story of a resident  who fell to her death at a nursing home.  State inspectors have launched an investigation at the Concord nursing home. The 87-year-old woman was found with a massive head injury on the ground beside an...

Facility allows resident to wander off

Ray Mullman
December 30, 2008 16:31

Fort Worth Star Telegram had an article about a nursing home facility that allowed a resident to wander away from the facility unsupervised.  The resident is a 67-year-old woman with an aggressive form of Alzheimer’s disease who walked away from a Fort Worth nursing home. The woman...