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...
Three brothers killed in trucking accident in Arkansas
Location: Prairie County, Arkansas Plaintiff: Three brothers Defendant: Trucking company Amount: Confidential settlement Alleged Injuries: Negligence in a tractor-trailer accident that left three brothers dead Description Three brothers were...
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...
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...
California plane crash leaves man dead
Location: Los Angeles County, California Plaintiff: Marshall D. Goldberg Defendant: Mark T. Hogland Amount: $5.5 million verdict Economic Damages: $1 million Non-economic Damages: $2 million Other: $2.5 million in economic damages...
Morphine overdose at California hospital leads to brain damage
Location: Orange County, California Plaintiff: An injured woman Defendant: Covenant Care of California Amount: $3.2 million verdict Alleged Injuries: Wrongful conduct; Direct and vicarious liability; General negligence; Professional negligence;...