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Woman suffered trauma in nursing home, suit says
CHARLESTON -- A man is suing 12 companies on behalf of a woman he claims suffered physical and emotional trauma while...
Woman sues Canyon Sudar Partners, others for negligence in a nursing home
A woman is suing six companies, an individual and multiple unknown individuals and entities for negligence in a nursing...
Man sues Hurricane nursing home for mother's death
A Putnam County man is suing the Teays Valley Nursing and Rehabilitation Center and Genesis Healthcare Corporation...
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Recent Verdicts & Settlements

Fritzgerald v. Tenet Healthsystems Hospitals et al.
David Fritzgerald was admitted to RHD Memorial Medical Center for routine ulcer surgery Aug. 29, 2003. Shortly after...
Wilson v. Eden Home Healthcare Inc.
Gilbert Wilson was an alzheimer's patient living at Eden Home Healthcare Inc. Mr. Wilson went into the facility...
Reinhardt v. Sunrise at Mill Basin
James Reinhardt, a 75-year-old dementia patient moved into a secure dementia unit at Sunrise at Mill Basin in 2002....
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Recent News

Recent news on nursing home abuse and neglect in Mississippi and West Virginia.

Jun-25-2009 Clarion Ledger
Monticello Nurse’s Assistant Admits to Abuse
A 23-year-old Monticello woman has admitted to using excessive force while placing a nursing home patient on a mechanical lift. Tashnika Madison pleaded guilty Tuesday in Lincoln County Justice Court to one count of misdemeanor abuse of a vulnerable...
Jun-22-2009 West Virginia Record
Woman Sues Over Fall at Nursing Home
HUNTINGTON - A Cabell County woman is suing a nursing home, claiming staff there failed to tell her about a cord hanging by her mother's bed that she got tripped up on. Glenna Cremeans filed a lawsuit June 3 in Cabell Circuit Court against HRWV...
Mar-26-2009 West Virginia Record
Woman Says Bad Nursing Home Care Injured Her
CHARLESTON - A woman claims shoddy nursing home care has left her in worse health than when she went in. Tamorah Miller sued Genesis Healthcare Corp. and several subsidiaries doing business as Brightwood Center in Follansbee in Kanawha Circuit Court...
Feb-18-2009 Martinsburg Journal
Heartland Nursing Home Evacuated After Fire
MARTINSBURG - Approximately 110 residents at an area nursing home were evacuated Tuesday evening after a fire started in the facility's basement. Fire engines and ambulances were dispatched to Heartland of Martinsburg, which is located at 209...
Feb-01-2009 West Virginia Gazette
W.Va. Nursing Homes Receive Poor Rating
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Twelve West Virginia nursing home programs got five-star ratings ("much above average") from Medicare's Nursing Home Compare program in December. Medicare also slapped 34 of West Virginia's 130 licensed...
Feb-01-2009 State Journal
Nursing Homes in West Virginia Receive Poor Ratings
CHARLESTON -- Medicare's Nursing Home Compare program rated 34 out of 130 licensed nursing homes as well below average. According to published reports, twelve mountain state nursing homes got five-star ratings; however, 50.8 percent of nursing...
Nov-18-2008 West Virginia Gazette
Family Sues Nursing Home in Man's Death
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The family of a man who was hit and killed by a CSX train last month after he wandered off from a Kanawha City nursing home filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against the facility on Monday. In a lawsuit filed in Kanawha Circuit...
Feb-16-2008 Associated Press
State Denies License for Vets Nursing Home
CLARKSBURG -- State regulators have refused to issue a license for the West Virginia Veterans Nursing Home because of a host of problems, including failure to meet requirements for accident prevention and infection control.
Feb-03-2008 The Times West Virginian
Most Beds Remain Empty
FAIRMONT — After physical plant problems delayed the opening of the West Virginia Veterans Nursing Facility in Clarksburg for several months, now procedural problems will keep the home from accepting more patients until corrective measures have been...

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