Back in 2005, workers at a nursing home discovered a 75 year-old nursing home resident on the floor of the facility with a severe head gash.
The nursing home resident had a history of severe tremors, psychosis, dementia, depression and glaucoma. The 75 year-old also had a fall risk assessment of 18, meaning that he was a high risk patient for a slip and fall personal injury. He had fallen 5 times in 8 years at the facility, and each time, new safety measures were put in place.
The new safety measures required that the nursing home staff ensure the man’s balance, while he was ambulating, and monitor him for side effects from his medications.
The nursing home resident’s legal team was prepared to offer expert opinions attesting to the fact that the staff was negligent in executing the safety measures.
The nursing home chose to settle the man’s personal injury claim for $265,000 before going to trial.
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