Category: wrongful death
Scaffolding Injuries
Author Dixon Law OfficePosted on Categories Construction Injuries, injury, slip and fall, workers compensation, wrongful death “Scaffolding” is an elevated work platform. In plain English, it is a place to work above the ground. They can be small, just a few inches tall. They can be huge, twenty-or-more stories in the air. They can even hangContinue reading
Elopement Injuries
Author Dixon Law OfficePosted on Categories injury, Nursing Home, Nursing Home Abuse, Older Adults, wrongful death When a couple elopes, they run away to get married. In a nursing home, if someone elopes, the resident leaves the facility without the knowledge of staff. In nursing homes, elopement is always a bad thing. Patients with mental diseasesContinue reading
Bedsores in Nursing Homes
Author Dixon Law OfficePosted on Categories injury, Nursing Home, Nursing Home Abuse, wrongful death Bedsores, also called pressure ulcers or pressure sores, are preventable. A pressure ulcer happens when the skin is damaged through friction or lack of oxygen to the skin. So, for example, if your loved one is left in one positionContinue reading
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
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
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
What is a Statute of Limitation?
To some people, “SOL” means something about their luck. But to personal injury lawyers and their clients, SOL means statute of limitation. A statute of limitation is a time limit for filing of a lawsuit. You have to file yourContinue reading