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Falls at Work
Author Dixon Law OfficePosted on Categories injury, Older Adults, slip and fall, workers compensation, wrongful death, Young Adults When you are working, you have the right to expect your workplace is safe. The law requires the ground be safe and free of obstructions. But when it is not, who is at fault if you fall? Most States haveContinue reading
Attacks in a Nursing Home
Author Dixon Law OfficePosted on Categories injury, Nursing Home, Nursing Home Abuse, Older Adults, wrongful death Keeping your loved one safe is a serious and important responsibility of every nursing home. Sadly, the staff often does a poor job of preventing the most serious dangers, attacks by other residents. Attacks by other residents can occur forContinue reading
Defective Chair No Laughing Matter
When you sit your rump down in a chair, you expect it to hold you. But in some cases, the chair breaks like an old Three Stooges skit. While the fall might initially be both funny and embarrassing, the fallContinue reading
Abuse in a Nursing Home
Author Dixon Law OfficePosted on Categories Nursing Home, Nursing Home Abuse, Older Adults, wrongful death You trust a nursing home to keep your loved one safe. Sadly, these attacks happen much more commonly than we want to admit. Early studies showed that residents self-reported abuse between 1% and 10% of the time. This number isContinue reading
Insurance Companies Acting Badly
Author Dixon Law OfficePosted on Categories Children, injury, insurance claims, Older Adults, Young Adults Insurance companies have special responsibilities. The law requires that insurance companies place the interests of their insured above that of themselves. Read that again. That means that if there is a decision to be made, the interests of the insuredContinue reading
Choking to Death in Nursing Homes
Author Dixon Law OfficePosted on Categories Food Injuries, injury, Nursing Home, Nursing Home Abuse, Older Adults, wrongful death Years ago, a man had a stroke that left him unable to chew solid food. His family made the tough choice to place him in a nursing home because his care was just more than they could do. They thoughtContinue reading
What is “wrongful death”?
Author Dixon Law OfficePosted on Categories Auto/Car Crashes, Bike Accidents, Children, Older Adults, wrongful death, Young Adults As the name implies, a wrongful death occurs when someone takes the life of another without cause. When a death occurs because of the negligence – wrongful conduct – of another, that can lead to a wrongful death lawsuit. InContinue reading
The Fall That Kills
Author Dixon Law OfficePosted on Categories injury, Nursing Home, Nursing Home Abuse, Older Adults, slip and fall, wrongful death When our loved one goes into a nursing home, we assume the nursing home will keep them safe. We assume that our loved one will get the medical care they need. And, we assume that preventable injuries will be prevented.Continue reading
Causes of Nursing Home Deaths Underreported
Dealing with the death of a loved one is always traumatic, always difficult. When a death occurs in a nursing home, everyone is entitled to ask “Why?” “Why did mom die” or “What caused mom to die?” You are entitledContinue reading
Insurance Adjusters
The front line of any insurance company is the adjuster. An adjuster is usually the first person to hear about a crash and almost always the person charged with investigation. They are paid to protect the company. Few people knowContinue reading