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...
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...
Barge crash on Tennessee River kills two
Location: Benton County, Tennessee Plaintiff: The widow of a Tennessee man Defendant: A barge company Amount: Confidential settlement Alleged Injuries: Negligence, gross negligence, negligent hiring and supervision, wrongful death...
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...
Man dies after getting wrong medications at Florida hospital
Location: Hernando County, Florida Plaintiff: An 86-year-old man Defendant: A hospital Amount: Confidential settlement Alleged Injuries: Medical malpractice, negligence, and wrongful death after a hospital patient was given the...
Georgia’s Court of Appeals affirms decision denying arbitration in nursing home case
Location: Georgia Plaintiff: Emma Wingo Defendants: Cartersville Heights Care and Rehabilitation Center Description The Georgia Court of Appeals refused to allow nursing home defendants to...