» Nursing Home Neglect & Abuse
Ohio State’s Richard Strauss investigation another sobering reminder that colleges must listen to athletes: Doug Lesmerises
May 24th, 2019
On Friday, Ohio State said at least 177 men were sexually abused by athletic department doctor Richard Strauss, who died years ago. This is according to findings from a law firm that investigated the accusations, concluding that school leaders knew a…
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A nursing home patient 'rotted to death' under nurses' care, Ohio attorney general says
February 15th, 2019
Current and former employees of an Ohio nursing facility are accused of mistreating two patients in their care, including one who died as a result of the nurses’ actions, Attorney General Dave Yost said Thursday. A Franklin County grand jury in…
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Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner identifies 59-year-old Euclid man found dead in freezing cold
February 1st, 2019
The Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner’s Office released the identity of a man found dead in the freezing cold Wednesday morning behind a Euclid school. Alan Anderson, Jr., 59, of Euclid, left a rehabilitation center some time late Tuesday or early W…
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$3.4 Million Medicaid Fraud Inquiry Hovers Over Nursing Home Where Comatose Woman Was Raped and Had Baby
January 17th, 2019
State investigators in Arizona are examining $3.4 million in possible Medicaid fraud at the parent company of a Phoenix nursing center where a woman in a vegetative state was raped and gave birth to a boy in December, according to court records. The…
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Vendor’s honesty helped unravel $19M American Senior Communities fraud
January 14th, 2019
The massive American Senior Communities fraud case might never have come to light were it not for a nearly century-old Indianapolis company that had a chance to participate in the overbilling and kickback scheme but called the FBI instead. IBJ’s re…
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Police Collect DNA From Nursing Home Workers After Rape of Patient in Coma
January 14th, 2019
The police collected the DNA of male employees of a private nursing home in Arizona this week as they broadened the investigation into allegations that a woman in a vegetative state there who gave birth to a child last month had been sexually assault…
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The Civil Justice System: Protecting Your Family
October 26th, 2018
View this video as posted by “Trial Lawyers Association DC”.
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2 ex-nursing home workers get jail for elderly woman's death
September 29th, 2018
(AP) Two former employees of an Ohio nursing home accused of failing to check on a resident who wandered outside and froze to death have been sentenced to 60 days in jail. The Courier reports 37-year-old Rachel Friesel and 20-year-old Destini Fenbert…
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2 sent to jail for roles in nursing home patient’s death
September 29th, 2018
OTTAWA — Family members of a 76-year-old woman who froze to death last winter outside a Pandora nursing home spoke Friday morning at separate sentencings for two former nursing home workers. “… No one was there to help her,” said Steve Campbe…
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Plea deal offered in Pandora nursing home death
September 21st, 2018
OTTAWA — The final nursing employee charged in the death of a resident in January appeared in the Putnam County Court of Common Pleas Thursday for a final pre-trial hearing before facing a jury trial. Megan E. Schnipke, 31, of Columbus Grove, was m…
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