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Nursing Home Abuse & Neglect
- Skilled Nursing Facilities - Real Estate or Health Care?
- Nurse-to-Patient ratios have affected care in nursing homes.
- Omega's nursing home/long term care acquisitions: can nursing homes plead poverty?
- Nursing Homes Misuse Money Marked for Staffing: Evidence of Corporate Neglect?
- Nursing home abuse in North Carolina, Unfair Arbitration Clauses
Medical Negligence, Mistakes and Malpractice
- Medical Malpractice Myth - Tom Baker's Book
- Medical Malpractice Insurers Faked Lawsuit Crisis
- Medical Malpractice and Tort Reform: AAJ Primer
- Would Tort or Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Reform Lower Health Care Costs?
- Americans for Insurance Reform Articles on Medical Malpractice
Personal Injury & Wrongful Death
- Auto Accident Insurance (Underinsured Motorist Coverage)
- Life Care Plans for Future Care in Personal Injury Cases Add Up
- $1.9 Million Settlement to Man Killed by Drunk Driver
- Threat of Personal Injury from Dog Bites in Fayetteville North Carolina
Insurance: Unfair Insurance Claim Practices
- Assurant Insurance (formerly Fortis Insurance) Pays Dearly For Misconduct
- Buying Disability Insurance Article May Help Avoid Problems With Unfair Disability Insurance Claim Denials
- Unum Insurance, Provident Life Insurance, Paul Revere Insurance - Regulatory Settlement Details, etc.
- Independent Insurance Adjusters - Help With Insurance Claim Problems
- Insurance Bad Faith Claims on Wikipedia
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- Article on Nursing Home Injury and Nursing Home Wrongful Death Lawsuit Pioneer
Posted on 5/14/2009 - Sunbridge Nursing Home Lawsuit Filed
Posted on 5/13/2009 - Family sues nursing home in alleged sex attack
Posted on 5/13/2009 - Kindred Nursing Homes and Hospitals' Profits Increased in First Quarter 2009
Posted on 5/6/2009 - North Carolina Medical Malpractice Case Filed Against Hospital Over Death Of Child
Posted on 5/5/2009
Pleasant Law Blog (Insurance Claims, Medical Misakes, and Nursing Home Claims)
North Carolina Injury and Wrongful Death Attorney Thomas Waitt Pleasant's blog, facilitating commentary on North Carolina nursing home abuse, injury, neglect, and wrongful death; as well as medical malpractice, medical mistakes and medical negligence. Topics also include unfair and bad faith insurance claims practices.Nursing Home Abuse & Neglect
Sunbridge Nursing Home Lawsuits
By North Carolina nursing home abuse, nursing home injury, and nursing home wrongful death attorney Thomas W. Pleasant. Sun Healthcare et al. have had their share of problems with their Sunbridge nursing homes, facing serious legal problems with at least one state's regulators (see http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m4149/is_3_43/ai_n25467729/pg_7 ). Sunbridge facilities are relatively plentiful in North Carolina, and it is not surprising that cases against Sunbridge are coming up. A case filed not too long ago against a Sunbridge facility and its parent companies in a nearby state demonstrates the kinds of allegations coming up with what seems to be relative frequency: multiple falls, weight loss, malnutrition, dehydration, and infections. See http://legalmedicine.blogspot.com/2008/09/west-virginia-nursing-home-faces.html ). Infections in nursing home cases often result from pressure sores (aka pressure ulers, decubitus ulcers); which are, in turn, often exacerbated by malnutrition and dehydration. The bottom line in these nursing home cases involving pressure sores is that the appropriate level of staffing (nurses, nursing assistants) is simply not there. With a large company like Sun Healthcare Group, Inc., which owns/operates/controls all the Sunbridge nursing facilities, this is hard to understand. Sunbridge nursing homes seem to be making plenty of money. If you or a loved one has been injured or killed in a nursing home in North Carolina, whether or not it is/was a Sunbridge nursing home, contact The Law Offices of Thomas Waitt Pleasant, PLLC for help. We provide free consultations in nursing home cases, and we can arrange to meet you where it is most convenient, including at your home, or in our Raleigh, Wilmington or Fayetteville North Carolina locations. For more information, see www.pleasantlaw.com.
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