Nursing Home Negligence

The firm has extensive experience representing families who have suffered catastrophic losses at nursing home homes or long-term care facilities. These injuries can include physical abuse, medication errors, bedsores, serious infection and death.

• Mr. Layser successfully handled a wrongful death action on behalf of an 87-year-old male who died two months after undergoing gallbladder surgery and being transferred to a Bucks County nursing home. Plaintiff's Complaint alleged that the nursing home failed to properly treat and prevent the decedent's C-diff bacterial infection. It was further alleged that the defendant nursing home improperly placed the decedent in a room with a patient with an active C-diff infection in violation of the standard of care. The case settled for a confidential amount.

• Mr. Layser represented the family of an elderly woman against a New Jersey nursing home for the home’s failure to properly follow physician’s orders for the administration of medications, the failure to place the resident in contact isolation after diagnosis of c-difficile, failure to confirm resolution of c-difficile infection by collecting three consecutive stool samples for laboratory testing and failure to have adequate follow-up and collaboration between nursing staff and medical staff. The case settled for a confidential amount at medication.

• Mr. Layser successfully represented the family of a woman who was transferred from a hospital to a southern New Jersey nursing home for cardiac rehabilitation.  The decedent suffered a cardiac arrest while under the care of the nursing home personnel.  The nursing home failed to respond to the decedent's fall and failed to have the appropriate items on its crash cart necessary to perform an adequate resuscitation.  The case settled after discovery following mediation with a retired judge.