If your elderly loved one has suffered abuse, neglect or medication errors in a nursing home, you have the right to seek compensation. The personal injury lawyers at the Kiley Law Group located in Andover, Massachusetts, will spend time with you to learn about you or your loved one’s injuries. Call to schedule your FREE consultation – 1-800-410-2769.

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$ 3.5 million Settlement for
auto injury

Our eighteen-year-old client was driving on an interstate into the early morning sun. As he drove over a rise in the road, he struck a car that was disabled and stopped in the middle of the road because a 150-pound wheel and tire detached from a tractor-trailer rig traveling in the opposite direction. The lugs holding the tire had broken off, causing the tire and wheel to travel across the median strip, and hit and disable the stopped vehicle.
Awarded: $ 3.5 million

$1,000,000 Jury Verdict for
86 year-old woman

Our client an 86 year-old woman sustained an injury after being struck by a bus. The inattentive bus driver was warned by a passenger that the woman was crossing in front of the bus but could not stop in time to avoid impact.
Awarded: $1,000,000

$785,000 Settlement for
crushed ankle

Our client was operating his motorcycle on a two-lane road when a large box truck made a U-turn into his path of travel. The client attempted to avoid the collision by laying his motorcycle on its side. Unfortunately his lower leg and ankle came in contact with the truck causing seven fractures and soft tissue injury.
Awarded: $785,000

DISCLAIMER: Please note that every case is different and these verdicts and settlements, while accurate, do not represent what we may obtain for you in your case.

Medication Errors in Massachusetts Nursing Homes

As the nation's population ages, more and more Americans will find themselves in the difficult position of placing a parent in a nursing home.

Deciding to put a loved one in elder care is an emotionally delicate decision and one that requires a great deal of consideration and study. We all want the best for those we love, but finding a nursing home that is safe, clean, trustworthy and within the family budget can be quite a challenge.

Sadly, even reputable nursing homes can sometimes make mistakes that endanger the lives of its residents. Caring for the elderly is a demanding job that calls for great patience, attentiveness, and decision-making abilities. Not every member of a nursing home staff is up to the task.

Many nursing homes are understaffed and faced with a range of difficult resident behaviors. In the midst of this turbulent atmosphere, nursing home staff will sometimes attempt to manage patients in ways that may be harmful to them. This was true in Massachusetts in the cases of nursing home staff administering antipsychotic drugs to patients with dementia.

Use of Antipsychotic Drugs in Massachusetts Nursing Homes

According to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, 28% of Massachusetts nursing home residents were given antipsychotics in 2009. This is a very high percentage compared to that of other states.

The dementia patients were given strong antipsychotic drugs that are meant for patients with serious mental illnesses such as schizophrenia. Apparently, staff administered the drugs to the residents to control some difficult and disruptive behaviors associated with their dementia.

There are medications and measures that can be taken to more safely manage troubling dementia-related behavior in nursing home residents. Antipsychotics are not appropriate drugs for the treatment of dementia, and can cause serious or fatal side effects if given in error, particularly if the patient is already weakened by age and physical illness.

Nursing homes are meant to preserve not only the health but the dignity and human rights of their residents. If your loved one suffered illness or death after being administered antipsychotic drugs in a Massachusetts nursing facility, it is in your best interest to contact a Massachusetts personal injury attorney.

Contacting a Massachusetts Personal Injury Attorney

When selecting a Massachusetts personal injury attorney you'll want to ask critical questions such as; how long have you been practicing law; do you have experience with nursing home abuse cases in Boston, Massachusetts; what is the biggest settlement or verdict you have won?

For more than 30 years the Kiley Law Group, located in Andover, Massachusetts, has fought on behalf of malpractice victims. Our personal injury lawyers take time when speaking with you about your injuries. We work with you on a contingency basis, which means there are NO FEES unless our trained personal injury attorneys win your case. Call now for a FREE legal consultation - 800-410-2769.

Boston personal injury attorneys specializing in representing the seriously injured and their families against corporations, insurance companies, automakers, physicians and careless individuals. Kiley Law Group has an outstanding record of results obtaining for your family the compensation you deserve. Our Boston personal injury lawyers serve Andover as well as the greater Boston area.

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