Traction Law Group operates from Palm Beach County, Florida, with attorneys licensed in Florida and New York, specializing in nursing home negligence and funeral home cases. The firm assists with documenting negligence through personal notes with dates and times, obtaining medical records, photographing evidence of injuries and unsanitary conditions, gathering witness statements, and researching previous complaints or facility inspections. Physical warning signs include unexplained bruises, bedsores, cuts, broken bones, malnutrition causing weight loss, poor hygiene, and unattended wounds. Emotional indicators encompass mood swings, fear, withdrawal, and aggression. The attorneys address medication mismanagement, poor living conditions including dirty spaces and inadequate heating, and lack of staff engagement. They work with the Ombudsman Program and state agencies for reporting and investigation. The practice offers free consultations at (833) 236-8253, handling cases through investigation, evidence gathering, settlement negotiation, or trial representation. Terms require filing within two years of negligent acts or injury discovery, with exceptions for mental incompetence or later discovery under the discovery rule.
Attorney Glenn Hammond practices at Glenn Martin Hammond Law Offices PLLC in Pikeville, KY at 606-437-7777, advocating for seniors subjected to abuse and neglect by caregivers in nursing homes and long-term care facilities who are supposed to be advocates for vulnerable residents. The firm helps families recognize signs including unexplained injuries, poor hygiene, sudden behavioral changes, and caregiver refusal to leave family alone during visiting hours, pursuing financial compensation for pain and suffering through experienced representation. Hammond evaluates evidence of possible abuse or neglect, explores legal options for holding staff accountable, and assists clients in understanding their rights to dignity and abuse-free environments. Working to decrease likelihood of other residents suffering similar treatment, the seasoned Kentucky nursing home neglect attorney addresses physical abuse, emotional trauma, and professional negligence when parents, grandparents, or senior loved ones become victims. The practice encourages families to learn about warning signs, remove loved ones from facilities upon confirming suspicions, and initiate legal action to protect elderly family members from cruelty at the hands of so-called caregivers.
The Elder Law Firm PC practices from 144 44th Street SW, Suite 2, Grand Rapids, MI 49548, providing Medicaid planning and nursing home selection guidance. Attorney Gregory Hodge and Brittany VanDam emphasize careful facility evaluation, recommending background checks on staff, nutrition program quality assessment, and social life examination. They assist with identifying needs including dementia care units, hospice services, and religious connections while reviewing Medicare’s five-star rating system. The firm addresses long-term care costs through Medicaid planning, asset protection strategies, and veterans benefits coordination. They examine employment screening programs, staff qualification verification, and facility policies promoting physical and emotional wellbeing. Services include estate planning, wills and trusts, Alzheimer’s planning, and Social Security disability assistance. The attorneys travel throughout Michigan’s lower peninsula including Grand Rapids, Southfield, Wyoming, Kalamazoo, Farmington Hills, Troy, Detroit, Traverse City, and all other Michigan cities. Offering free seminars and consultations at 616-840-3754, they help families navigate healthcare costs and ensure quality care selection for elderly parents.
Morgan & Morgan serves Charlotte nursing home abuse victims from 525 North Tryon Street, Suite 1729, Charlotte, NC 28202, with attorneys Jonathan M. Smith and Christopher H. Lee leading local representation. The firm addresses physical abuse, negligent care, financial exploitation, medication errors, bedsores, malnutrition, dehydration, and emotional neglect throughout North Carolina facilities. They investigate understaffing, negligent hiring without background checks, operating with dangerously low staff levels, and ignoring safety violations. The practice files reports with Adult Protective Services, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, and local ombudsmen while gathering evidence including medical records and surveillance footage. Federal and state laws protect residents’ rights to dignity, medical care, nutrition, and safe environments. They pursue compensation for medical costs, pain and suffering, relocation expenses, funeral costs in wrongful deaths, and punitive damages for extreme misconduct. Operating on contingency fees with over $25 billion recovered nationwide, Morgan & Morgan provides free consultations at 980-423-6300 or 877-667-4265 throughout the Charlotte metropolitan area.
Miller & Zois, led by Ronald V. Miller Jr. and Laura G. Zois, handles nursing home medication error wrongful death cases from Maryland locations. The firm filed a February 2016 lawsuit against Golden Living Center in Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland, operated by Beverly Enterprises Maryland (a California corporation with 200 facilities nationwide and four in northern Maryland). The case involved a resident given another patient’s five medications at 8:45 p.m.: Lantus (insulin glargine), Namenda (Memantine), Aricept (Acetylcholinesterase inhibitor), Lasix (Furosemide), and Hydralazine (Apresoline) in unknown doses, resulting in death six hours later. The facility only provided blood pressure medication after discovering the error and failed to properly notify the family about the multiple medications involved. The firm pursues medical negligence and wrongful death claims when facilities violate care standards through medication errors. Common nursing home medication errors involve blood thinners, anti-seizure medications, and insulin. Miller & Zois has a long history of substantial verdicts and settlements in Maryland medical malpractice cases, offering free consultations at 800-553-8082.
Lutz, Bobo & Telfair, P.A. maintains headquarters at 2 N. Tamiami Trail 5th Floor, Sarasota, FL 34236, with additional offices in Tallahassee, Bradenton, Punta Gorda, Englewood, and Osprey, handling nursing home abuse on contingency at 877-951-1800. The Martindale-Hubbell AV-rated firm with 300 years combined experience addresses physical battery causing broken bones and lacerations, forceful restraints leaving symmetrical bruising, overmedication practices, forced feedings, emotional abuse through threats and isolation, and sexual assault by staff, patients, or visitors. They pursue personal injury and wrongful death lawsuits for medical expenses, pain and suffering, regulatory penalties including fines and facility closure, plus criminal charges for assault, battery, or manslaughter against abusive staff. The attorneys investigate rapid weight loss, bed sores, septicemia, malnutrition, dehydration, poor hygiene, environmental hazards like slippery floors, and financial exploitation through identity theft and forged checks. With 25+ years in Sarasota recovering millions in verdicts and settlements, Lutz, Bobo & Telfair offers free consultations providing personalized attention while maintaining offices open Monday-Friday 8:30 AM-5:00 PM.
Belgum, Fry & Van Allen serves Azusa from 1905 E Route 66 Suite 102, Glendora, CA 91740, specializing in nursing home fall injuries affecting thousands of California elderly patients annually at 626-914-9806. Attorneys Stephen Belgum, Garrett Fry, and Brian Van Allen pursue cases where half of nursing home residents suffer falls yearly with one-third experiencing subsequent falls, seeking medical expenses, lost income, and pain and suffering compensation. The firm holds facilities liable for inadequate supervision, mobility assistance failures, and breaches of patient care standards, potentially pursuing punitive damages for criminal negligence or intentional misconduct under California’s strict elder abuse laws. They calculate compensation including anticipated future medical costs for serious falls that exacerbate existing conditions, plus income losses when families take time off work for caregiving responsibilities. Belgum, Fry & Van Allen offers free consultations developing tailored legal strategies, gathering supporting evidence to substantiate claims and maximize recovery for fall injuries throughout Azusa, Chino Hills, Claremont, West Covina, Pomona, Los Angeles, La Verne, Fontana, Rancho Cucamonga, Ontario, and Upland facilities.
Henry D. Acciani and Barry D. Levy lead O’Connor, Acciani & Levy from 600 Vine St #1600, Cincinnati, OH 45202, with over 25 years advocating for abuse and neglect victims, recovering tens of millions at (513) 224-5461. The firm addresses Ohio’s 36,000 annual elder abuse reports, investigating physical violence, emotional manipulation, sexual assault, financial exploitation, and neglect affecting 10% of U.S. seniors particularly those with Alzheimer’s or dementia. Operating throughout Hamilton, Clermont, and Butler counties on contingency fees, they handle cases involving unexplained injuries, bruises, fractures, bedsores, infections, malnutrition, dehydration, poor hygiene, mood changes, medication errors, and staff resistance to family visits. O’Connor Acciani & Levy pursues compensation under federal Residents’ Rights & Quality of Care guidelines and Ohio’s two-year statute of limitations for medical bills, pain and suffering, relocation costs, wrongful death expenses, and punitive damages. Their attorneys investigate caregivers, facility managers, third-party contractors, doctors, reviewing medical records, staffing logs, surveillance footage, past complaints, and regulatory violations to identify systemic problems causing abuse.
Eric H. Woods Law Offices operates from 2055 West Charleston Boulevard, Suite A, Las Vegas, NV 89102, with over thirty years as a Las Vegas personal injury lawyer addressing nursing home abuse. Studies show 7.6-10% of nursing home elderly report experiencing abuse annually, with women victimized more than men in short-staffed, overworked facilities. Eric Woods handles physical abuse including battery and forceful restraint, bedsores from position neglect, inadequate bathing or feeding causing malnutrition and dehydration, sexual abuse including unwelcome touching and forced pornography viewing, financial abuse through theft and unauthorized account access, and emotional abuse through embarrassment and belittlement. Patients with extensive physical or psychological disabilities, dementia, severe degenerative diseases, and cognitive impairment face greatest risk. The firm advocates for frequent unannounced facility visits to spot problems, fighting aggressively to stop abuse, ensure proper care, and recover financial compensation. Contact available at (702) 737-0000 for free consultations addressing nursing home victimization throughout Las Vegas, pursuing legal resolution and appropriate compensation for victims and families.
Hall & Copetas practices from 300 Mount Lebanon Blvd Suite 308, Pittsburgh, PA 15234, (412) 344-1333, with attorneys Thomas D. Hall and William P. Copetas representing nursing home abuse victims suffering bedsores, malnutrition, frequent injuries, assault by other patients, inadequate supervision, and violations of Pennsylvania residents’ rights. The firm addresses understaffing, underfunding, mismanagement causing unnecessary pain, complications, and adverse medical outcomes for vulnerable patients in fragile physical or mental health. They pursue cases involving hazardous conditions, patients harming themselves due to inadequate staffing, rights to informed consent, confidential medical records, personal finances management, freedom from abuse and restraints, immediate family access, and transfers only for medical reasons. Handling claims for dignity violations, privacy breaches, involuntary seclusion, chemical restraints without necessity, denied visitor access, and retaliation against grievances, they investigate Pennsylvania Department of Health licensing violations. The firm offers no-obligation consultations to recover compensation for negligence and abuse throughout Pennsylvania’s nursing home facilities.
