Proving Nursing Home Negligence
Aggressive Trial Lawyers in Greenville, South Carolina
The elderly are naturally at greater risk of injury and illness. This is precisely why a nursing home and its staff must be deliberate in anticipating dangers and vigilant in providing care. If you suspect that your loved one has suffered serious harm from substandard care, medical negligence or outright abuse, you need attorneys with specific experience in these cases.
Parham, Smith & Dodson, LLC of Greenville has successfully sued nursing homes, assisted living facilities and their parent corporations throughout South Carolina. Contact us today if your loved one's nursing home injury resulted in lasting harm or wrongful death.
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Our accomplished legal team has secured substantial verdicts and settlements in nursing home litigation, demonstrating liability in a broad range of these document-intensive and tricky-to-prove cases:
- Falls from bed or from walking without assistance
- Serious bed sores from neglect
- Malnutrition and dehydration
- Injuries from wandering (failure to supervise)
- Assault or sexual assault (by staff or other patients)
- Excessive restraint
- Physical or emotional abuse by staff
- Failure to diagnose and treat serious illness
- Medication errors
Advocates for the Most Vulnerable
Often, the victims of negligence are unable to speak up for themselves, and it is up to their loved ones to recognize the problem and call attention to it. We work with family members to follow up on their suspicions about unexplained falls or bruises, rapid weight loss, behavioral changes or concerns about nutrition, prescriptions, security or a particular staff member.
Parham Smith & Dodson has placed special emphasis on nursing home injury litigation, and we frequently serve as ombudsmen under South Carolina's special program for nursing home lawsuits. In addition to experienced trial lawyers who know where to dig, we have a legal physician's assistant consultant on staff who can review patient records and contrast the inferior care or against industry standards.
The South Carolina nursing home regulations that govern the operation of elder care facilities are complex and comprehensive. As more and more nursing homes care for an aging population, the number of administrators who are tempted to cut corners increases. While the records that elder care facilities must keep can provide evidence of negligence, it takes experience to quickly and efficiently uncover that evidence from the volumes of information maintained by most nursing homes.
When you retain Parham, Smith & Dodson, LLC, we assign a nursing home injury attorney, a secretary and legal assistant to your case. We work as a team to efficiently uncover evidence of negligent nursing home care, and we include our clients in discussions of their cases.
If you believe that your loved one suffered from negligence, neglect or abuse under nursing home care, please contact us online or call our Greenville, South Carolina office at 877-805-6431. We take cases statewide and welcome referrals from attorneys whose clients would benefit from our extensive knowledge in this field.
