Negligence at Nursing Home Leads to $29 Million Verdict
Last month, the Sacramento Superior Court handed down a $29 million verdict in the wrongful death lawsuit of an elderly woman who died as a result of a nursing home failing to provide adequate care. The 79-year-old died from untreated bedsores. Her death followed a slip and fall accident at the nursing home that caused her to break her hip.
Nursing homes in Miami-Dade and Broward offer a service that allows elderly and sick patients to receive healthcare services in a professional manner. Unfortunately, there are still many instances where abuse and negligence happens at the hands of nursing home professionals - even though Florida and federal laws have been passed to try to prevent it. Nursing homes and assisted living facilities are suppose to provide 24-hour supervision and a safe, secure place for the elderly to live in peace.
The nursing home and elder abuse attorneys of Gamba & Lombana have seen abuse by nursing homes happen in a variety of ways, including physical, verbal and sexual, improper medication administered, theft of personal property, and unsanitary conditions.
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