Archive for September 01, 2006

Nursing Home to Pay $2.9 Million for Death of Patient

A Cook County, Illinois, jury recently ordered a nursing home to pay $2.9 million to the family of a woman who died after nursing home employees failed to adequately clean her breathing device.

Kansas Gas Provider Settles Explosion Lawsuit after Award Cap Is Lifted

A 2002 natural gas explosion that killed an elderly woman in her home was the subject of the lawsuit against parent energy company ONEOK Inc. The trial was set for Sept. 19.