Archive: Nursing Home Abuse Arkansas
Tuesday, March 4th, 2008.
Fayetteville, AR - A four-day civil trial scheduled to begin Monday was avoided after parties agreed to an out-of-court settlement in a case involving patient care at a Fayetteville nursing home.
Mona Casey, the guardian for James Casey, filed the lawsuit in 2005 against Rose Care Inc., KMJ Enterprises, Rochier Heights ... [More >>]
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Wednesday, September 19th, 2007.
Little Rock, AR - A Ouachita County jury has awarded a $2.3 million verdict in a case against a nursing home run by Beverly Heathcare....
Lawyers in the case said that at the time of his death, Herman [Johnson] had been suffering from "pressure sores, malnutrition and a number of other ... [More >>]
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Friday, June 22nd, 2007.
Batesville, AR - When Circuit Judge John Norman Harkey granted a class action lawsuit against a local nursing home, the health care facility appealed.
Wednesday, the Arkansas Supreme Court unanimously upheld Harkey’s decision.
Initially, the lawsuit involved only Helen Cook, a former resident of Batesville Nursing and Rehab.
The lawsuit filed in Independence ... [More >>]
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Monday, October 2nd, 2006.
Little Rock, AK - The candidates for state attorney general voiced support Monday for legislation to put video cameras in nursing home residents’ rooms but disagreed on the effect amendments had on a previous version that failed in 2005.
Both Democratic candidate Dustin McDaniel and Republican opponent Gunner DeLay spoke in ... [More >>]
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Thursday, August 24th, 2006.
Fayetteville, AR - Members of the Arkansas chapter of the AARP began a statewide tour Wednesday to promote issues in the November election, including ending payday lending and opposing additional legal protections for nursing homes....
The AARP also asked if candidates supported or opposed expansion of a 2003 act, which provided ... [More >>]
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Friday, June 30th, 2006.
Fayetteville, AR - A caretaker at the Fayetteville Health and Rehab Center was arrested Tuesday for allegedly abusing a 77-yearold nursing home patient suffering from Alzheimer’s disease.
Dison Kalio, 41, of 128 E. Poplar in Fayetteville faces a felony charge of seconddegree battery for allegedly abusing an elderly patient on June ... [More >>]
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Friday, April 28th, 2006.
De Queen, AR - Detectives say they are looking into a doctor's claims that an elderly woman was sexually assaulted at a De Queen, Arkansas nursing home.
The investigation started after the 70-year-old woman went to the hospital.
After an examination, the doctor told police she had been sexual ... [More >>]
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Friday, December 2nd, 2005.
Mountain Home, AK - A wrongful death lawsuit filed Thursday in Baxter County Circuit Court against Care Manor of Baxter County alleges abuse and neglect of a patient who died March 2.
Vera Jean Burk was in the facility from Nov. 12, 2004, until March 1 and died after being taken ... [More >>]
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Thursday, August 11th, 2005.
Fayetteville, AK - Negligence and medical malpractice are among claims made in a lawsuit filed Wednesday in the Washington County Circuit Court Clerk’s office related to the treatment of a former resident of Rochier Heights Nursing Home in Fayetteville.
The suit alleges that [James] Casey was admitted on July 31, 2003, ... [More >>]
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Thursday, June 2nd, 2005.
Fordyce, AR - Nearly two weeks after an El Dorado jury failed to reach a verdict for a second time in her case, 47-year-old Gayla Smith Wilson has been set free.
Wednesday officials decided that prosecutors can only re-try Smith if new evidence is found within the next year. Wilson was ... [More >>]
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