How much does a nursing home abuse injury lawsuit cost?
Nothing. If Anapol Schwartz agrees to be retained*, we take your nursing home injury case on a contingency basis. If you don't win your nursing home lawsuit, we don't get paid. No recovery; no fees**. The likelihood of a successful nursing lawsuit varies based on the facts of each case.
Each person's experience varies and will affect the outcome of any lawsuit. There are also local issues, involving specific state laws, which may alter the handling of each nursing home injury lawsuit.
Nursing Home Neglect
Neglect is the failure to fulfill nursing home provisions and obligations to the patient. Neglect may also include failure of a person who has fiduciary responsibilities to provide care for an elder (e.g., pay for necessary home care services) or the failure on the part of an in-home service provider to provide the necessary care.
Nursing home neglect in Pennsylvania typically means the refusal or failure to provide a nursing home patient with the basics of necessities such as food, water, clothing, shelter, personal hygiene, medicine, comfort, personal safety, and other essentials included in an agreed-upon responsibility to the patient.
Symptoms of nursing home neglect include:
- dehydration and malnutrition
- untreated bed sores
- poor personal hygiene
- unattended or untreated health problems
- hazardous or unsafe living condition/arrangements
- unsanitary and unclean living conditions (dirt, fleas, lice on person, soiled bedding, fecal/urine smell, inadequate clothing)
- the patient reports of being mistreated
