Nursing Home Abuse & COVID-19
6 months into the epidemic, reports are surfacing of some of the fallout of extended lockdowns. Sadly, these include reports of nursing home abuse.
6 months into the epidemic, reports are surfacing of some of the fallout of extended lockdowns. Sadly, these include reports of nursing home abuse.
National medical malpractice stats are disturbing, revealing a widespread problem more prevalent than most people understand.
Although many assume that this type of legal action is a fairly recent phenomenon, medical malpractice stories go back as far as 1164, at which time the first known case was documented.
A wrongful death is defined as a death caused by the wrongful action, default or negligence of another person. In contrast, a medical wrongful death is a death caused by medical malpractice.
General negligence is defined as the failure to execute one's duties with a prudent and expected degree of care. Someone who is negligent has proven to be careless when performing their assigned duty.