Inadequate Supervision Leads to Death at Portage Point Nursing Home, Hancock, MI

A resident of Portage Point Nursing home suffered a fall that led to her death due to inadequate supervision during a transfer. The resident was severely impaired on a mental and physical level and required extensive assistance for transfers and general stability.


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…


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…


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…


Death by Bed Rail

We are investigating the death of a 91 year old who choked to death in the side rails of her bed in an adult foster care facility. Nursing homes rarely, if ever utilize side rails following the rash of choking deaths…