Our Victories*

Nursing Homes and Adult Living Facilities

1.7 Million settlement | Bradenton, Florida | Manatee County
An elderly woman with dementia was having difficulty swallowing when she was admitted to a nursing home. The nursing home staff documented the swallowing problem and ordered a pureed or ground diet. A family member testified that on the first day she found her loved one choking on a hotdog that was improperly given to her by the nursing home staff. On the second day a nurse found her at lunch time choking after the nursing home staff allegedly provided her with a non pureed diet again. That evening she was found dead in her room. An autopsy revealed she choked to death on a large piece of meet that was not pureed. Nursing home employees testified the nursing home was understaffed.

$750,000.00 settlement | Lakeland, Florida | Polk County
An elderly man residing in a nursing home developed warmth in his foot. The family complained about the warmth and red streaks going from his foot to his knee. The nursing home staff documented the condition of his leg and the fact he was in extreme pain for over a week but failed to notify the doctor. By the time he was sent to the hospital it was too late. His leg was amputated above the knee. He died approximately one month later. Nursing home employees testified the nursing home was understaffed.

$450,000.00 settlement | Lakeland, Florida | Polk County
An elderly wheelchair bound woman in a nursing home developed a stage IV pressure sore to the bone on her coccyx allegedly as a result of the nursing home staff failing to turn and reposition her.

$450,000.00 settlement | Orlando, Florida | Orange County
An elderly woman was wheelchair bound in a nursing home. She had a history of falling from her wheelchair. She was complaining to the staff of shoulder pain but the complaints were not relayed to her physician for many months. By the time she was referred to an orthopedic surgeon her shoulder was frozen. The surgeon performed a surgical procedure to fuse the shoulder. She also developed pressure sores.

$225,000.00 settlement | Tampa, Florida | Hillsborough County
An elderly wheelchair bound woman had a history of falling out of her wheelchair. Her doctor ordered a velcro lap belt to hold her in her chair. The nursing home records revealed the facility failed to use the velcro lap belt. She fell from her wheelchair and broke her femur at the hip.




*Not all results obtained by the Distasio Law Firm are provided here. These results are not necessarily representative of results obtained by the firm in all cases and we cannot promise any specific outcome of a case. The individual facts and circumstances of your case may differ from the facts and circumstances described in the representative cases. Some of the results were obtained while Attorney Scott Distasio was a partner at another firm.