{"id":679,"date":"2016-09-15T10:00:17","date_gmt":"2016-09-15T15:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/nursing-home-lawyer\/?p=679"},"modified":"2016-09-14T07:29:17","modified_gmt":"2016-09-14T12:29:17","slug":"325000-settlement-reached-death-nursing-home-resident-caused-inadequate-transfer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/nursing-home-lawyer\/325000-settlement-reached-death-nursing-home-resident-caused-inadequate-transfer\/","title":{"rendered":"$325,000 Settlement Reached in the Death of a Nursing Home Resident Caused by an Inadequate Transfer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ms. Doe, 78, suffered from blindness and mild dementia. Her nursing home care plan called for her to receive assistance from at least two people during any type of physical transfer. This would mean transfer from her bed or transfer from a chair or a transfer from her wheelchair. Nonetheless, only one nursing home aide assisted Ms. Doe when transferring her to the toilet. Under these circumstances, Ms. Doe fell and fractured her left tibia and fibula. She died six days later as a result of her injuries. Ms. Doe was survived by her two adult sons.<\/p>\n<p>Ms. Doe\u2019s family sued the nursing home claiming it chose not provide adequate transfer assistance, which led to her fall and unfortunate passing. The defendant nursing home argued that Ms. Doe\u2019s death resulted from her underlying medical conditions, not from her fall. Before trial, the case was settled for $325,000 confidentially.<\/p>\n<p>The attorney representing the Doe family was Brett R. Leitner.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/nursing-home-lawyer\/325000-settlement-reached-death-nursing-home-resident-caused-inadequate-transfer\/#more-679\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ms. Doe, 78, suffered from blindness and mild dementia. Her nursing home care plan called for her to receive assistance from at least two people during any type of physical transfer. This would mean transfer from her bed or transfer from a chair or a transfer from her wheelchair. 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