Donaldson & Weston provides nursing home abuse representation throughout Florida from offices in Deltona, Lakeland, and Largo. The firm addresses physical abuse, emotional trauma, sexual misconduct, neglect, and financial exploitation with attorneys operating 24 hours daily. They investigate bedsores, unexplained injuries, medication problems, malnutrition, dehydration, emotional withdrawal, and isolation from family while documenting evidence through photographs and medical records. The practice reports to Adult Protective Services, the Agency for Health Care Administration, and law enforcement when immediate danger exists. They pursue compensation for medical bills, rehabilitation costs, pain and suffering, emotional distress, relocation expenses, and wrongful death damages. Understanding the trust families place in facilities, the attorneys provide compassionate advocacy while conducting thorough investigations including witness interviews and expert consultations. Operating on contingency fees, Donaldson & Weston offers free consultations at 386-766-5570, with additional locations serving Central Florida, Treasure Coast, and South Florida regions, fighting to protect residents’ rights and dignity.
The Garrow Law Firm operates from 300 New Jersey Ave, NW Suite 900, Washington, DC 20001, (888-884-2776 or 202-469-3411), handling nursing home abuse and wrongful death cases with nationwide representation through a network of trial attorneys. The firm addresses physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional abuse, improper restraints, unwarranted isolation, medication errors, failure to provide medical care, personal hygiene failures, malnourishment, dehydration, failure to prevent resident violence, hazardous environments, wandering failures, and misdiagnosis cases. They pursue cases involving understaffing, lack of supervision, negligent hiring, and inadequate employee training. The firm reports that according to the Office of Inspector General, serious abuse cases sufficient to warrant emergency room visits are frequently unreported, with the majority involving sexual assault. They assist families in reporting abuse to police, the Georgia Department of Community Health’s Healthcare Facility Regulation division at 1-800-792-9770, and filing complaints. The attorneys fight for compensation while working to prevent future harm to other vulnerable residents through accountability measures.
Rikard & Protopapas maintains offices at 2110 N Beltline Blvd, Columbia, SC 29204, serving South Carolina at 803-978-6111. Attorneys Robert Rikard, Peter Protopapas, Jescelyn Tillman Spitz, Charles Usry, Brian Barnwell, Lindsay F. Johnson, John Chandler, and Robert Bonds handle nursing home infection cases. The firm pursues compensation for urinary tract infections, respiratory infections, gastroenteritis, skin infections including cellulitis and necrotizing fasciitis, MRSA, influenza, norovirus, hepatitis, pneumonia, Streptococcus infections, severe bedsores leading to infection, sepsis, and onychomycosis. They investigate poor sanitary practices, inadequate nutrition, failure to test and isolate sick residents, inadequate medical attention, food preparation problems, and inappropriate outbreak responses. Rikard & Protopapas builds cases through investigation, proving negligence, identifying damages, settlement negotiations, and serving as guides throughout legal proceedings. The attorneys handle claims based on negligence or medical malpractice when infections result from inadequate care, including sepsis and staph infection cases against facilities failing to take reasonable preventive measures.
Kosieradzki Smith Law Firm operates from Plymouth, MC representing nursing home abuse victims throughout Minnesota’s Twin Cities metro area including St. Paul, Minneapolis, Coon Rapids, Bloomington, Burnsville, Maple Grove and Minnetonka. The firm handles cases involving caregiver neglect (39% of reports), self-neglect (23%), financial exploitation (12%), emotional abuse (9%), physical abuse (8%), and sexual abuse (3%) based on Minnesota Adult Abuse Reporting Center data showing 51,408 reports in fiscal year 2016. Their attorneys assist with reporting through MAARC’s 24/7 hotline at 844-880-1574 and help families recognize warning signs including bedsores, unexplained injuries, dehydration, weight loss, withdrawn behavior, and financial irregularities. The firm pursues compensation for medical expenses, pain and suffering, and wrongful death while working with investigating agencies including Minnesota Department of Health and county social services. They emphasize that 85% of nursing homes reported abuse in 2012 according to government studies, with one in seven Americans over 70 suffering from dementia requiring special care. Free consultations are available at (763) 225-2695 focusing on ethics, character, compassion, and results.
Abbott Law Group, P.A. operates from 2929 Plummer Cove Road, Jacksonville, FL 32223, with attorneys Fred Abbott and David Anderson providing over thirty years of representation for nursing home bedsore cases in Jacksonville and St. Augustine. The firm specializes in pressure sores, pressure ulcers, and decubitus ulcers that develop from prolonged pressure on skin covering bones, particularly affecting wheelchair-bound and bedridden elderly residents. They note that 11% of nursing home residents develop bedsores, with longer residency increasing risk, often resulting from negligent practices like failure to reposition immobile patients, inadequate hygiene, and understaffing. Bedsore complications handled by the firm include cellulitis, sepsis, osteomyelitis, joint infections, tissue death, gangrene, and wrongful death. Abbott Law Group pursues compensation for medical bills, pain and suffering, and punitive damages against facilities that fail to hire qualified employees, provide proper training, or maintain adequate staffing. Available at (904) 292-1111 for free consultations, the firm holds nursing homes liable under Florida’s Statute of Limitations for preventable bedsores resulting from systematic neglect.
Joshua H. Meyeroff and Ryan T. Keating lead nursing home abuse practice at Morris James, serving Delaware since 1931 with over 150 years combined experience, available at 302.888.6857. The firm addresses physical injuries, psychological harm, and financial loss inflicted by caregivers in nursing homes, long-term care facilities, and assisted living facilities where families earnestly tried finding safe, caring homes for vulnerable loved ones. Their attorneys investigate falls, pressure sores, poor hygiene, dirty clothes, unclean living conditions, weight loss, malnutrition, bruises, genital injuries, unusual financial changes, missing documents, and fear of staff members. Morris James handles claims involving improper restraints causing bruising and muscle atrophy, sedative abuse, wandering outside facilities, federal Nursing Home Reform Act violations, and facilities losing Medicare or Medicaid eligibility. The Delaware practice pursues compensation for medical expenses, pain and suffering, emotional distress, and implements measures ensuring family member safety, fighting large companies and insurance providers to reveal abuse and secure financial stability for neglected or abused family members.
Located at 2850 Quarry Lake Dr Suite 220, Baltimore, MD 21209, (410) 421-7777, Brockstedt Mandalas Federico handles nursing malpractice cases where nurses breach duty of care through medication errors, inadequate monitoring, documentation failures, and ignoring patient needs. Attorneys Philip C. Federico, Chase T. Brockstedt, Brent Ceryes, and Tara Clary represent victims of wrong medication administration, dosage errors, missed warning signs, incomplete documentation, and failure to track vital signs. The firm addresses cases involving delayed intervention, misunderstandings from poor documentation, disregarded patient complaints, and post-surgical monitoring failures including missed internal bleeding. They navigate Maryland’s five-year statute of limitations or three-year discovery rule, handle Health Claims Arbitration requirements with certificates of merit, and pursue damages for medical expenses, pain, suffering, and wrongful death. With hundreds of millions obtained for clients, they tackle complex medical malpractice requirements including expert opinions and insurance company negotiations throughout Maryland, Washington D.C., Delaware, and Pennsylvania jurisdictions.
Robert T. Edens practices as an Antioch nursing home neglect attorney from offices at 392 Lake Street, Antioch, IL 60002, 325 Washington Street, Waukegan, IL 60085, and 1212 North Seminary Unit 1, Woodstock, IL 60098, handling complex Illinois nursing home neglect cases. The practice addresses challenges including neglect’s invisible indicators, distinguishing intentional abuse from inactivity-based neglect involving medical treatment gaps, nutrition deficiencies, and hygiene failures causing bedsores, malnutrition, dehydration, and infections. Illinois Nursing Home Care Act 210 ILCS 45 requires appropriate healthcare, hazard-free environments, and meeting personal/social needs. Evidence collection challenges include cognitively-impaired residents as unreliable witnesses and reluctant staff testimony, requiring documentation analysis of medical records, staffing logs, and internal reports. Illinois statute 735 ILCS 5/2-622 mandates expert testimony from qualified health professionals. Two-year statute of limitations applies from neglect discovery date. Edens offers free consultations serving Lake and McHenry Counties including Antioch, Waukegan, Grayslake, Barrington, and Woodstock.
Finz & Finz, P.C. operates from 410 East Jericho Turnpike, Mineola, NY 11501 and 31 Spencer St., Suite 1202, Brooklyn, NY 11205, specializing in nursing home medical malpractice cases throughout New York. This firm addresses nursing errors including medication mistakes, inadequate patient monitoring, failure to respond to calls, improper infection control, and communication breakdowns between staff members. The attorneys handle cases where understaffing leads to rushed care and preventable mistakes, pursuing compensation for residents who suffer from neglect or improper medical treatment. With experience since establishment, the firm investigates nursing negligence claims involving failure to monitor vital signs, medication administration errors, and inadequate reporting to physicians. They pursue accountability from facilities and individual staff members under the Nursing Home Care Act, which holds owners and licensees liable for intentional or negligent acts causing resident injuries. The firm offers free consultations at (855) TOP-FIRM, representing families whose loved ones experienced nursing malpractice resulting in physical harm, mental anguish, infections, or wrongful death in New York nursing facilities.
Attorneys Thomas J. Lavin and John O’Halloran practice from Interstate Building Suite 760, 1314 South King Street, Bronx, NY 10465, serving Westchester County and White Plains nursing home abuse victims at 718-957-8695 with additional offices at 2980 Bruckner Blvd and 50 Main Street. The firm protects elderly residents from physical pain, injury, and impairment through poor treatment, identifying nutritional deficiencies causing exhaustion, dehydration, and odd-colored skin from purposeful or accidental food withholding. They investigate emotional abuse when residents become distant, depressed, refuse family calls, or retreat into isolation from fear, handling cases involving intimidation, harassment, monetary exploitation, and sexual assault throughout the region. Lavin & O’Halloran pursue damages when staff pinch, slap, hit, or over-tighten restraints on non-compliant residents, addressing understaffing and inadequate training leading to abuse. The attorneys offer free consultations at 914-490-4444, carefully reviewing admission contracts to identify financial liability provisions while advocating for proper nutrition, care supervision, and protection from all abuse forms affecting parents unable to care for themselves.
