Case Results
Below are representative settlements and verdicts of elder abuse cases pursued by Williamson & Lavecchia, L.C.
PLEASE NOTE THE RESULTS OBTAINED IN SPECIFIC CASES DEPEND ON A VARIETY OF FACTORS UNIQUE TO EACH CASE. PAST CASE RESULTS DO NOT GUARANTEE OR PREDICT A SIMILAR RESULT IN FUTURE CASES UNDERTAKEN BY A LAWYER OR LAW FIRM.
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Pressure Sores
Adult Homes
- $450,000 Settlement Against an Assisted Living Facility
- $345,000 Wrongful Death Settlement Due to Lack of Heat at an Assisted Living Facility
Pressure Sores
- $710,000 Wrongful Death Settlement - Our client was admitted to a Richmond nursing home after suffering from a debillitating stroke. His wife and children visited him regularly at the nursing home. Within months of his admission to the nursing home, he developed numerous pressure sores due to inadequate care and nutrition. His weight dropped to barely over 100 pounds. He developed 14 pressure sores some as large as 8 cm x 5 cm and penatrating all the way through his skin and muscles. We filed suit seeking compensatory damages for the losses to his family and punitive damages as a deterence and punishment. The nursing home settled the case after we took the depositions of their experts.
- $140,000 Settlement for Stage IV Bed Sore - Our client was admitted to a Virginia nursing home with just a small area of redness on her sacrum. One month later the nursing home notified the family that she had an infected bedsore. The bed sore had progressed to a Stage IV deep and open wound. She required a lengthy hospitalization and debridement of the wound. In litigation, we discovered numerous incidents of apparant falsification of medical records. On multiple occasions, nurses were documenting care when the patient was not even in the nursing home or when the nurses were not on duty. The case was settled a couple weeks before trial during a mediation.
Adult Homes
- $450,000 Settlement Against an Assisted Living Facility - In 2003, our client was admitted to an assited living facility in Richmond suffering from mental illnesses. Without obtaining permission from his family or a qualified doctor, he was placed in a locked unit on the third floor of this facility. Without appropriate treatment for his mental illness, he jumped out the window and suffered broken bones in his back and a punctured lung. Unknown to his family the facility was previously cited by the Virginia Department of Social Services for failing to secure the windows. Through our investigation we learned of the previous citations and that another resident had attempted to jump out the window.
- $345,000 Wrongful Death Settlement Due to Lack of Heat at an Assisted Living Facility - Our client, who was affectionately called by her family Aunt T, moved into a local assisted living facility due to progressive dementia. Unknown to her family, the facility had been cited by the Department of Social Services for failing to provide heat for its residents. On the morning of December 3, 2000, Aunt T was found in bed, unconscious, and suffering from severe hypothermia. Upon arrival at the hospital, her body temperature was only 84 degrees. She tragically died two weeks later from complications of hypothermia. Our investigation revealed the prior citations for lack of heat. We also interviewed a former employee who confirmed that the building was so cold that employees worked in winter coats and long underwear just to stay warm. The owner refused to raise the temperature in the building and actually covered and locked the thermostat. The case setted the night before trial for $345,000
Please note that every case is different and these verdicts and settlements, while accurate, do not represent what we may obtain for you in your case.