Case Results Achieved by Atlanta, Georgia Nursing Home Malpractice Lawyers

The following are just some of the favorable case results achieved by the Atlanta, Georgia nursing home malpractice attorneys at Ragland & Jones, LLP.

$975,000 (present value) structured settlement / long term care facility / wrongful death / failure to diagnose and treat a subclavian port infection

On the eve of trial, a long-term care facility agreed to settle a malpractice lawsuit involving the wrongful death of a patient who developed a subclavian port infection. The decedent's spouse will receive more than $1.5 million in a lump sum and future periodic payments.

$375,000 lump sum settlement / nursing home negligence / wrongful death / failure to treat diabetes

At mediation, a nursing home agreed to settle a wrongful death lawsuit involving an elderly diabetic patient who lapsed into a diabetic coma and died because needed medications were not administered.

$275,000 lump sum settlement / nursing home negligence / wrongful death

Just prior to trial, a nursing home and dialysis clinic agreed to settle a malpractice lawsuit involving the death of a diabetic patient following the rupture of an AV graft.

$250,000 lump sum settlement / nursing home negligence / wrongful death / inadequate infection control

Mediation produced a pretrial settlement of a wrongful death lawsuit involving an institutional bacterial infection outbreak which caused the death of an elderly nursing home resident.

$175,000 lump sum settlement / nursing home negligence / wrongful death / dehydration

Mediation resulted in the pretrial settlement of a wrongful death lawsuit alleging that nursing home malpractice led to an elderly patient's death due to dehydration, infection and resulting kidney failure.

$175,000 lump sum settlement / nursing home negligence / wrongful death / failure to prevent or treat pressure sores

At mediation, a nursing home agreed to settle a malpractice lawsuit involving the failure to prevent and properly treat pressure sores and dehydration which led to sepsis, and death of an elderly resident.

$165,000 lump sum settlement / nursing home negligence / wrongful death / failure to diagnose and treat dysphasia / choking on food

Mediation resulted in a pretrial settlement of nursing home litigation involving the choking death of an elderly patient who was fed solid meat despite having dysphasia (difficulty swallowing) and Parkinson's disease.

$125,000 lump sum settlement / nursing home negligence / wrongful death / failure to treat pressure sores / malnutrition

On the eve of trial, nursing home defendants agreed to settle a malpractice lawsuit alleging that an elderly resident suffered and died from neglect that caused decubitus ulcers, dehydration, malnutrition and sepsis.

$122,500 lump sum settlement / nursing home negligence / wrongful death / failure to prevent and treat decubitis ulcers / malnutrition

A nursing home in Carrollton, Georgia agreed to settle a wrongful death lawsuit involving an elderly resident who suffered and died because of neglect which led to malnutrition, untreated pressure sores, and sepsis.

$100,000 lump sum cash settlement / nursing home negligence / head injury / improper transfer

Nursing home agreed to settle a malpractice lawsuit involving an elderly resident who sustained a head injury and subdural hematoma after being dropped during a negligently performed bed transfer.

Experienced Atlanta Nursing Home Litigation Attorneys

Attorney Evan Jones has extensive experience handling cases involving neglect, abuse or malpractice by a nursing home, and he has earned a reputation as one of Georgia's best nursing home litigation lawyers. He is available to represent families of an abused or neglected nursing home patient in Atlanta, Gainesville, Columbus, Macon and other parts of Georgia. If a member of your family has been neglected or mistreated in a nursing home or long-term care facility, contact us to discuss whether there are malpractice claims which ought be pursued. We are conveniently located near Perimeter Mall in Dunwoody, Georgia. Ragland & Jones, LLP is willing to investigate your potential nursing home case without obligation and at no charge.