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...
Pennsylvania nursing home resident beaten to death by roomate
Location: Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Plaintiff: A Pennsylvania man Defendant: A nursing home Amount: Confidential Alleged Injuries: Negligence per se for Violations of Neglect of Care-Dependent Person and Violations of the Pennsylvania...
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...
U.S. Supreme Court upholds judgment in nursing home case
Location: Arkansas Plaintiff: Margaretha Sauer Defendant: Advocat, Inc. Amount: $26.4 Million (final judgment) Alleged Injuries: Neglect by nursing home leading to medical malpractice, tort of...
Poor nursing home care and corporate greed lead to $900 million verdict
Location: Alachua County, Florida Plaintiff: Joseph Webb, by and through Rose M. Webb Defendant: Trans Health Inc. and Trans Health Management, Inc. Amount: $900 million verdict Compensatory damages: $200...
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...