Nursing Home Lawsuit Settled
From experience, I can tell you that it is an odd feeling for a trial lawyer to settle a wrongful death case in the middle of a trial. It is a simultaneous feeling of joy for resolving the case and sadness from not letting the jury render a final judgment on why the victim died. This feeling was surely felt by a nursing home lawyer in Missoula, Montana who, after nearly a full week of trial, settled a wrongful death case out of court this week.
The details of this nursing home lawsuit were, sadly, not atypical. The family of an 87 year-old man alleged that two nursing homes acted negligently when they failed to provide adequate health care for the victim. The decedent fell and fractured his neck during a transfer from his wheelchair. This accident made him unable to walk which led to severe pressure ulcers which ultimately resulted in a fatal case of gangrene in his leg.
