Possible Changes To Oklahoma Legislature Affecting Nursing Home Residents
In 2015, the Oklahoma legislature is considering making significant changes in the law, changes that would affect nursing home residents statewide. Some of the important bills are: HB 1435: This bill would require Nurse Aides to keep their addresses on file...
Lloyd & Lloyd Obtains $300,000 Judgment Against Local Nursing Home
In an extremely conservative jurisdiction, Lloyd & Lloyd recently obtained a $300,000 judgment against a nursing home for a fall injury that caused facial injuries and a broken nose. This judgment includes a $100,000 award for punitive damages against the nursing...
Nursing Home Owners: Follow the Money
Frequently, nursing home administration will complain that they simply do not have the resources to provide the level of care that their residents need. Basically, they will argue that it’s unreasonable to expect that a nursing home could, for example, have enough...
Oklahoma Legislature Kills Bill That Would Have Required Nursing Homes To Be Insured
Like it has done for the past decade, the Oklahoma Legislature recently killed a bill that would have required all nursing homes to have liability insurance. Senate Bill 1355 would have forced nursing home owners to purchase $250,000 of liability insurance that would...
Lloyd and Lloyd Obtains $769,000 Judgment in Nursing Home Abuse Case
In November 2013, Lloyd & Lloyd obtained a $769,000 judgment against a Bartlesville nursing home for neglect that caused a Stage IV bed sore. This judgment was one of the largest judgments in Washington County for medical negligence in recent memory. Lloyd &...
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No family wants to face having to put a loved one into a nursing home. However, if it is necessary to take this step, the family deserves to know that the promises of the nursing home to take care of their parent(s) are true.
