Cockroaches caught on video at Pinellas County Assisted Living Facility
18 Sep 2017
Media Mention
WFTS ABC Action News A Tampa Bay television station investigated a cockroach infestation at a St. Petersburg, Fla., assisted living facility and found that one...
12 Die at Florida Nursing Home After Irma, Leaving A Host Of Questions
14 Sep 2017
News of Interest
NPR Eight residents of Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills in Hollywood, Fla., died after Hurricane Irma knocked out the facility’s air conditioning unit. The administrator,...
Nursing home’s parent company might face vicarious liability after appeals court decision
12 Sep 2017
Media Mention
Penn Record A Pennsylvania man is set to get a new trial after a three-judge Superior Court panel unanimously overturned a lower court’s decision that dismissed his...
Stonerise Healthcare, Keyser Center named in wrongful death suit
29 Aug 2017
Media Mention
West Virginia Record Susan K. Oates, as executrix for the estate of Donna M. Wagoner, filed a lawsuit against Stonerise Healthcare LLC, Keyser Center LLC...
New Damages Trial Ordered in Nursing Home Liability Row
10 Aug 2017
Media Mention
The National Law Journal The Pennsylvania Superior Court ordered a new trial on compensatory damages against nursing home management services provider Grane Associates, as well as...
W&M implores federal officials to keep rule that protects rights of seniors and nursing home residents
06 Aug 2017
Firm Announcement
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is accepting public comments until Aug. 7, 2017, on whether it should keep a rule that prohibits pre-dispute arbitration...
Arizona Supreme Court reinstates W&M wrongful death case against nursing home
07 Jul 2017
Media Mention
Legal NewsLine W&M attorney Mary Ellen Reilly won an appeal to the Arizona Supreme Court in a case involving the wrongful death of a woman at...
Eight W&M attorneys named to Super Lawyers lists
08 Jun 2017
Firm Announcement
Wilkes & McHugh is excited to announce that Super Lawyers named eight of our attorneys to either the Super Lawyers or Rising Stars lists for...
Patient accuses Morton Plant Hospital of negligence regarding his care
24 May 2017
Media Mention
Florida Record A Clearwater man filed a lawsuit against Morton Plant Hospital Association Inc. alleging negligence for failure to provide adequate skin care, leading to...
Rehab Riviera
21 May 2017
News of Interest
Orange County Register The Orange County Register has spent more than a year investigating the drug rehab industry in Southern California in a series dubbed Rehab Riviera — so named for...