MEDICAL MALPRACTICE / ELDER ABUSE
Representative Cases
- Medical malpractice and elder abuse by Plaintiff with dementia against hospital for fractured leg based on failure to monitor her.
- Wrongful death/medical malpractice claim based on performance of improper heart surgery that was beyond the scope of informed consent. Also, Plaintiffs claimed fraudulent failure to perform an autopsy to conceal the cause of death.
- Action against surgical center and surgeon for negligent performance of plastic surgery, and fraud in inducement in negligently-performed second surgery to repair harm caused by first surgery
- Elder abuse/medical malpractice case by family members of decedent at residential care facility. Decedent was a hemiplegic, who suffered several falls, bruises and lacerations. As a result of the last fall she sustained a fractured hip, and died during the surgery.
- Developmentally disabled minor brought action against regional center and treating facility alleging sexual assault by another patient under defendants’ care.
Plaintiff alleged negligent hiring, supervision and retention, and failure to provide adequate personnel or facilities.
- Elder abuse action against two health care facilities based on stage 3 pressure sores on elderly patient.
