Alejandro Alex Fiol and Alina Morros operate Fiol and Morros Law Group at 1515 N Marion St, Tampa, FL 33602, representing nursing home abuse victims throughout Central Florida with competence, quality, and empathy. The firm handles physical abuse including hitting and slapping, emotional abuse through humiliation and isolation, sexual assault, financial exploitation, and medical neglect violating Chapter 400 of Florida Statutes and the Florida Nursing Home Residents Bill of Rights. Their Tampa attorneys investigate understaffing, inadequate caregiver training, and failure to follow safety protocols that lead to bedsores, untreated infections, malnutrition, medication errors, and wrongful death in long-term care facilities. The practice pursues compensatory damages for medical expenses, long-term care costs, emotional distress, pain and suffering, plus punitive damages when abuse involves malice, oppression, or fraud under Florida law. Fiol and Morros report suspected abuse to the Florida Department of Elder Affairs at 1-800-96-ABUSE, file formal investigations, and protect residents from retaliation under Florida Statutes 415.1036. They offer free consultations at 813-223-6773, working within Florida’s two-year statute of limitations to recover compensation for nursing home abuse victims and their families.
Garvin Injury Law operates from 4280 S Cleveland Ave, Fort Myers, FL 33901, with additional offices in Naples, Key West, Sarasota, and Colorado, specializing in nursing home bedsore cases with over 50 years of experience. The firm addresses pressure sores affecting 2.5 million patients nationally, causing 60,000 deaths annually according to MedScape. Attorney Jim Garvin handles cases involving Stage III/IV bedsores from immobility, incontinence, sensory perception loss, poor nutrition, and blood flow conditions. The National Quality Forum designates bedsores as “never events” that should never happen. Common facilities involved include Desert Terrace Healthcare, Avalon Care Center, Estrella Center, and Plaza Healthcare. The practice addresses negligence versus medical malpractice distinctions, with four-year versus two-year statutes of limitations respectively. Florida nursing homes charge $48,000-$90,000 annually, with cases potentially involving punitive damages under F.S. 768.72. Contact available at (239) 277-0005 for free consultations on contingency basis.
Wilson Law Firm PLLC operates from 502 N Broadway Ave, Shawnee, OK 74801, providing nursing home abuse representation for cases involving physical restraints, malnutrition, falls, fractures, inadequate physical exercise, depression, and violations of Oklahoma’s electronic monitoring laws established in 2013. The firm handles claims where staff members fail to report abuse to administrators or the Department of Health as required by law. Attorney Wilson addresses injuries from insufficient staffing, intentionally harsh treatment, and accidents that could have been prevented with proper care. Oklahoma law prohibits use of restraints for discipline or convenience and requires three regular meals daily with nutritionist-established dietary plans. The firm serves Chandler, Norman, Okemah, and Ada from their additional office at 808 Manvel Ave, Chandler, OK 74834. They investigate liability against owners, managers, staff members, and third-party vendors when management knew about mistreatment but failed to respond. Call 405-777-7864 for consultations.
Kevin Etzkorn leads Kevin Etzkorn Law at 231 S. Bemiston Ave. Suite 250 St. Louis, MO 63105 serving Schaumburg, IL nursing home abuse victims at 314-987-0009 with decades of experience fighting nursing homes and insurance companies after loved ones suffer abuse, neglect, fraud, or wrongful death. Recognized as one of America’s Top 100 High Stakes Litigators in 2018 and Super Lawyers 2023, Etzkorn handles physical abuse including hitting, pushing, kicking, slapping, unnecessary restraints, psychological abuse through threats and isolation, sexual abuse, neglect causing dehydration, malnutrition, medication errors, and financial exploitation. The firm identifies warning signs like unexplained bruises, fractures, burns, bedsores, behavioral changes, emotional withdrawal, depression, anxiety, poor hygiene, and unexplained financial transactions while addressing understaffing, inadequate training, poor management, high employee turnover, and neglectful hiring practices. With twenty years handling high-stakes Missouri and Illinois cases as a MATA member striving to balance scales of justice, Etzkorn provides free consultations pursuing medical expenses, pain and suffering, long-term care needs, wrongful death compensation conducting immediate investigations, interviewing witnesses, and collecting documentation.
Bill Reynolds and attorneys at Caddell Reynolds Law Firm practice from 509 E Millsap Rd. Suite 102 Fayetteville, AR 72703 at 479-252-9267 with over one hundred years combined legal experience recovering millions for thousands of clients through challenging times involving nursing home abuse affecting vulnerable individuals causing physical, emotional, and financial harm. Operating on contingency fees with twenty-four seven availability at 800-671-4100, the firm with attorneys Fred Caddell, Joel Hargis, Abbie Jackson, Matthew Ketcham, Kirby McDonald, Marcus Priest, Blake Ray, Spencer Vereen, Scott Johnson, and Ryne Johnson handles physical abuse through force resulting in injury, emotional abuse inflicting mental anguish through intimidation and harassment, sexual abuse involving unwanted contact, financial abuse using resources for personal gain, and neglect failing to provide necessary care. Recognizing signs including unexplained injuries, bedsores, malnutrition, behavioral changes, emotional withdrawal, and financial discrepancies, the practice addresses understaffing, inadequate training, insufficient supervision, negligent hiring, and poor facility conditions pursuing medical expenses, proper care rights, safety, dignity, and care participation decisions within Arkansas’s three-year statute of limitations.
Carlton F. Bennett practices at The Law Firm of Carlton F. Bennett, PLLC from 291 Independence Boulevard, Suite 110, Virginia Beach, VA 23462, serving Norfolk nursing home abuse cases at 757-486-5454 with over 50 years of combined experience. The firm addresses negligence affecting 1.4 million U.S. nursing home residents, with 260,000 experiencing abuse or neglect annually and only 1 in 24 incidents reported. Their Norfolk attorneys handle medical malpractice when healthcare providers act outside reasonable standards, and broader negligence including failure to prevent bedsores, infections, cognitive disorders, inadequate food and water, poor hygiene, and emotional neglect. Virginia Code 63.2-1808 protects residents’ rights to participate in treatment planning, choose healthcare providers, maintain confidential records, and be free from mental, emotional, physical, sexual, and economic abuse. The practice offers free case consultations without compensation unless successful, maintaining Virginia’s two-year statute of limitations for personal injury claims.
William D. Kickham practices from offices in Westwood and downtown Boston, Massachusetts, handling nursing home fall injury cases with proven success including $2 million defective hip implant and $750,000 nursing home abuse settlements. CDC statistics show 1,800 annual nursing home fall deaths with facilities reporting 100-200 falls per 100 beds yearly, though many go unreported, and 35% occur among non-ambulatory residents. The firm addresses muscle weakness accounting for 25% of falls, medication effects from sedatives and anti-anxiety drugs, environmental hazards including wet floors and incorrect bed heights, inadequate staffing, failure to use support belts during exercises, and lack of handrails or grab bars. Attorney Kickham, with years of specialized experience, investigates safety code violations, ADA regulations compliance, building code adherence, and third-party contractor involvement to identify liable parties. Working with medical experts, building engineers, and safety specialists, the practice determines whether staff actions or facility defects caused falls leading to pain, suffering, disability, functional decline, depression, and social isolation. Operating on contingency fees with free 30-minute consultations, William D. Kickham offers home and hospital visits, available at (781) 320-0062 or (617) 285-3600.
Peter Zneimer and Sofia Zneimer of Zneimer & Zneimer P.C. operate from 4141 N Western Avenue in Chicago, IL 60618, specializing in nursing home abuse cases throughout Illinois. This firm handles various forms of elder mistreatment including physical abuse, which accounts for 29% of complaints, along with psychological harm, sexual assault, financial exploitation, and both active and passive neglect. Common neglect indicators include advanced bedsores from improper turning protocols, fractures from bed rail errors or inadequate supervision, missed symptoms of pulmonary embolism and sepsis, and catheter misplacement by untrained staff. The attorneys provide representation for victims suffering from malnutrition, dehydration, pressure ulcers, medication errors, and untreated medical conditions. They note that elder abuse affects mortality rates, with victims facing death risks three times higher than non-abused seniors. The firm offers free consultations at 773-516-4100 and emphasizes immediate action due to evidence preservation needs and statute of limitations requirements.
Attorney Steven E. Clark practices at Clark & Associates from 100 N. Broadway Ave Suite 1800 Oklahoma City, OK 73102 at 405-235-8488, representing nursing error and hospital injury victims where no Oklahoma attorney has won more medical cases at trial. The experienced medical malpractice lawyer handles RN and LPN failures meeting care standards causing life-altering injuries or wrongful death including failure to follow physician orders, notify physicians of condition changes, medication errors, surgical mistakes, delayed diagnosis, medical device misuse, child delivery negligence, and documentation errors where mistaken medication reporting or mixing patient charts causes serious complications. With over $100 million in verdicts and settlements, the complex litigation team conducts immediate investigations interviewing witnesses, contacting experts, collecting documentation, preserving evidence, identifying responsible parties, and pursuing every recovery avenue. Clark compassionately fights for pain and suffering, lost wages, long-term care needs, and wrongful death compensation, available twenty-four seven for free consultations. The firm addresses cases where nurses mistakenly report medication amounts, mix patient charts causing wrong treatments, and fail to properly document care leading to devastating consequences.
Kantrowitz, Goldhamer & Graifman maintains offices at 16 Squadron Boulevard, Suite 106, New City, NY 10956 and 135 Chestnut Ridge Road, Suite 200, Montvale, NJ 07645, with senior partner Barry S. Kantrowitz devoting decades to helping elder neglect and mistreatment victims. The firm handles cases involving bedsores, pressure sores, medication errors, malnourishment, malnutrition, dehydration, slip and fall accidents, soiled bedding or clothing, infections, poor hygiene, broken bones, head injuries, and complaints of poor treatment. Studies indicate 10% of senior Americans experience abuse annually with victims three times more likely to suffer premature death. Notable settlements include $13.2 million against Hudson County’s Harborview Healthcare Center for wrongful death, $1.5 million for severe burns from scalding bath water, $14 million for extreme neglect leading to death, and $4 million for medication dosing failures. The firm offers contingency fee arrangements, responds promptly to messages, accommodates evening appointments, and provides free consultations at 800-711-5258.
