The Mike Hostilo Law Firm serves Georgia, Alabama, and South Carolina at 844-425-1694 providing 24/7 availability for nursing home abuse cases. With two out of three nursing home staff admitting to abusing residents according to WHO surveys, the firm’s Senior Caretaker Abuse Lawyers handle physical abuse including hitting, kicking, pushing, excessive restraining, force-feeding, and overmedicating. They address emotional abuse through yelling, intimidation, manipulation, isolation, bullying, and harassment, plus financial abuse involving unauthorized use of money or property. The practice pursues cases of negligent hiring without background checks, understaffing below required ratios, inadequate training on medication administration and patient handling, burnout from overwork, and lack of supervision allowing unchecked mistreatment. Operating on contingency fees, Mike Hostilo’s team handles sexual abuse of frail residents, particularly those with dementia or Alzheimer’s who cannot recall incidents, pursuing claims under the 1987 Nursing Home Reform Act protecting residents’ rights to dignity, freedom from abuse, and adequate care.
Park Chenaur operates from 2505 S 320th Suite 100, Federal Way, WA 98003 with offices in Tacoma and Everett, serving clients at 253-461-0810 since 1999. Rick Park, Angel Chenaur, Marvin M. Lee, Liandra Tiller, Ewan Cameron, Courtney Hansen, and John Feldmann handle nursing home abuse affecting 1 in 10 Americans aged 60+, with only 1 in 14 cases reported to authorities. The firm addresses physical abuse including striking, slapping, pinching, choking, kicking, shoving, prodding, and improper restraints; sexual abuse involving nonconsensual conduct, unwanted touching, rape, sodomy, coercion, and harassment; mental abuse through threats, humiliation, harassment, intimidation, isolation, and punishment; plus neglect patterns failing to provide food, clothing, medicine, shelter, supervision, and necessary medical care. They pursue economic damages for medical bills, relocation costs, therapy, property replacement, attorney fees, and non-economic damages for pain, suffering, emotional trauma, quality of life losses. Washington’s two-year statute of limitations and whistleblower protections support their $100,000,000 in total settlements.
Maison Law provides California nursing home abuse representation at 866-383-8922 with no fees unless successful, serving 110,000 residents in 1,300 licensed facilities plus 150,000 in residential care facilities. The firm handles physical, emotional, financial, and sexual abuse including failure to provide food, water, hygiene, medical care, supervision leading to falls, clean environments, adequate staffing, and assistance with daily activities. Under California’s Elder Abuse and Dependent Adult Civil Protection Act, they pursue cases of physical harm, pain, mental suffering, abandonment, isolation, and abduction. With no minimum staff-to-patient ratios in California, chronic understaffing leads to abuse from overworked providers. Maison Law investigates bruises, cuts, unexplained weight loss, behavior changes, social withdrawal, bedsores, medication errors, and disrespectful attitudes. They seek medical expenses, pain and suffering, emotional distress, lost wages, loss of consortium, punitive damages, quality of life losses, relocation costs, physical therapy, and wrongful death damages, with proven success handling these complex claims.
DAmico & Pettinicchi, LLC operates from 465 Straits Turnpike, Watertown, CT 06795 (860-945-6600), with Mike DAmico and Tom Pettinicchi founding the firm in 1990 to provide passionate advocacy for nursing home abuse victims. The dedicated personal injury attorneys, including double board-certified trial lawyers, stand up for families when facilities fail to meet care standards protecting elderly health and safety. Common injuries from negligence include bedsores, pressure ulcers, dehydration, falls, malnutrition, gangrene, sepsis, infections, wrongful death, choking hazards, medication errors, pharmacy errors, assault, and sexual assault. The firm launches thorough investigations despite nursing homes being tight-lipped about evidence and witnesses not voluntarily coming forward, leveraging decades of experience as Connecticut pioneers in nursing home law. Representing clients statewide on contingency fees with free remote consultations, they advocate relentlessly for compensation while helping protect future families from abuse, maintaining an in-house courtroom for trial preparation and keeping clients informed throughout the process.
Loughlin FitzGerald, P.C. operates from 150 S Main St, Wallingford, CT 06492, phone (203) 265-2035, serving Meriden nursing home injury victims. Attorneys John F. Conway, James E. Ringold, and Dorothy J. Diaz-Hennessey bring over 100 years combined experience handling bone fractures, hip fractures, fall injuries, muscle injuries, cuts and contusions, poisoning or overdose, burns, traumatic brain damage, back and spine injuries, emotional injuries, and wrongful death cases. They investigate facilities through Washington State Department of Social and Health Services databases for violations and enforcement actions. The firm addresses bedsores indicating neglect when residents aren’t turned regularly, broken bones suggesting abuse, and emotional changes including depression, fear, anxiety, psychological trauma, withdrawal, shame, guilt, and suicidal thoughts. Serving Hamden, Middletown, New Haven, Cheshire, and surrounding areas, they prove negligence through duty of care breaches, pursuing compensation for medical bills, lost quality of life, emotional suffering, physical pain, mental anguish, and legal fees through personalized representation.
Mark Stallworth practices at 401 East Jackson St. Suite 3300, Tampa, FL 33602, phone (813) 851-2286, handling nursing home negligence cases with over 30 years collective experience. As a former prosecutor, Stallworth brings strategic litigation skills to cases involving general neglect, bedsores, falls, wandering, physical abuse, sexual abuse, overmedication, dehydration, improper nutrition, and medical malpractice in care facilities. The firm has recovered millions including $1.5 million for NFL concussion, $5 million for premises liability, $1 million for truck accident, and $1.7 million for wrongful death nursing home cases. They pursue justice for elderly family members suffering from neglect or abuse, working on contingency fees with no upfront costs. The practice addresses situations where nursing home staff fail to provide reasonable care, emphasizing that seniors deserve respect and proper treatment. They offer free consultations, fighting for compensation including medical bills, emotional pain, physical suffering, and ensuring negligent nursing homes are held accountable for wrongdoing against vulnerable residents.
Located at 10100 West Sample Road Suite 404, Coral Springs, FL 33065, Cytryn & Velazquez, P.A. serves Parkland nursing home abuse victims, reachable at (954) 833-1440. Dan Cytryn, with over 44 years representing abuse victims as the only active board-certified civil trial lawyer in Northwest Broward County, handles bedsores (decubitus/pressure ulcers), falls, personal hygiene neglect, inadequate medical care, and basic needs neglect including food, water, and safety. The firm limits caseload to provide personalized attention, accommodating client schedules and maintaining financial resources for comprehensive case handling. They address skin breakdown from unrelieved pressure when residents remain in chairs or beds extended periods, or when caregivers fail hygiene after soiling, causing ulcers and potential infections. Warning signs include skin redness, warm areas, spongy or hard skin, and breakdown of top skin layers per Medline Plus. Operating on contingency fees, they’ve achieved over 30 million-dollar verdicts or settlements, offering services in English, Spanish, and Portuguese throughout South Florida.
The Dretke Law Firm operates in Oregon at 541-241-3440, handling nursing home medical malpractice cases where doctors fail to meet the standard of care. Brian Dretke, who started as a military Law Enforcement Specialist before attending University of Tulsa College of Law night school while serving as a police officer, was appointed to the bench before establishing his Bend private practice. The firm handles cases involving delayed disease diagnosis, failure to provide proper treatment for correctly diagnosed conditions, lack of informed consent for surgical procedures, surgical or anesthesia mistakes during operations, misuse of prescription drugs or medical devices, delivery mishaps and birth injuries. Brian Dretke conducts initial medical record reviews spanning 2-3 years prior to incidents, then engages board-certified medical experts for complete reviews. The practice pursues compensation for past and future medical expenses, wage loss, impaired earning capacity, out-of-pocket care expenses, noneconomic damages for quality of life loss, emotional distress, pain and suffering, physical impairment, and disfigurement.
Hagelgans & Veronis maintains offices at 223 N. Duke St, Lancaster and 2209 East Market St, York (717-295-7009, toll-free 877-454-8529), with attorneys James D. Hagelgans, Nicholas A. Veronis, Thomas C. Wee, and Lindsay J. O’Neil representing Central Pennsylvania nursing home abuse victims. The firm recognizes nursing homes should provide safe, comfortable living for disabled and elderly individuals but many fail to meet 1987 Nursing Home Reform Law standards. Signs of abuse include weight loss, poor hygiene, bedsores, bruises, falls, emotional withdrawal, broken bones, infections, and malnutrition. The practice distinguishes between intentional abuse (emotional terrorizing, physical violence, financial theft, sexual assault, false imprisonment) and neglect (failing to provide medical care, food, water, hygiene assistance). They encourage documenting physical evidence, recording victim statements, consulting experienced attorneys even without proof, reporting through Pennsylvania’s Department of Aging 24-hour hotline (800-490-8505), and taking immediate action since overworked, undertrained staff leads to abuse families often don’t discover.
Distasio Law Firm maintains its main office at 1112 Channelside Drive Suite 5, Tampa, FL 33602, phone (813) 259-0022, with Scott Distasio bringing 32 years of board-certified civil trial experience to nursing home cases statewide. The firm has secured settlements of $3,000,000 for a dementia resident murdered by her roommate, $1,700,000 for an elderly woman who developed complications from improper diet management, and $1,200,000 for stage 4 necrotic infected bedsores. They handle amputation cases, aspiration pneumonia, bed rail entrapment, brain bleeds, choking deaths, combative resident injuries, dehydration, dropped patients, elopement and wandering, feeding tube neglect, falls leading to fractures, impacted bowels, insect bites including bed bugs, malnutrition, medication errors, poor hygiene, restraint injuries, sepsis, sexual abuse, slip and falls, smoking accidents, unexplained broken bones, urinary tract infections, ventilator neglect, wheelchair transfer injuries, and wrongful death throughout Florida. Operating on contingency fees with free consultations, they maintain additional offices in Wesley Chapel and Largo.
