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Senior Care Worker to Serve Three to Six Months in Jail for Elder Neglect
A senior care home operator at a facility in Rohnert Park, California, will serve a three to six-month jail sentence and be put on probation for three years for elder neglect that led to a resident’s death. She is prohibited from operate a care home while on probation. The operator…
Read MoreIllinois Department of Public Health Cites Seven Nursing Homes for Violations
Earlier this month, the Illinois Department of Public Health’s (IDPH) annual report revealed numerous violations at seven Quad-Cities-area nursing homes. The violations involved abuse and neglect of residents, including one case of accidental strangulation that caused a resident’s death. If your elderly loved one has suffered any form of abuse…
Read MoreForced Arbitration Protects Workplace Harassers, Not Victims
The latest edition of the PKSD newsletter, You Should Know, covers forced arbitration clauses in employment agreements. These agreements favor employers by forcing harassment disputes into closed-door meetings that tend to favor the company and hide wrongdoing from the public. In this month’s newsletter, our Milwaukee personal injury attorneys provide some…
Read MoreTruck Accident Liability: What You Need to Know
Commercial trucks are much larger than traditional passenger vehicles, which is why commercial trucking accidents often cause people in passenger vehicles to suffer severe, potentially life-threatening injuries. Many of these crashes are caused by the driver’s negligence, which is why injured victims often think about suing the truck driver. However,…
Read MoreFDA Lists Several Recalls
The following products have been recalled by the FDA for various reasons. For more information, please go to www.fda.gov. Rushing Waters Fisheries, Palmyra, is recalling about 225 pounds of smoked trout and smoked salmon spreads, because the products may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. (FDA) Frontier Natural Products Co-op nutmeg…
Read MoreWhat You Should Know About Home Health Care Abuse
As the population ages, more people are turning to home health care as a way to maintain some level of independence. Patients receive care in their homes instead of moving into a nursing home or assisted living facility. While most home health workers are kind and provide proper care to…
Read MoreRetired Judge Says Medical Examiners Often Favored Employers in Workers’ Compensation Cases
Employers and workers’ compensation insurers hire independent medical examiners (IMEs) to review workers’ compensation claims and help determine if a worker should receive benefits. Unfortunately, IMEs tend to favor the employer and not the worker, according to retired administrative law judge Joe Schaeve, who spent 30 years hearing workers’ compensation…
Read MoreHow Will Self-Driving Vehicles Affect Your Safety on the Road?
The January edition of the PKSD Newsletter, You Should Know, covers the future of self-driving cars and what these vehicles mean for you. While these vehicles could save thousands of lives each year, this technology raises many questions and presents a challenge for regulators and safety advocates. The newsletter briefly…
Read MoreAnalysis Shows Outsourcing Nursing Home Services Causes Poor Care
An analysis by Kaiser Health News (KHN) reveals that more than 11,000 nursing homes from across the nation are outsourcing a variety of goods and services. In many cases, these business arrangements are allowing outside companies to make millions while nursing home residents are not receiving the care and attention…
Read MoreFive Charged with Homicide Over Two Deaths at Colorado Long-Term Care Facilities
The Colorado Attorney General’s (AG) Office charged five people with homicide over two deaths in 2014 and 2016 at two long-term care facilities, the Seacrest House and Ashley Manor Assisted Living Facility. All five were charged with criminally negligent homicide of an at-risk adult, with some facing additional charges. If…
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