Class Action
Location: Phillips County, Arkansas Plaintiff: Kelly Leoppard, Martha Wright, and Ozzie Griffin, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated Defendant: Alltel Communications, Inc.... Read More
Experience
Wilkes & Associates built a reputation as the go-to firm for nursing home abuse and neglect cases, but our skills, experience, and results extend far beyond that.
Nursing Home Abuse
Location: Hardin County, Kentucky Plaintiff: Estate of Lou Vena Jones Defendant: Elizabethtown Health Facilities, L.P. d/b/a Elizabethtown Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, et. al. Amount: $1.108... Read More
Motorcycle Accident
Location: DeSoto County, Florida Plaintiff: Confidential Defendant: Confidential Amount: $1.375 million settlement Alleged Injuries: Negligence resulting in serious and permanent bodily injuries, disability, disfigurement, loss of capacity for... Read More
Medical Malpractice
Plaintiff: An injured man and his wife Defendant: A large hospital system Amount: Multi-million dollar verdict Alleged Injuries: Multiple severe bedsores and infections including cellulitis,... Read More
Trucking Accident
Location: Polk County, Florida Plaintiff: Kendra Lymon Defendant: Bynum Transport, Inc. Amount: $65 million verdict Alleged Injuries: Automobile negligence resulting in traumatic head and brain injuries... Read More
Product Liability
Location: Chester County, Pennsylvania Plaintiff: Confidential Defendant: Confidential Amount: Confidential settlement Alleged Injuries: A defective mechanical patient lift in a nursing home led to multiple... Read More
Years of tough litigation leads to multi-million bankruptcy settlement
Location: Tampa, Florida Debtor: Fundamental Long Term Care, Inc. Amount: $23.7 million Description Judgment creditors represented by Wilkes Law Firm initiated involuntary Chapter 7 proceedings against Debtor... Read More
Man suffers eight falls, serious bedsore at Florida ALF
Location: Manatee County, Florida Plaintiff: An 87-year-old man Defendant: An assisted living facility, its executive director and administrator Amount: Confidential Alleged Injuries: Non-lethal negligence, lethal negligence and wrongful death... Read More
Jury awards $2.25 million verdict in case where woman suffered multiple falls, fractures
Location: Beaver County, Pennsylvania Plaintiff: James Temple, Attorney-in-Fact for Elma Temple Defendant: Providence Care Center Amount: $2.25 million verdict Compensatory Damages: $2 million Punitive Damages: $250,000 Alleged Injuries: Negligence and corporate... Read More
Woman stabbed while shopping at retail store
Location: Pennsylvania Plaintiff: Tennessee woman Defendant: Retail store Amount: Confidential Alleged Injuries: Negligence, and negligent infliction of emotional distress after a young woman was attacked and stabbed multiple times... Read More
Tennessee Court of Appeals upholds nursing home verdict
Location: Warren County, Tennessee Plaintiff: Cheatum Myers Defendant: National Healthcare Corporation, McMinnville Amount: $4.1 million Alleged Injuries: Negligence, gross negligence, medical malpractice, and violation of the Tennessee Adult Protection... Read More