Jury Awards $6.8 Million in Nursing Home Understaffing Class Action October 22, 2026 By Andrew G. Simpson After a seven-day trial in Dutchess County, a New York state jury handed down a $6.8 million verdict against a...
Lawsuits Pile Up for a Nursing Home Empire Built Despite State Investigations November 26, 2025 By Jocelyn Wiener In February 2024, a Los Angeles County jury awarded $2.34 million to an 84-year-old nursing home resident named Betsy Jentz,...
New Mexico Nursing Home Inspections Find at Least 1 Violation in 88% of Facilities August 8, 2024 Recent unannounced inspections of nursing homes across New Mexico found at least one violation in 88% of them, authorities said....
One Resident Still Missing as St. Louis Nursing Home Abruptly Closes December 28, 2023 COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – One person is still missing a week after the abrupt closure of St. Louis` largest nursing...
Visiting Nurse’s Killing at Halfway House Renews Pleas for Home Health Care Safety December 8, 2023 By Dave Collins and Pat Eaton-Robb The killing of a Connecticut nurse making a house call in October was a nightmare come true for an industry...
New York Court Upholds Nursing Home COVID-19 Immunity December 4, 2023 By Andrew G. Simpson A New York state appellate court has ruled that an April 2021 state law repealing a March 2020 grant of...
California Care Home Charged in Connection With COVID Deaths March 16, 2023 A Southern California residential care home company and three of its managers have been charged in connection with 14 COVID-related...
Funeral Home Finds Woman Alive Hours After Nursing Home Pronounced Her Dead February 8, 2023 An 82-year-old woman was pronounced dead at a New York nursing home but found to be breathing three hours later...
U.S. Supreme Court Rebuffs Dispute Over Nursing Home COVID Suits November 22, 2022 By Brendan Pierson The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear California nursing home operator Glenhaven Healthcare’s bid to avoid a lawsuit...
Vermont Settles Neglect Charges With 4 Residential Care Homes September 7, 2022 The Vermont attorney general’s office has reached a settlement with the operator of four residential care homes in the Rutland...