Nursing Home Litigation Defense

As the American population ages, more and more people will need the services provided by nursing homes, assisted living facilities, skilled nursing facilities and other long-term care operations. However, nursing home negligence litigation is threatening the ability of long-term care providers to survive.

At Mitchell Williams, our attorneys understand that quality long-term care facilities are essential to the care of our elderly today and in the future. We aggressively defend clients against liability claims to protect our clients’ interests and also to protect the long-term care industry.

Offering risk management strategies involving negotiated risk agreements, best employment practices, and sound documentation procedures, the firm’s Nursing Home Litigation Defense attorneys provide national counsel to nursing homes and assisted living facilities on a myriad of litigation issues.

We defend long term care facilities and their owners and employees in suits alleging negligence, nursing home malpractice, breach of contract, resident rights violations and wrongful death, and act as regional and local counsel for a number of long term care facilities. Additionally, the team defends nursing home cases in every stage of litigation, including overseeing investigations and handling all pre-trial and post-trial proceedings.

The Team
Our attorneys possesses an in-depth understanding of the healthcare industry, the unique operational issues facing providers, and the regulatory, litigation and insurance climates in which our clients operate.  Additionally, Mitchell Williams employs an in-house staff of registered nurse consultants to assist in the analysis and defense of these matters.

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