Nursing Home Negligence

Unfortunately, too often nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and other extended care facilities fail to provide proper care to its residents resulting in emotional and/or physical injuries such as bed sores, falls, and even death. Reasons for the failure to give proper care can include the facility is understaffed or does not have the proper security, the staff is not properly trained, or safety equipment is not utilized such as bed alarms.

A resident who is injured as a result of improper care has the right to be compensated. One of those avenues of compensation is Ohio’s Patients' Bill of Rights which guarantees residents' rights to "adequate and appropriate medical treatment and nursing care" and "the right to be treated at all times with courtesy, respect, and full recognition of dignity and individuality."

The lawyers at Tzangas, Plakas, Mannos, & Raies, Ltd. have accepted and tried numerous nursing home negligence cases and are one of the few law firms with a nurse attorney on staff to assist with evaluating and preparing cases. On behalf of their clients, the lawyers at Tzangas, Plakas, Mannos, & Raies, Ltd. have received verdicts over $1.1 Million Dollars for the fall and death of a resident at a nursing home and over $1.9 Million Dollars for the death of a resident at an assisted living facility caused by the administration of a wrong medication.