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...
Jury slams corporation with $1 billion in punitive damages
Location: Polk County, Florida Plaintiff: The Estate of Arlene Anne Townsend, by and through Brenda S. Shattuck, personal representative Defendant: Trans Healthcare, Inc. Amount: $1.10 billion verdict Compensatory...
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...
Jury awards more than $28 million in Paducah, Kentucky, nursing home lawsuit
Location: McCracken County, Kentucky Plaintiff: Sarah Ware, as Guardian of Cecil Gary, an Incapacitated Person Defendant: Preferred Care Partners Management Group, L.P. et. al, Amount: $28.55 million verdict...
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...
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...