Areas of Practice

Nursing Home Abuse And Neglect
Our loved ones deserve proper care when they are no longer able to care for themselves. Unfortunately, many nursing homes and elder care facilities do not take proper care of them, resulting in painful and sometimes deadly decubitus ulcers (bedsores), malnutrition and weight loss, dehydration, recurrent infections, falls and fractures, unsanitary conditions, and even death. Many of these injuries occur due to an insufficient and poorly trained staff. These problems occur because corporate ownership on many occasions is more concerned with profits than providing appropriate care.

Mr. O’Quinn formerly defended nursing homes and the corporations that owned, operated, and managed them, as well as their insurers. This gave him vast experience and a unique insight into nursing home litigation from both the prosecution and defense perspectives. We now put this experience to work only for the residents of nursing homes who are in need of legal redress. The Law Offices Of Darren O’Quinn understands the special needs of nursing home residents. We vigorously prosecute these claims.

We review many types of nursing home abuse and neglect cases. For a sample of the types of cases we review, click here:

Bedsores (Do not let a nursing home or hospital tell you your loved one's bedsore was unpreventable)
Physical neglect: disregard for the necessities of daily living
Medical neglect: lack of care for existing medical problems
Failure to prevent dehydration, malnutrition, and bed sores (Do not let a nursing home or hospital tell you your loved one's bedsore was unpreventable!
Failure to assist in personal hygiene, or in the provision of food, clothing, or shelter
Unsanitary and unclean conditions
Infections
Frozen joints (contractures)
Failure to protect from health and safety hazards
Poor access to medical services
Injuries requiring emergency treatment or hospitalization
Any incident involving broken bones, especially a fractured hip
Any injury or death occurring during or shortly after an episode of wandering (including outside the facility) when the staff is not aware that the resident is missing for some period of time
Heavy medication or sedation
Rapid weight loss or weight gain without physician or family notification and a change in treatment being provided
Unexplained or unexpected death of the resident
One nursing home resident injures another resident
Resident is frequently ill, and the illnesses are not promptly reported to the physician and family
Assault
Battery
Sexual Assault
Sexual Battery
Rape
Unreasonable physical restraint
Prolonged or continual deprivation of food or water
Use of a physical or chemical restraint or psychotropic medication for any purpose not consistent with that authorized by the physician
Giving too much medication
Not giving needed medication
Unexplained injuries
Caretaker cannot adequately explain condition
Open wounds, cuts, bruises or welts
Elder reports of being slapped or mistreated
Slapping, pushing, shaking, beating
Forcing an older person to stay in a room
Unexplained venereal disease or genital infections, vaginal or anal bleeding
Bloody clothing
Sudden changes in behavior
Staff refusing to allow visitors to see resident or delays in allowing visitors to see resident
Staff not allowing resident to be alone with visitor
Resident being kept in an over-medicated state
Loss of resident's possessions
Sudden large withdrawals from bank accounts or changes in banking practices
Sudden loss of appetite

If you or a loved one has suffered abuse or neglect in a nursing home, contact us today for a free case evaluation.

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The patient was given another patient’s prescription.
The patient was given a medication that had a name similar to the prescribed medication.
The pharmacist or nurse misread the prescribing doctor’s handwriting.
A patient is given the wrong dose.
A patient is given a medication that has been compounded incorrectly.
The patient is given the right drug but the wrong directions.

Medication Errors
Medication errors are common but not always harmless. The wrong drug or wrong dose can cause severe reactions leading to irreversible damage or death.

The Law Offices Of Darren O’Quinn has the necessary experience and resources to evaluate and prosecute your medication error case.

Darren O'Quinn is a pharmacist and attorney who has been successful in fighting doctors, hospitals and pharmacies for full compensation for these preventable tragedies.

Prescription and medication errors can occur in hospitals, at the pharmacy, in the doctor's office, and over the Internet. There are an estimated 2.5 billion prescriptions dispensed by pharmacies in the U.S. An estimated 3.75 billion drugs were administered in hospitals. Errors in medication are a major source of medical mistakes that can cause injury or death. Prescription and medication errors that can occur in pharmacies or in hospitals include:

If you or a loved one has suffered serious injury or died because of a medication error, contact us today for a free case evaluation by a pharmacist/attorney