Southern California Nursing Home Law Group

$3M

Nursing Home Neglect

An 87-year-old resident was killed after being physically attacked by an intruder who entered the nursing home through an unsecured door. Caregivers had complained for years about homeless people in the neighborhood, some of whom would enter the nursing facility in the winter for warmth or looking for food. Employees asked that a security guard be provided at night, but those requests were ignored.

$1.5M

Nursing Home Neglect

A 77-year-old man with worsening dementia was placed in a Victorville assisted living facility. He walked unnoticed out the front door at night, and two miles away from the facility was hit by a car and killed while crossing a road. Even hours after his death the facility was unaware that he had left.

$1.4M

Nursing Home Neglect

A 30 year-old resident at an intermediate care facility developed a stage IV bedsore that became infected and resulted in his death. The bedsore resulted from the facility leaving the resident in a wheelchair all day.

$1.2M

Nursing Home Neglect

Robert was transferred to an assisted living facility and was assured he would get his daily insulin injections. The facility failed to provide those injections, leading to diabetic ketoacidosis and his death 10 days into his stay.

$1.1M

Nursing Home Neglect

Robert, a 60-year-old paralyzed nursing home patient, was severely beaten by another resident with a known history of violence. Robert suffered a severe brain injury.

$1M

Nursing Home Neglect

A 93-year-old assisted living resident with a known history of multiple falls suffered a fatal head injury after caregivers failed to respond to her call light.