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Iowa Court Overturns $6M Nursing Home Negligence Verdict

Bill Thompson Jun 23, 2023 Appeals, Clients, Daily, Damages, Elder Abuse, Evidence, Falls, Juries, Trials Comments Off

On appeal, Timely Mission argues that a new trial is warranted because the jury heard improper testimony from nursing home staff members that a certified nursing assistant, Melanie Blakesley, had physically and verbally abused residents other than Weaver. Read more at: https://www.law360.com/personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/1691891?nl_pk=029cff45-637f-44e3-babf-75563f8e0bfd&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=personal-injury-medical-malpractice&utm_content=2023-06-23&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=6?copied=1 From the website page summarizing my experience in nursing home injuries The health […]

Today’s Quote

Bill Thompson Apr 19, 2023 Civics, Daily, Elder Abuse, Quotes Comments Off

Caring for our seniors is perhaps the greatest responsibility we have. Those who walked before us have given so much and made possible the life we all enjoy. John Hoeven, U.S. senator

The Industry Surveys Nursing Malpractice Claims

Bill Thompson Sep 15, 2022 Daily, Elder Abuse, Insurance Companies, Medical Error, Negligence, News, Nurses Comments Off

And the results are not surprising. Misdiagnosis, prescribing errors, and wrongful death make up most of the claims. When I worked in defense of hospitals, nurses were the hardest witnesses to prepare. They are left alone too long and forced to do things they wouldn’t normally if they’d been under the direct supervision of a […]

Med Mal Lawyers With Different Pandemic Takeaways

Bill Thompson Jun 28, 2022 Daily, Elder Abuse, Hospitals, Medical Error, Medical Malpractice, Nursing Home, Patient Safety Comments Off

“Even though things were bad,” said Calora, “it doesn’t give people license to practice beneath the standard of care.” A Washington lawyer observes that the pandemic created a free for all in health care where providers were operating willy-nilly in the face of a poorly understood disease. In my own experience, it was the pandemic […]

Every second, an older person in the United States falls and injures themselves, and every 20 minutes one of them dies from the fall.

Bill Thompson May 27, 2022 Daily, Elder Abuse, Medical Error, Medical Malpractice, Nursing Home, Patient Bill of Rights Comments Off

Here is the link to today’s story. FAU team receives $1 million grant to identify effective fall prevention strategies for older adults Nursing homes and assisted living facilities are governed by special rules. These rules are separate from the normal statutes and rules applied to doctors and hospitals in medical malpractice cases. You can learn […]

We Are Responsible To Our Elderly: The Greatest Generation

Bill Thompson Mar 8, 2022 Clients, Daily, Elder Abuse, Medical Error, Nursing Home, Patient Bill of Rights Comments Off

In the end, we all got COVID-19. We were in the first line of fire. But the ones who bore the brunt of the virus were the residents. On April 20, 2020, when I caught it, 63 of the 180 residents at the home had already died. It was total chaos. We were forbidden from referring […]