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....
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
Intensive care patient suffers Stage IV bedsores, septic shock and malnutrition causing quadriplegia
Location: Pike County, Kentucky Plaintiff: A 68-year-old woman Defendant: A hospital Amount: Confidential settlement Alleged Injuries: Gross negligence, carelessness, deviation from accepted standards of care, loss of spousal consortium...
Senseless death at transitional home
Location: Fulton County, Georgia Plaintiff: Confidential Defendants: Confidential Amount: Confidential settlement Alleged Injuries: Wrongful death due to hyperthermia caused by a dysfunctional air conditioning system Description A 55-year-old man became...
Supreme Court of Florida declares arbitration agreements cannot undermine nursing home residents’ statutory rights
Location: Florida Plaintiffs: Edward Henry Clark and Angela Gessa Defendants: Tandem Health Care of Winter Haven and Manor Care of Carrollwood Description After nursing home...
Wife killed, husband injured in Mississippi trucking accident
Location: Desoto County, Mississippi Plaintiff: A female driver Defendant: A trucking company and driver Amount: Confidential settlement Alleged Injuries: Negligence, gross negligence, loss of spousal consortium and wrongful...
Pennsylvania condo fire leaves young couple dead
Location: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania Plaintiff: The parents of a 22-year-old man killed in a fire Defendant: A ski resort, condominium association, condo owner, fireplace manufacturer, fireplace cleaning...