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THE HORNBUCKLE FIRM’S NURSING HOME LITIGATION RESULTS
Case Facts: Violent Death
(Verdict/Confidential Settlement)
Amount: Jury Verdict in excess of $30 Million
Description: Died a violent death and falsified records concerning that death.
Net to Client: $2,360,000 after fees and expenses. Case was settled following the verdict.
Case Facts: Urinary Tract Infection' Falsification of Medical Records (Tried to a Jury)
Amount: $ 9.0 -Million Verdict
Description: Nursing home admittedly rewrote the medical chart after the resident died from a urinary tract infection.
Net to Client: $742,323.51 after fees and expenses following partial reversal of verdict.
Case Facts: Hip Fracture/Mental Abuse (Tried to a Jury)
Amount: $ 9.25 Million
Description: Resident abuse by a nurses aide included disabling the resident's call light and rough transfer. Limited insurance reduced the recovery by the client.
Net to Client: $496,30109 after fees and expenses due to partial pre-trial settlement with one of the defendants.
Case Facts: Malnutrition/Weight Loss (Confidential Settlement)
Amount: $ 5.0 Million
Description: Neglect by nursing home causing severe weight loss and malnutrition. Nursing staff members testified that they had insufficient time to feed the residents.
Net to Client: $2.9 Million after fees and expenses.
Case Facts: Bedsores/Malnutrition,/Infection (Confidential Settlement)
Amount: $ 4.45 Million
Description: Neglect by nursing home causing the development of severe bedso es malnutrition and death. Key testimony by a state surveyor proved that the nursing home altered the resident's
medical chart after the resident was discharged from the facility.
Net to Client: $2,631,481.61 after fees and expenses.
Case Facts: Wandering/Wrongful Use of Mind Altering Drugs
(Confidential Settlement)
Amount: $ 4.75 Million
Description: Resident was given improper medication and due to neglect wandered from the facility and died.
Net to Client: $2,691,898.92 Million after fees and expenses.
Case Facts: Bed Sores/Infection (Confidential Settlement)
Amount: $ 2.0 Million
Description: Neglect by nursing home causing the development of severe bedsores,
malnutrition and death. Case settled shortly after filing.
Net to Client: $1.2 Million after fees and expenses.
Case Facts: Bed Sores/Malnutrition (Confidential Settlement)
Amount: $ 2.6 Million
Description: Neglect by a nursing home leading to severe bedsores, malnutrition and weight loss. Testimony by staff members showed the nursing home was unable to turn the residents every two
hours as required and had insufficient time to feed the residents.
Net to Client: $1,457,004.47 after fees and expenses.
Case Facts: Improper Supervision/Fall (Confidential Settlement)
Amount: $ 1.5 Million
Description: Fall from bed caused death of resident. Net to Client: $850,000 after fees and expenses.
Case Facts: Physical and Mental Abuse/Bedsores/Burn (Confidential Settlement)
Amount: $ 1.0 Million
Description: Neglect of a quadriplegic man kept bedsores from healing and led to the formation of new wounds. Testimony by staff members indicated that residents were not turned every two
hours as required. State surveys showed that the night staff were sleeping instead of attending to the residents.
Net to Client: $596,084.70 after fees and expenses.
Case Facts: Physical and Mental Abuse/Skin Tears/Bruising/ Bedsores (Confidential Settlement following one week of jury trial)
Amount: $ 3.5 Million
Description: Neglect of a nursing home resident led to severe decubitus ulcers. Testimony further showed physical abuse by a nurses aide who was allowed to remain on staff despite the report.
Net to Client: $1,971,782.68 after fees and expenses.
Case Facts: Bed Sores/Physical Abuse (Confidential Settlement)
Amount: $ 2.3 Million
Description: Medical records and testimony showed physical abuse and rough treatment that went unaddressed by the nursing home staff. Bedsores treatments were falsely charted as being done
for more than a week following the death of the resident.
Net to Client: $1,352,138.49.305 Million after fees and expenses. Case Facts: Bed Sores
(Confidential Settlement following 3 days of jury trial). Amount: $ 2.0 Million
Description: Neglect of a nursing home resident led to severe decubitus ulcers. Testimony by facility staff showed that they were not able to turn the resident as required.
Net to Client: $ 1,091,210.92 after fees and expenses.
Case Facts: Bed Sores
(Confidential Settlement)
Description: Neglect of a nursing home resident led to severe decubitus ulcers. Net to Client: $ 1,864,240.22 after fees and expenses.
Amount:
S 3.25 Million
Case Facts: Bed Sores
(Confidential Settlement)
Amount: $ 1.25 Million
Description: Facility neglect led to decubitus ulcers. Nursing home neglect included the failure to report gangrene to a physician.
Net to Client: $695,61103 after fees and expenses.
Case Facts: Bed Sores/Dehydration (Confidential Settlement)
Amount: $ 2.6 Million
Description: Facility neglect led to decubitus ulcers. Testimony included evidence that the facility failed to prevent the sexual molestation of the resident by another resident.
Net to Client: $1,326,427.35 after fees and expenses.
Case Facts: Hip Fracture/Physical Abuse/
Falsification of Medical Records
(Confidential Settlement following 2 days of jury trial)
Amount: $ 1.4 Million
Description: Hip fracture during improper transfer done in violation of facility policies. Testimony also showed rough treatment of the resident by staff members and falsification of medical
records.
Net to Client: $714,646.80 after fees and expenses.
Case Facts: Sexual Assault by an Employee (Confidential Settlement)
Amount: $ 1.9 Million
Description: Resident was sexually assaulted by an employee of the facility who was hired without conducting a criminal background check.
Net to Client: $906,596.65 after fees and expenses.
Case Facts: Bed Sores
(Confidential Settlement)
Amount: $ 1.4 Million
Description: Neglect of a resident led to the development of bedsores. Testimony included the discovery of neglect by an outside nurse employed by the government.
Net to Client: $653,594.30 after fees and expenses.
THE HORNBUCKLE FIRM
1621 114th Ave.
SE Arbor Building, Ste. 123
Bellevue, WA 98004
(713) 651-1980
800-532-2655
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