The legal team with Sweet James wants to help Nevada families get justice for the harm that’s befallen the loved ones they placed in a nursing home’s care. Our Nevada nursing home abuse lawyers are ready to go to court against institutions and staff members who have willfully or accidentally fallen short of their industry’s standard of care.
If you believe that someone you love has fallen victim to financial, physical, or emotional abuse in a Nevada nursing home, contact Sweet James today. We offer Personalized Service Focused on You that’s based on the more than 25 years of combined experience our lawyers share. You can trust us to use The Winning Playbook when fighting for justice on your family’s behalf.
Before founding Sweet James, members of our team represented insurance carriers. We know what strategies insurers can use to attempt to deny you the financial support you need, and we’re prepared to push back. Contact our nursing home abuse lawyers today to set up your free nursing home abuse case consultation.
Sweet James Puts Your Family First
Working with Sweet James makes it easier to balance the frustration that stems from accusations of nursing home abuse and the action you can take against institutions, nursing staff, and other liable parties.
We’re here to help you understand your next best steps so you can protect your loved ones from further harm. Our Nevada personal injury lawyers can specifically:
- Investigate what specific instances of negligence and abuse have directly impacted your loved one’s long-term health and well-being.
- Connect you with medical experts who can verify the harm that your loved one sustained in and out of civil court.
- Utilize investigative resources to establish a credible case for compensation based on the economic losses you and your loved one sustained due to a nursing home’s abuse.
- Represent you in or out of civil court, depending on how you and an impacted loved one want to address a nursing home’s misconduct.
Our nursing home abuse lawyer firm does all of this on a contingency fee basis, ensuring that you don’t have to take on any additional financial stress while helping your loved one get the care that they need to recover. There’s no fee from our team unless we win your case. We’re prepared to put over 25 years of combined experience to work on your behalf.
What is Nursing Home Abuse?
Our nursing home abuse lawyers in Nevada recognize that there are several different types of abuse that can plague a home’s residents. The most common include:
- Physical abuse: Nursing home staff members who roughly handle your loved one, improperly use restraints, or injure your loved one, resulting in fractured bones, breaks, bruises, or internal damage, can face accusations of physical abuse.
- Emotional abuse: Staff members who systematically isolate residents from their families and fellow housemates, humiliate residents, or break down a resident’s sense of self may face accusations of emotional abuse, especially if their treatment results in a resident’s decline or reduced quality of life.
- Sexual abuse: Nursing home staff members are expected to maintain professional relationships with the residents in their care. Non-consensual contact with residents can constitute sexual abuse, as can non-consensual and sexual contact with residents who do not have the capacity to understand what’s happening to them.
- Financial abuse: Nursing homes do not have the right to use the funds left for residents for non-care means or to misrepresent the usage of those funds. Institutions that steal money from residents, misuse residents’ funds, or otherwise financially manipulate residents can face accusations of criminal misconduct on top of a personal injury claim.
- Medical neglect: Medical neglect constitutes a home’s failure to provide its residents with essential medical care, including access to medications and physical therapy.
- General neglect: Unlike medical neglect, general neglect can include a home’s failure to ensure that your loved one has access to the basics that they need to live comfortably, including water, food, and hygiene.
Our Nevada Nursing Home Abuse Lawyers Work on Contingency
You do not pay us a dime to start investigating the abuse that has impacted your loved one’s quality of life. Sweet James and its legal team work on a contingency fee basis. We don’t ask for a deposit, retainer, or hourly fee when we start working on your case, and we don’t get paid until you have a nursing home abuse settlement in hand.
We Fight for Compensation Based on Your Family’s Needs
When the time comes to fight for compensation based on the value of your loved one’s losses, our Nevada nursing home abuse law firm can account for the expenses that come from:
- Relocating your loved one to a safer facility
- Providing your loved one with essential and restorative medical care
- Replacing any property damaged or destroyed by a negligent nursing home
We can also advocate for your family’s right to damages based on a loved one’s emotional distress, pain and suffering, and reduced quality of life. We do this because the financial support you receive through a personal injury claim can alleviate some of your family’s stress and make it easier to care for an abused loved one.
You can discuss the steps we can take to value your loved one’s case during a free assessment with our staff.
Book a Free Nursing Home Abuse Case Consultation Today
Placing your loved ones in a nursing home is never an easy decision. You want a nursing home’s staff to care for your loved ones like they were their own family. If you notice a loved one falling victim to abuse, it’s time to fight for the justice they deserve.
You can work with Sweet James and our nursing home abuse attorneys in Nevada to push back against an institution’s failure to protect your loved one from harm. We can help you name specific parties, including entire nursing homes, responsible for the physical, financial, sexual, or emotional abuse that your loved one endured while under their care.
In doing so, we can give you and your family the opportunity to fight for damages based on the harm that your loved one suffered. That financial support can make it easier to continue caring for aging loved ones, especially if you have to address any recent injuries or other losses. Contact Sweet James today to learn more about our available services.
