Taking Legal Action After a Wandering Off Incident in a North Carolina Nursing Home
Many people require a nursing home's care because they are prone to wandering off, so it is especially devastating to a family when such a person wanders off from a supposedly secure facility and is harmed.
At the law offices of Jackson & McGee, LLP, in Charlotte, North Carolina, we represent the families of nursing home residents who wander off (or elope) from allegedly secure facilities. As attorneys, we know that if someone in a nursing home is prone to wandering, the home has the responsibility to make sure that they are secure. Unsupervised doors must be fitted with alarms. Specific patients can be matched with personal alarm systems as well.
Failing to secure the nursing home can have serious consequences. There are many ways residents can be harmed after eloping from a nursing home, including wandering into traffic and being hit by a car, freezing in cold weather, suffering dehydration or being otherwise hurt by exposure to the elements.
One of the first places North Carolina nursing homes cut corners is with their staff. They hire too few employees and they fail to train them adequately. The result is that there are not enough staff to properly keep an eye on residents — and these residents get hurt.
In-Depth Knowledge of the Complex Nursing Home Industry
Because most North Carolina nursing homes are not individual businesses, but part of larger corporate entities, pursuing nursing home abuse and neglect cases can be complicated. They require your lawyer not just to prove that the nursing home was negligent, but also to investigate and pursue judgments against the parent company that is ultimately responsible. At Jackson & McGee, LLP, we have given continuing legal education (CLE) lectures to other attorneys on holding corporate parents accountable. We have in-depth knowledge of these business complexities that give our clients an advantage in court.
Contact Jackson & McGee, LLP
To talk to us about nursing home negligence, or about a loved one's elopement, contact the North Carolina trial lawyers at Jackson & McGee, LLP, by calling our Charlotte office at 704-246-3295 or toll free at 866-753-6982. You may also complete our online contact form.
