Dolan Connly, P.C., a veteran-owned firm led by former Marine Corps Judge Advocate General Greg Connly with over 30 years litigation experience, operates from 50 Redfield Street, Suite 202, Boston, MA 02122 and 2 Columbia Road, Suite 3, Pembroke, MA 02359 at 617-265-3100. The Boston nursing home abuse lawyers have secured significant settlements including $1,006,330.03 for MBTA discrimination, $4,426,180.35 for chiropractic malpractice involving an 81-year-old, $3,680,187.78 for electrical injury, and $750,000 for dog bite cases, combining legal precision with compassionate representation. The firm handles physical abuse causing unexplained bruises and fractures, emotional abuse through verbal assaults and humiliation, sexual abuse involving non-consensual contact, neglect of basic needs leading to bedsores and malnutrition, financial exploitation through unauthorized withdrawals, medical negligence with improper medication management, and resident-on-resident abuse requiring facility prevention. Dolan Connly recovers comprehensive damages including medical expenses for emergency care and rehabilitation, pain and suffering compensation for PTSD and depression, wrongful death damages for funeral expenses and loss of companionship, punitive damages for egregious misconduct, and loss of quality of life from reduced mobility or cognitive decline. The attorneys conduct rigorous investigations reviewing medical charts and surveillance footage, understand Massachusetts regulations and federal CMS guidelines, negotiate with large corporations’ legal teams, work with geriatric specialists and forensic experts, and provide end-to-end legal support allowing families to focus on healing.
Nursing Home Negligence Attorneys
Jared C. Williams practices from Law Office of Jared C. Williams, LLC at 740 Magnolia Road, Charleston, SC 29407, (843) 991-6528, investigating Charleston nursing home facilities for evidence of neglect, medication misuse, physical abuse, and illegal behavior affecting elderly residents. The firm handles cases involving physical and emotional abuse including hitting, pushing, grabbing, shoving, slapping, kicking, pinching, choking, excessive force, bullying, threatening, and sexual abuse where staff use power to prevent victims from reporting to relatives. Financial abuse cases involve staff befriending elderly residents, extorting money through lies or theft while helping with personal shopping errands, with understaffed facilities hiring untrained caregivers using restraints to stop wandering or prescription drugs to maintain coma-like states. The practice pursues claims for failure to provide adequate food, water, and timely medications, slips and falls when patients attempt movement without help, infections from poor hygiene including pressure ulcers (bedsores) from prolonged restraints or immobility leading to infection, amputation, and death. Operating on contingency fees throughout Charleston and South Carolina, the attorney investigates facilities that quickly hide wrongdoing, determining true causes of injuries including unbathed residents left in dirty clothes for days with untreated cuts. Williams won’t hesitate to go to trial holding nursing homes responsible for wrongdoing, offering free consultations for families noticing sudden decline in loved ones who may be too embarrassed or intimidated to report abuse themselves.
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Shuman Legal maintains Illinois nursing home abuse representation from 414 N Orleans St Suite 600, Chicago, IL 60654, with over 77 years combined experience and 39 years serving abuse victims, available at (800) 722-9744. The firm addresses violations of the Illinois Nursing Home Care Act where over 150 facilities violated standards in 2019’s last quarter, handling cases of financial abuse, physical abuse, neglect, and emotional abuse including insulting, threatening, or forcibly isolating residents. Operating offices in Bloomington, Joliet, Naperville, and Rockford, they pursue compensation under the Illinois Administrative Code and federal Nursing Home Reform Act of 1987, with a seven-year statute of limitations for financial exploitation cases. Shuman Legal investigates bedsores, infections, unchanged dirty bed sheets, unwashed clothing, spoiled food, bruises, scratches, broken bones, anxiety, depression, and missing possessions throughout Chicago, Schaumburg, Orland Park, Maywood, Kankakee, Peoria, Decatur, and surrounding areas. Their attorneys handle medication errors, inadequate hygiene, choking incidents, sexual abuse, and PEG tube neglect cases on contingency fees.
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Yong J. An practices from 825 Town & Country Ln 12th Fl, Houston, TX 77024, fearlessly representing nurses before the Texas Board of Nursing since 2006 with 24/7 availability at 832-428-5679 for complaints, allegations, and license protection throughout Pharr and statewide. The attorney handles standard of care violations, sexual violations, fraud, theft, deception, drug/alcohol use, false representation, continuing education failures, criminal offenses, and malpractice judgments threatening nursing licenses. Penalties include monitoring, administrative fines, directive fulfillment, public reprimands, license restrictions, TPAPN directives, probation, suspension, and revocation. An provides confidential, compassionate defense services for nurses in Houston, Dallas/Fort Worth, San Antonio, and Corpus Christi facing unexpected situations threatening their livelihood. The firm advises against signing proposed agreed orders without consultation, protecting nurses who dedicate themselves to saving lives from Board of Nursing actions. Years of experience handling nursing license cases ensures proper procedures and protocols protect licenses regardless of the jeopardy reason.
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J. Blake Ledbetter, recognized as SuperLawyers Rising Star in 2018 and 2019 for Civil Litigation, practices at Conoscienti & Ledbetter from 315 W Ponce de Leon Ave Suite 400, Decatur, GA 30030, (404) 373-5800, specializing in nursing home abuse lawsuits throughout metropolitan Atlanta. Georgia Code 16-5-102 makes elder abuse a felony punishable by up to 20 years imprisonment and $50,000 fines for knowingly exploiting, inflicting physical pain, sexual abuse, mental anguish, unreasonable confinement, or depriving essential services to disabled adults or elderly residents. The firm handles physical abuse including slapping, forcing medications, and shoving causing bruises, sprains, and abrasions; sexual abuse involving unwanted contact, assault, or exposure to pornography affecting disabled or confused residents; psychological abuse through verbal ridicule, intentional isolation, and ignoring requests; and financial abuse through threats to deny care, stealing credit cards, forcing check signatures, or property theft. Annual estimates show 5 million Americans experience elder abuse with only one in 23.5 cases reported, requiring experienced attorneys to uncover covered-up abuse, changed paperwork, and conflicting stories through litigation and depositions. Their attorneys pursue damages including medical bills, non-economic emotional trauma, and punitive damages for deterrence, with notable wrongful death settlements ranging from $200,000 for wheelchair stair falls to $1.1 billion for a 69-year-old Florida resident whose body wasn’t discovered for weeks, representing over 95% of cases settling confidentially outside court averaging $750,000 including all damages and legal fees.
Bader Law Injury Lawyers operates from offices in Carrollton, Smyrna, Atlanta, Norcross, and Savannah, available 24/7 at (470) 447-2800, handling Roswell nursing home abuse cases on contingency fees with no payment unless winning settlements or verdicts. An AJC investigation reveals inadequate staffing, insufficient training, and unsafe conditions leading to abuse and neglect, with Georgia’s two-year civil statute of limitations under O.C.G.A. 9-3-33 requiring prompt action to prevent systemic problems from worsening. The firm evaluates physical abuse between residents when facilities fail reasonable protection measures, sexual abuse involving residents unable to consent due to Alzheimer’s or mental illness, neglect constituting abuse through failure to prevent falls, medication errors, and inadequate nutrition monitoring causing medical harm or death. Their attorneys investigate emotional abuse violating the Nursing Home Bill of Rights through torment based on appearance, religion, race, intellect, national origin, or sexual identity, plus financial abuse through stealing possessions, obtaining power of attorney, and using personal checks. Award-winning litigators with decades of experience pursue economic damages for healthcare expenses, relocation costs, theft restitution, and non-economic damages for pain, suffering, emotional distress, PTSD, scarring, and reduced quality of life, with punitive damages for intentional harm. Operating with the belief that unchecked problems worsen over time, the practice offers free case reviews using their network of resources and years of experience to stop ongoing abuse while seeking compensation for vulnerable victims.
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Attorney Ethan Okura, with offices at 1314 South King Street Suite 760, Honolulu, HI 96814 and Hilo, specializes in protecting assets from nursing home costs that now exceed $10,000 monthly on Oahu and $13,000 on outer islands. The firm, reachable at 808-593-8885, advises families about Hawaii’s lack of filial responsibility statutes while warning against signing admission contracts as “Responsible Party” which creates financial liability. Okura cautions against joint ownership of bank accounts or property titles that become legally available for parents’ medical expenses, recommending power of attorney or trust structures instead. One client paid $23,000 monthly at State-run Leahi hospital, demonstrating how costs exceeding $276,000 annually can devastate lifetime savings. The firm educates families about federal laws prohibiting nursing homes from requiring financial guarantees as admission conditions, though standard contracts often volunteer such obligations. Okura & Associates provides estate planning, Medicaid qualification, and asset protection strategies, offering consultations to prevent families from losing hundreds of thousands in unnecessary nursing home payments across Hawaii.
Distasio Law Firm, led by Scott Distasio and Melody Leon, serves Bradenton and throughout Florida from multiple locations including Tampa, Largo, Wesley Chapel, Brandon, and Clearwater, addressing nursing home abuse violations of Florida Statute Chapter 400. Board-certified civil trial lawyer Scott Distasio handles unexplainable cuts and bruises, odd injury explanations, bedsores, weight loss, dehydration, depression, mood swings, agitation around specific staff, loss of medical devices, missing telephones, missing valuables, and missing mail. The firm builds strong claims gathering physical evidence, reports, eyewitness testimony, establishing monetary losses, and fighting through trial when necessary. Compensation includes past and future medical losses, Medicare/Medicaid reimbursement, pain and suffering, funeral expenses in wrongful death claims. Florida’s two-year statute of limitations applies from date of knowledge about abuse or neglect. The practice provides hands-on, communicative legal care treating every case with deserved importance, offering free private consultations at (813) 259-0022 with main office at 1112 Channelside Drive Suite 5, Tampa, FL 33602.
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Morgan & Morgan Boston, PLLC serves Waltham nursing home abuse victims from 155 Federal Street, Suite 1502, Boston, MA 02110. The firm has recovered over $25 billion nationally including $12.35 million in Orlando nursing home abuse, $3.075 million in another facility case, and multiple seven-figure settlements. They address physical abuse, emotional trauma, sexual assault, neglect, and financial exploitation throughout Massachusetts facilities. The practice investigates unexplained injuries, medication errors, malnutrition, dehydration, isolation, and unusual financial activity while working with Adult Protective Services and state regulators. Attorneys gather medical records, interview witnesses, and consult elder care experts to build comprehensive cases. They pursue compensation for medical expenses, pain and suffering, funeral costs in wrongful death cases, and punitive damages for intentional harm. Operating on contingency fees with no upfront costs, Morgan & Morgan provides free case evaluations at 877-667-4265, leveraging extensive resources to hold facilities accountable when trust is violated and vulnerable residents suffer preventable harm.
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Attorney Ingrid M. Evans leads Evans Law Firm, Inc. from multiple California locations including San Francisco and Alameda County, specializing in nursing home abuse involving wandering, elopement, and neglect of elderly residents, reachable at 415-441-8669 or toll-free at 1-888-50EVANS (888-503-8267). The firm represents victims of financial elder abuse and nursing home neglect where 95% of residents have been neglected or witnessed neglect according to National Center on Elder Abuse data, pursuing cases under California Elder Abuse law Title 7, Chapter 9. Evans handles understaffing-related neglect causing untreated pressure ulcers, malnutrition, dehydration, untreated contagious diseases, under-medication, and fatal consequences for bedridden patients requiring cleaning and turning several times daily. The experienced attorneys address wandering (cognitively impaired residents moving unsupervised inside facilities) and elopement (residents leaving facilities unnoticed) which affects 60% of dementia patients according to Alzheimer’s Association statistics. California law defines neglect under Section 15610.57 including failure to assist with personal hygiene, provide food or medical care, protect from hazards, and prevent malnutrition, with the firm investigating illegal physical restraints, sexual assault, bed injuries, asphyxiation, infections, and financial exploitation. Evans Law Firm collaborates with medical experts, reviews records, collects photographic evidence, examines security footage and business records to strengthen abuse cases throughout California.
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