These statistics aren’t meant to scare you, although they probably will, what we really want is for you to be aware of both how common medical negligence really is, and how rare it is for patients to take legal action when they are harmed. When patients do not act, they miss out on the compensation […]
Notable Bedsore Settlements
Almost all nursing home abuse cases settle before trial. Largely because of punitive damages, many of these cases settle for significant amounts of money. To obtain punitive damages, the plaintiff must essentially prove that the tortfeasor (negligent actor, or in this case, the nursing home) intentionally disregarded a known danger and thereby put other people […]