Josephson Nursing Home

Josephson Nursing Home in Ironwood cited by the State of Michigan on November 2, 2011 for failing to make sure that the nursing home area is free of dangers that cause accidents, which resulted in actual harm to a resident. …


Lawsuit in Side Rail Death

We recently filed suit on behalf of the estate of Shirley Karlin who choked to death when she became trapped between the mattress and side rails in her bed at an adult foster care facility in Farmington Hills. She had…


HOSPITALS CONTINUE TO HIDE MISTAKES

The Office of the Inspector General in a report prepared in 2010 found that 13.5% of Medicare recipients experienced adverse events during a hospitalization. These adverse events resulted in extended stays in the hospital, lifesaving intervention and caused permanent injury…


TELL THE TRUTH

In two cases our law firm is handling, we have discovered what I would describe as willful and deliberate failure on the part of nursing homes to report deaths of residents that occurred as a result of gross negligence on…


MAGGOTS

We are preparing to file suit on behalf of a resident of a nursing care facility in Beverly Hills who was rushed to Beaumont Hospital recently because her airway was clogged with maggots which are actually fly larvae. It is…


NURSING HOMES THAT FAIL TO REPORT SERIOUS INJURIES AND DEATHS

We are currently in litigation in a case against Caretel in Livingston County, a skilled care facility, that failed to report a serious medication error occurring when a resident was given her roommate’s medication. The roommate was diabetic. Our client’s loved…


FAILURE TO REPORT CHOKING

We are preparing to file suit on behalf of the family of a victim of nursing home abuse and neglect. Despite being placed on a pureed diet to avoid choking, she was provided with chopped up meat causing her to…


Call Lights

Virtually every person who has ever been in a hospital or nursing home has seen the  “call light” near the patient/resident’s bed. People believe, somewhat in error, that pressing the call light brings immediate assistance.  This is frequently not the…