Resident Falls

Settlement Amount is Confidential Our 79-year-old visually impaired client was admitted to a short-term rehabilitation hospital in central Pennsylvania. After a brief stay, the family planned for him to return home to resume living with his wife of 52 years. While still in the hospital, he developed a fever and became disoriented. The doctors, therefore,…

Resident falls

Settlement Amount is Confidential A mobile, alert 89-year-old woman living at a Philadelphia nursing home was knocked over by a nursing assistant who was not watching where she was walking. In the fall, our client fractured her hip and, as a result, and never walked again. Despite her advanced age prior to the fall, she…

Prior Attorney Fails to Protect Client

$600,000.00 Our client was represented by his former attorney for injuries sustained from a fall while renting a condominium at the shore. The previous attorney alleged that the serious injuries sustained by our client were caused by the condominium association’s failure to maintain the steps leading to the rental unit. A trial was held in…

Burned At Nursing Home

Settlement Amount is Confidential A long-term resident of a central Pennsylvania, large chain nursing home was permitted to continue his lifelong habit of cigarette smoking while in the presence of a staff member for safety. One day while smoking alone on a bench in front of the building his clothing caught on fire and he…