Nursing Home Malpractice
If you or someone you know has been the victim of nursing home medical malpractice in Connecticut, we can assist you with your claim. We will arrange to advance all fees and expenses for your case including hiring experts to strengthen your case. Once the case is concluded, we will be reimbursed for the costs out of the recovery. If no recovery is attained, you do not owe anything for the costs and expenses, which will be absorbed by us. All cases are handled on a contingency fee basis, which means you do not pay us until we recover money for you.
1. What is Nursing Home Medical Malpractice?
Medical malpractice is the deviation from the acceptable medical standard of care, which causes results in some type of harm to the patient. It can and does happen in a health care facility including nursing homes. Nursing home malpractice is any intentional act or negligence committed by a nursing home professional and/or staff member that potential causes physical, economic, or psychological harm to the residents. Malpractice can occur if the care provided deviates from accepted standards of practice in the community and causes injury or death to the resident. While most facilities attempt to provide competent care, there are instances when the quality of care is not up to standards, and as a result medical malpractice occurs. General neglect is the most common nursing home malpractice and could include:
- Failure to assist in personal hygiene
- Failure to provide appropriate medical care
- Failure to provide appropriate food, clothing, and shelter
- Failure to prevent or treat malnutrition and dehydration
- Failure to prevent falls
- Failure to provide a safe environment
Any act or failure to act perpetuated by staff member that causes harm to a resident could be considered nursing home malpractice. Signs of or symptoms of these problems can include bedsores, pressure sores, infections, dehydration, malnutrition, unexplained ailments, undetected or misdiagnosed medical conditions, slip and fall accidents, medication errors, inappropriate physical restraint, untreated pain, and related indications of injury and/or death to the residents. Nursing home malpractice also includes inadequate staffing, inexperienced or under-trained staff, negligent supervision, and patient isolation.
When the minimum standards governing the nursing home industry not met, the party responsible can be held accountable for any damages caused by the malpractice. Elder abuse in a nursing home is also a malpractice. There are different types of elder abuse: physical abuse, financial abuse, sexual abuse, emotional abuse, neglect and health care fraud.
2. How is Liability Determined?
The critical issue in many personal injury cases is just how a "reasonable person" would be expected to act in the situation that caused the injury. A person is negligent when he or she fails to act like a "reasonable person". Whether a given person has met the "reasonable person standard" is often a matter that is decided by a jury after the presentation of evidence and argument at trial. This is one of the many reasons why you should contact us as soon as possible so we can start to investigate and develop your case.
3. What Compensation Might I Receive If My Case is Successful?
Usually, a person who is liable for an injury-which generally means his or her liability insurance company-must pay an injured person for
- Past and future medical care and related expenses
- Past and future income lost because of the accident
- Permanent physical disability or disfigurement
- Loss of family, social, and educational experiences
- Emotional damages, such as stress, embarrassment, depression, or strains on family relationships
- Punitive Damages (In Extraordinary Cases)
You will be awarded "damages," or compensation, which is money intended to restore you to the position you were in before your injury. This money is not considered income (excluding monies paid for loss of income) and is not taxable as income by the federal or state government.
4. What Should I Do If I Have Been The Victim Of Nursing Home Medical Malpractice?
If you or someone you know is a victim of nursing home malpractice you should contact us immediately. We will work with you to review the facts of your case if it appears you have a viable claim, we will arrange to obtain your medical records to be reviewed by a doctor.
5. Why Should I Hire Hastings, Cohan and Walsh, LLP to Represent Me?
Because we are passionate about what we do and have decades of experience in reviewing medical malpractice claims. Before you hire a lawyer, speak to an insurance adjuster, or sign any paperwork, order a copy of our free book "The Crash Course on Personal Injury Claims in Connecticut."
If you or someone you know has been injured due to a nursing home malpractice in Connecticut, you should contact us as soon as possible. Don't delay in consulting us so we can get to work for you right away.
Please call us at 1-888-842-8466 or complete our online form on the right hand side of this web page and tell us about your case.
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