Recently, one of the major issues in nursing home litigation has been the inclusion of mandatory arbitration agreements in admission paperwork.  When a resident signs an arbitration agreement (usually unknowingly), nursing home patients may surrender their opportunity to recover for an injury via a traditional jury trial.  Alternatively, an injured resident must present their grievances [...]

In a situation where a spouse is injured or killed because of nursing home abuse or neglect, the surviving or non-injured spouse may be entitled to bring a claim for the loss of the other spouse’s services that occurred as a result of the injury or death.  The recovery amount depends upon the personal nature [...]

One of three defendants charged with over drugging patients at a nursing home, resulting in three deaths, has accepted a plea bargain that involves testifying against the others.  A former pharmacist at a Lake Isabella nursing facility, Debbi Gayle Hayes has agreed to help prosecute the nursing director and a doctor.  All three worked at [...]