U.S. Attorney’s Office files Suits Alleging Poor Care Towards Residents in a Kentucky Nursing Home

July 20, 2011 - PRLog -- “Elder abuse is a growing problem in our society, says Lee Coleman, Kentucky personal injury lawyer and founding partner of Hughes & Coleman. It is our job to protect the rights of those victims of abuse in nursing homes.”

Bowling Green, KY. July 20, 2011--- Kentucky residents with loved ones in nursing homes need to be aware of a recent announcement from the U.S. Attorney's Office. That announcement confirmed that the U.S. Attorney's Office has filed a civil lawsuit alleging that a northern Kentucky nursing home provided such poor quality care to its residents that the services were worthless and amounted to Medicare and Medicaid fraud.

The lawsuit stems from a number of injuries and deaths at the northern Kentucky nursing home. It is unknown at the present time whether the U.S. Attorney's Office will be filing similar lawsuits regarding other nursing homes.

The U.S. Attorney’s announcement comes just hours before Hughes & Coleman and their co-counsel reached a confidential settlement for a victim of abuse at a Kentucky Nursing home facility.  Hughes & Coleman has put together a team of excellent attorneys to fight nursing home abuse.  “It’s our job to fight for the rights of injured victims, especially the elderly and severely disabled that cannot fight for themselves.” added Lee Coleman.  In 2011 Hughes & Coleman and their co-counsel have settled millions of dollars of claims against nursing homes for inadequate care and abuse of residents.

“Quality nursing home care is vitally important to the safety and security of the elderly and the severely disabled. We are encouraged by the vigorous action taken by the U.S. Attorney's Office. We view this as a “shot across the bow” of all nursing home operators warning them that if they do not provide quality nursing home care then they risk being sued for Medicare or Medicaid fraud,” says Lee Coleman, Kentucky & Tennessee personal injury lawyer and founding partner of Hughes & Coleman.

Anyone with a loved one in a nursing home should know the signs of nursing home abuse.  To learn more about nursing home abuse or the signs of abuse visit www.nursinghomeneglectlawyers.com .  If you suspect abuse or neglect you should report sub-standard care to the nursing home operator, to the state officer in your state responsible for pursuing nursing home complaints and citizen advocacy groups. In addition, if your loved ones has been seriously injured due to poor quality nursing care then you should immediately contact an experienced nursing home injury attorney.

For more information contact Hughes & Coleman Injury Lawyers at (800) 489-6000 or use the firm's online contact form.

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Hughes & Coleman Injury Lawyers, with offices in Bowling Green, Elizabethtown, Lexington and Louisville, Kentucky. Nashville, Murfreesboro, Gallatin and Clarksville, Tennessee is dedicated to protecting the rights and interests of nursing home abuse and neglect victims, as well as the families who care deeply about their elderly loved ones.

Partners J. Marshall Hughes and Lee Coleman are accomplished injury attorneys and advocates for people who have suffered from nursing home neglect and abuse, as well as auto accidents, brain injury, drug injury, defective products, environmental dangers, fire and burn injury, insurance disputes, motorcycle accidents, premises liability, Social Security disability, stock fraud, truck accident injury, workers’ compensation and wrongful death.