Kansas City Nursing Home Injury Lawyers
Accidents, medical mistakes and injury from neglect in elder care facilities usually can be traced to understaffing or negligent hiring. Which means that your loved one suffered because a nursing home was more concerned about profit.
If your elderly parent or other family member died or suffered a serious nursing home injury, contact the experienced attorneys of Yonke & Pottenger, L.L.C. We offer a free consultation at 866-764-3065 and vigorously pursue damages for the failure to keep your loved one safe.
Trial lawyers Michael Yonke and Jason Pottenger have sued institutions throughout the Kansas City area and statewide in Missouri and Kansas. They have obtained many settlements and verdicts for negligence, neglect and abuse:
- Bed sores (pressure ulcers) from infrequent turning of bedridden patients. These open wounds are very painful and prone to infection, sometimes leading to amputation or death.
- Falling accidents — fractures or head trauma from falling from beds or gurneys, or from walking without assistance of staff
- Medication errors — wrong drug, wrong dose, failure to administer
- Failure to diagnose serious medical conditions
- Malnutrition/dehydration
- Physical abuse or mishandling of frail patients
- Sexual assault by staff or other residents
- Emotional abuse (punishment, verbal abuse, excessive restraint)
We obtain reports of government investigations into a nursing home injury or wrongful death, as well as patient records (daily charts, care plans, assessment of fall risk). We dig into the criminal and nursing care backgrounds of employees and whether the facility was staffed at state-mandated levels.
Medical bills from a nursing home injury can be massive. We also seek compensation for special care requirements after the injury and damages for pain and suffering.
If you suspect nursing home negligence caused a bed sore, fall or other injury, contact our Kansas City law office for a free case evaluation. You can reach us online or at 866-764-3065.
