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Citing medical negligence and recklessness, the lawsuit blames the facility for Garcia’s death and calls for at least $25,000 in damages plus attorney’s fees and other expenses.
After the trial, a Change.org petition requesting clemency for Vaught quickly garnered over 200,000 signatures. [2] [14]In response to the public backlash, the prosecutor's office issued a statement in which it defended its decision to prosecute Vaught: "The jury's conviction of Radonda Vaught was not an indictment against the nursing profession or the medical community.
Academic articles Armstrong B A Question of Abuse: Where Staff and Patient Rights Collide – Hosp Community Psychiatry 1979 May;30(5):348-51. Burkin K, Kleiner BH (1998) "Protecting the whistleblower: preventing retaliation following a report of patient abuse in health-care institutions", Health Manpower Management, Vol.24 Issue 3 Pages 119–124
A plaintiff must establish all five elements of the tort of negligence for a successful medical malpractice claim. [ 11 ] A duty was owed: a legal duty exists whenever a hospital or health care provider undertakes care or treatment of a patient.
An Iowa nursing home where criminal charges were filed over a resident’s death is now being sued for negligence by the resident’s family. The family of Marvin “Pete” Jacobs, who died in ...
Justice Department officials who served under President-elect Trump’s first administration may have influenced the 2020 presidential election through intentional media leaks targeted at ...
Bolitho v. City and Hackney Health Authority [1996] 4 All ER 771 is an important English tort law case, on the standard of care required by medical specialists. It follows the Bolam test for professional negligence, and addresses the interaction with the concept of causation.
A man is suing an assisted living facility, saying staff didn’t protect his mother, who has dementia, from two sexual assaults by a “dangerous” resident — and considered the assaults to be ...