Nursing Home Negligence / Wrongful Death
02/06/2001 - Confidential
Gilbert L. Mead and Michael D. Mead, as Surviving Sons of Dorothy Grace Mead, Deceased v. Oak Manor Nursing Home, Inc., Superior Court of Muscogee County, Georgia. The family of Dorothy Mead, deceased, brought suit against Oak Manor Nursing Home, Inc. for her neglect, pain, suffering, and wrongful death. Ms. Mead was sent to the Columbus nursing home to rehabilitate a hairline fracture of her hip. She was allowed to develop an infected Stage IV decubitus on her sacrum and another on her buttocks. She became septic and ultimately died.