On Wednesday, August 4th, six nursing home employees at the Valley View Skilled Nursing Facility in Ukiah, California were arrested on misdemeanor criminal charges for a cruel and abusive prank they played on a select number of residents. According to a release from the Attorney General's office, each of the six employees greased up the bodies of their patients with slippery ointment cream at they end of their shift so they would be slippery for the oncoming shift of workers. The residents … [Read more...]
Wrongful Death Suit Filed Against Lancaster Hospital for Patient Suicide
08/10/2010
The Lancaster General Hospital in Lancaster, PA is named in a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of 70 year old Fillipo Raia, who, last summer, leapt to his death out of an eighth story window at the facility on Duke Street where he was being treated for mental health problems. Raia had a history of seizures and anxiety and, upon admittance to the hospital last July, was confused, agitated, and appeared to have an "altered mental status."According to nurses, two days after his admittance, … [Read more...]
New Illinois Legislation Promises Better Nursing Home Care
08/09/2010
Illinois Governor Pat Quinn recently signed a bill that aims to greatly improve the quality of care being provided to the state's elderly citizens in nursing homes and long term care facilities. Supporters have high hopes that new regulations upheld by the bill will work to eradicate the disturbing trends of nursing home abuse, neglect, and violence currently plaguing the long term care industry. Expected changes include: New ratio of 1 inspector per every 500 beds Increased criminal background … [Read more...]
CT Scans Causing Radiation Overdoses
08/06/2010
This past Sunday, The New York Times published a story on CT Scans and the damage they may be causing to patients. It seems the scanners are emitting dangerous and harmful levels of radiation when patients are getting CT brain perfusion scans, a scan often used to test for strokes. This particular test is exposing patients to radiation overdoses at levels that can cause burns, scabs, significant hair loss, cancer, or even brain damage. Last summer, after a large number of radiation overdoses … [Read more...]
The National Quality Forum Outlines Medical Malpractice
08/05/2010
The National Quality Forum is a non-profit organization that aims to improve the quality of healthcare for all americans. The forum aims to do that through pursuit of three seperate missions: Setting national priorities and goals for performance improvement; Endorsing national consensus standards for measuring and publicly reporting on performance; and Promoting the attainment of national goals through education and outreach programs. NQF's membership consists of a wide variety of healthcare … [Read more...]
Criminal Charges Filed in Bucks County Hyperthermic Death
08/04/2010
Yesterday, we posted a wrongful death blog about the tragic, hyperthermic death of Bryan Nevins at the Woods Services care center in Langhorne, PA. At this time yesterday, it was unclear whether charges would be pressed against any person or persons responsibile for the care of 20 year old , severly autisitic Bryan Nevins. Last night, Stacey Strauss turned herself in to Middletown Police, was arraigned, and was charged with fatally neglecting Bryan Nevins. Her bail was set at $50,000. Strauss' … [Read more...]
Will parents sue for Wrongful Death in Langhorne, PA?
08/03/2010
On July 24, 2010, Bryan Nevins (20), a severely autistic young man, died of hyperthermia after being left in the back of a van during a record setting heatwave. He was a resident at Woods Services in Langhorne, PA, and was found hours after returning from a group trip to Sesame Place. District Attorney David Heckler has not yet decided whether or not to prosecute Nevins' caretaker for negligence, or if this was simply an accident. Nevins' parents live in New York, but have said that despite his … [Read more...]
Missouri Man Killed in Fatal Trucking Accident
08/02/2010
Forty-four year old Michael Hart of St. Joseph, Missouri, was tragically killed on July 14th, 2010 in a fatal trucking accident involving his van and a tractor trailer. An article in the Chillicothe-Constitution Tribune (a Missouri newspaper) says that Hart was traveling east on U.S. Highway 36 (just northeast of Kansas City, MO) in his 1989 Chevy van, while Dale O. Hazzard (38) was driving his 1995 Volvo tractor trailer southbound on Spring Hill Road. The police report states that Hazzard pulled … [Read more...]
The Phillie Phanatic is Being Sued for Personal Injury?!
07/29/2010
Seventy-five year old Grace Cass filed a personal injury lawsuit against the Phillie Phanatic, one of baseball's oldest and most iconic mascots, for an incident that took place at a minor league baseball game in Reading, PA. Cass claims that the Phanatic stepped on her legs, awakening "dormant arthritis," and causing the need for 2 knee replacements. Crass' suit, seeking $50,000 in damages, names The Philadelphia Phillies, The Reading Phillies, and Tom Burgoyne, the man inside the Phillie Phanatic … [Read more...]
Defective Baby Recliner Recalled By CPSC
07/28/2010
On Monday, July 26, 2010, the Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with Baby Matters, LLC of Berwyn, PA, recalled 30,000 Nap Nanny portable baby recliners. The recall comes after reports surfaced of infants being found hanging over the side of the defective recliner, still harnessed in. The device poses entrapment, suffocation, and fall hazards.The CPSC is currently investigating the report of a 4 month old baby girl in Michigan who died in a Nap Nanny that was being used in a crib. … [Read more...]
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