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Marks, Balette & Giessel, P.C. has obtained a settlement which, according to Verdict Search, is the largest reported settlement in the United States involving a single individual suffering from quadriplegia

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Arbitration Panel Finds in Favor of Tennessee Victim

The Arbitration Panel rendered its award, finding unanimously for the Plaintiff on claims for ordinary negligence, violation of the Tennessee Adult Protection Act (TAPA) and medical malpractice.

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Lawyers USA

Jury Verdict against nursing home chain was recognized in Lawyers USA in its review of the top ten cases of the year as the largest personal injury verdict in the United States, and the third largest nursing home verdict in U.S. history...

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Lawyers Weekly USA

Jury Verdict against largest nursing home chain in the country was recognized in Lawyers Weekly USA as the second largest verdict in the United States in 1997...

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The National Law Journal

Nursing home loses $83M for Wrongful Death and Fraud. Ruth Waites was 83 years old when she began living at the Border Nursing Center, in Borger, Texas, in 1993. At the time, Ms. Waites was mentally alert, but largely unable to walk and a diabetic...

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Summary of the Zurich Case and Court’s Findings

Insurance Giant Found to be Partner in Operation of Bankrupt Nursing Home Chain – Liability May Exceed One-Half Billion Dollars...

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The Dallas Morning News

Rape Leads To Reform...Dorothy Cooper was a child of the Great Depression, one of eight children who went to work in the West Texas cotton fields after their father lost his railroad job. Her schooling was sporadic, her life difficult. But Ms. Cooper was a survivor. "She viewed her life as having been a hard one, but she was proud of learning to survive without welfare and knowing...

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Sexual Assault Report

The Dorothy System: Tracking Nursing Home Staff Who Abuse Patients...On April 14, 1998, Texas Health Enterprises, Texas largest nursing home operator, agreed to pay $4.65 million to the estate of a partially paralyzed woman who was sexually abused repeatedly by a male nurse's aide...

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Nursing Home Litigation Reporter

Two nursing homes in Texas have recently agreed to pay a total of $9.5 million to settle separate wrongful death actions. Attorneys with The Marks Law Firm in Houston represented the families in both cases.

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The New York Times

Six years after a young prosecutor ran across a neglected file of reports alleging that elderly nursing home patients had died of abuse and neglect, a convalescent home chain and several employees are going on trial Monday.

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The Chicago Tribue

When Edna Mae Witt entered a nursing home in Texas City, Tex., in August of 1978, her family thought she would be home soon. Instead, the 78-yearold grandmother died after bedsores that developed while she was a patient became infected.

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The Dallas Morning News

Two nursing homes in Texas have recently agreed to pay a total of $9.5 million to settle separate wrongful death actions. Attorneys with The Marks Law Firm in Houston represented the families in both cases.

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San Antonio Express News

Of 56 patients whose records she studied, Burger said she found they suffered 261 bed sores. Of those bed sores, or decubitus as they are called in medical terminology, 64 percent developed in the nursing home.

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Jacksonville Daily Progress

The Cherokee County Second Judicial District awarded $3 million to Groveton resident Alvaro Chavez following a case against Gardner Oil Inc. for delivering tainted fuel, said Chavezʼs attorney, Jacques Balette.

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