New Damages Trial Ordered in Nursing Home Liability Row
10 Aug 2017
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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... Read More
Arizona Supreme Court reinstates W&M wrongful death case against nursing home
07 Jul 2017
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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... Read More
Patient accuses Morton Plant Hospital of negligence regarding his care
24 May 2017
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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... Read More
First-Impression Ruling on Elder Abuse Reporters’ Testimony Stands
21 Apr 2017
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Legal Intelligencer The Pennsylvania Supreme Court upheld a Lancaster County trial judge’s decision allowing Wilkes & McHugh to depose, under seal, an employee of a nursing home... Read More
Complaints to Arizona’s Adult Protective Services rarely substantiated
18 Mar 2017
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Arizona Daily Star The Arizona Daily Star found the state’s Adult Protective Services (APS) investigated and closed out 21,602 allegations of neglect, abuse and exploitation of vulnerable adults,... Read More
Philly courts bar cellphones, hoping to curb witness intimidation
23 Feb 2017
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Philly.com Pennsylvania attorney Lorraine Donnelly spent 10 years as an assistant district attorney in Philadelphia before bringing her considerable talent to Wilkes & McHugh. Given... Read More
Kentucky Nursing Home Arbitration Decision Could Have Wider Application
23 Feb 2017
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Bloomberg BNA Lexington attorney Rob Salyer argued a nursing home arbitration case before the U.S. Supreme Court this week where he addressed specifically the commonwealth... Read More
Lawsuit filed in power-line electrocution of bicyclist on Courtney Campbell
22 Feb 2017
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TBO.com Wilkes & McHugh filed a lawsuit against a local energy company and its affiliates over the electrocution death of a Tampa man last summer... Read More
Justices Mull Kentucky Arbitration Rule In Wrongful Death Case
22 Feb 2017
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Law 360 W&M attorney Rob Salyer argued before the U.S. Supreme Court over the issue of arbitration agreements in Kentucky. The state’s rule and its... Read More
Supreme Court’s arbitration decision could pose threat to SNF industry, insiders say
10 Feb 2017
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McKnight’s Long-Term Care News & Assisted Living A Wilkes & McHugh nursing home arbitration lawsuit is scheduled to be argued before the Supreme Court of... Read More