226 Coolidge Avenue
Manchester, NH 03102
1-800-426-0660
Or call 1-603-669-9400
Fax: (603) 669-3122
388 Commonwealth Ave.
Boston, MA 02215
1-800-457-1006
Or call 617-536-0606
Fax: (617) 421-9153
Email: edaley@moquindaley.com
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New Hampshire Office 226 Coolidge Avenue Manchester, NH 03102 1-800-426-0660 Or call 1-603-669-9400 Fax: (603) 669-3122 |
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Massachusetts Office 388 Commonwealth Ave. Boston, MA 02215 1-800-457-1006 Or call 617-536-0606 Fax: (617) 421-9153 Email: edaley@moquindaley.com |
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Dorothy Fields* was a 72 year old married housewife who went to the nursing home following a hospital assessment of new onset confusion that was due to small strokes. Her nursing home admission assessment identified her at high risk for falling, secondary to nighttime confusion and wandering, known as "sundowning", but she did not receive any intervention, such as an alarm attachment to her clothing, or more frequent checks by the nursing staff. She fell one night, in her attempt to find the bathroom, and a week later fell face forward when she was left unattended on the toilet. Finally, the following week-end, the family received a call from the nursing home that Mrs. Fields had been found outside the nursing home unconscious during the night, and had been brought to the local emergency room where she died from an intracranial hemorrhage. Apparently, the alarms on the doors had been disconnected when the staff opened the doors to cool off the hallway during a heat wave. Mrs. Fields wandered outside, tripped and fell, hitting her head on the concrete stairs. No one noticed that Mrs. Fields was missing until several hours later. The attorneys at Moquin & Daley have twenty or more years experience representing the injured or killed as a result of improper care in hospitals and nursing homes. While each case is different, and no one can promise the results in any case, we have obtained substantial settlements and judgments in cases such as this, many of them in excess of $1,000,000.00. * Not her real name.
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