MEDICAL MALPRACTICE. Nursing Home. $______ RECOVERY

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The parties settled their dispute for $120,000.

REFERENCE

The Estate of Barbara Gore by Jessica Sullivan vs.

Aristacare at Meadow Springs, LLC. Case no.

201728556; Judge Melissa Sterling, 12-09-22.

Attorney for plaintiff: Seth D. Wilson of Morris Wilson

Knepp Jacquette, P.C. in Conshohocken, PA. Attorney

for defendant: John C. Farrell of Marshall Dennehey

in Philadelphia, PA.

$75,000 RECOVERY

Medical malpractice – Nursing home negligence –

Defendant nursing home improperly transfers

plaintiff’s decedent, dropping her – Leg fracture.

Montgomery County, PA

The daughter of the decedent brought this

medical malpractice suit against the nursing home

where her mother resided claiming that the

defendants staff failed to do a proper 2-person

assist transfer of the decedent dropping her or

causing the decedent to fall. The fall resulted in a

leg fracture. The decedent died from unrelated

causes prior to the initiation of this suit and the

daughter brought this claim for survival damages.

The defendants denied all allegations of

negligence and injury.

At the time of the decedent’s admission to the defen-

dant nursing home, the 75-year-old female was des-

ignated as a 2-person assist which required 2

employees of the defendants to assist the plaintiff at

all times when she was to be moved from or to her

bed, from or to her wheelchair, and from or to a

stretcher. On August 20, 2016, the patient was being

transported from her bed by one of the defendant’s

nurses, aids or staff when the plaintiff was dropped or

fell to the ground sustaining injury.

As a result of the fall, the plaintiff’s decedent sus-

tained a fractured leg. In addition, the plaintiff al-

leged that from December 2016 through June 2017,

the decedent developed bed sores on her body as

a result of ineffective, delayed and inappropriate

wound care in treatment of the decedent. The plain-

tiff died from unrelated causes prior to the initiation of

this action and the estate only made a claim for sur-

vival. The estate alleged that the defendant nursing

home was negligent and failing to properly assist the

decedent in a transfer, failing to provide two people

to transfer the decedent, failing to rotate or turn the

decedent on a regular basis in order to prevent pres-

sure wounds, and providing substandard nursing

home care to the plaintiff’s decedent. The decedent

is survived by her adult daughter.

The parties settled for $75,000.

REFERENCE

The Estate of Patricia Jones by Shamaine King vs. Holy

Redeemer Hospital dba St. Joseph’s Manor. Case no.

2020-01448; Judge Richard P. Haaz, 07-14-22.

Attorney for plaintiff: David B. Sherman of Solomon,

Sherman & Gabay in Philadelphia, PA. Attorney for

defendant: Amalia V. Romanowicz of Post & Schell,

P.C. in Philadelphia, PA.

DAYCARE CENTER NEGLIGENCE

$45,000 RECOVERY

Daycare center negligence – Minor toddler falls

and breaks his leg while under care of defendant

daycare – Tibia/fibula fracture.

Montgomery County, PA

In this action, the parents of the minor male sued

the minor’s daycare when they picked up their

son and were told he fell and hurt his leg. The

parents took their son to the hospital where he

was diagnosed with a leg fracture. The defendant

generally denied all allegations of negligence and

injury.

On April 5, 2018, the 21-month-old male suffered a

fall at defendant day care center located Arbutus Av-

enue in Horsham, Pennsylvania, sustaining a leg frac-

ture. The plaintiff’s parents took the minor to a local

E.R. where he was diagnosed with a left distal tibia

and mid-shaft fibula fracture. The plaintiffs main-

tained that the defendant was negligent in failing to

properly supervise the activities of the minor, failing to

provide a safe daycare, and failing to employ ade-

quate staff.

The parties settled for $45,000.

REFERENCE

C.M. a minor by and through his pngs Christopher

and Katri McMonigle vs. Nancy Allred dba Nanci’s

Nursery. Case no. 2022-14291; Judge Lois E. Murphy,

12-06-22.

Attorney for plaintiff: Michael J. Flanagan in

Philadelphia, PA. Attorney for defendant: Robert

Bond in Philadelphia, PA.

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