Statute of Limitations
- 2 Years with Occurrence Rule. (Section 6-2-38 (l))
- Medical Malpractice – 2 years with Discovery Rule (if discovered after 2 years, then 6 months from discovery). Children under four have until their eighth birthday to file claim, with a maximum of 4 years. (Section 6-5-482 (a))
Damages Cap
- Punitive damages cap – capped at three times compensatory damages or $1,500,000, whichever is greater. (§6-11-21)
Statute of Limitations
- 2 Years (Section 6-2-38-(a))
Damages Cap
- None. All damages for wrongful death actions are considered punitive damages, not compensatory or actual damages. (§6-11-21)
- Alabama Department of Public Health
- Division of Health Care Facilities – Alabama’s regulatory agency responsible for licensing/certifying Nursing Homes
- Healthcare Facilities Directory
- Adult Protective Services
- Department of Senior Services
- Nursing Home Administrators (Title 34 (Professions and Businesses) – Chapter 20 (Nursing Home Administrators))
- Assisted Living Administrators (Title 34 (Professions and Businesses) – Chapter 34 (Assisted Living Administrators )
- Adult Protective Services Act
On December 18th, the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, released a 45-page report relating to numerous conditions and practices that violate the 'constitutional and federal statutory rights' of the residents at the William F. Green Veterans Home. The report follows an inspection, interviews and document review by officials of the Alabama Veterans Home.
The federal report, authored by acting Assistant Attorney General Grace Chung Becker, concludes residents at the facility 'suffer significant harm and risk of harm from the facility's inadequate medical and nursing services.'....
A former employee at the Crown Healthcare Nursing Home in Mobile, Alabama recently plead guilty to first-degree theft. The former nursing home worker used the nursing home's credit card to buy $14,373 in personal purchases from Sam's Wholesale Club. From June, 2005 through May, 2007 the nursing home worker bought gas, tires, a washing machine and groceries for personal use as though the were purchased for the benefit of the nursing home....
Authorities are looking for Jacqueline Anne Lumpkin, a certified nursing assistant at an Alabama Nursing Home, who is accused of stealing an elderly resident's identity to fraudulently buy goods and services valued at more than $5,000. Warrants for Lumpkin's arrest were issued on December 4, 2008 and she is being charged with: elder abuse / neglect, financial exploitation, identity theft and fraudulent use of a credit card....
Ok, not everything I post on the Nursing Homes Abuse Blog about is super serious issues--- here's something in the 'just for fun' category. Below is a picture of 84-year-old Opaline Harper being crowned Ms. Nursing Home Alabama by the current regular Miss Alabama Ashley Davis. Ms. Harper was chosen the winner from 67 contestants in the pageant from across Alabama. Well done Ms. Harper!...
Financial deceit is the most common form of elder abuse. An Alabama nursing home employee took advantage of her position as an accounts payable clerk to write checks against nursing home residents' patient trust fund. Anne Marie Jones, plead guilty to two counts of first-degree theft and one count of second degree criminal possession of a forged instrument. Over a two year period Ms. Jones stole $97,036 from residents' accounts at South Haven Manor Nursing Home.
About Jonathan Rosenfeld
Jonathan Rosenfeld is a lawyer who represents people injured in nursing homes and long-term care facilities. Jonathan has represented victims of nursing home abuse and neglect throughout Illinois and across the country. Jonathan’s reputation as an aggressive advocate for the…