San Diego Nursing Home Abuse Lawyer
We have extensive experience suing the following facilities: Nursing Homes, Assisted Living Facilities, Memory Care Facilities, Adult Day Care Centers, and more.
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Table of Contents:
- Why Trust Lanzone Morgan, LLP, with Your San Diego Nursing Home Abuse Lawsuit?
- Testimonials From Our San Diego Nursing Home Abuse Clients
- Substantial Damages Are Available for Nursing Home Abuse Injuries
- Types of Nursing Home Abuse Cases We Handle in San Diego, CA
- Do I Have a Case for Nursing Home Abuse?
- Steps to Take if You Suspect Abuse in a San Diego Nursing Home
- Proving Your Nursing Home Abuse Lawsuit
- Rampant Nursing Home Abuse in San Diego Nursing Homes
- We Serve All of San Diego County and Surrounding Areas
- Speak to Our San Diego Nursing Home Abuse Lawyers Today
Lanzone Morgan, LLP, is a leading elder abuse law firm in the United States with a proven track record of holding nursing homes accountable. If you suspect your loved one is suffering abuse, we can help you put a stop to it and get justice. Contact us online now or call (888) 887-9777 for a free consultation with one of our San Diego nursing home abuse attorneys.
Why Trust Lanzone Morgan, LLP, with Your San Diego Nursing Home Abuse Lawsuit?
Advocating for nursing home abuse and neglect victims is all we do, and we do it well. That singular focus has allowed us to build a proven track record of standing up to nursing homes when their care failures cause preventable harm to vulnerable residents. Because we understand the long-term care industry inside and out, we know how to challenge common defense tactics and what evidence to look for when building strong claims.
We’ve helped families pursue answers and accountability from negligent nursing homes across California, recovering more than $250 million for clients affected by elder abuse. Our team has over 75 years of combined legal experience, and three of our attorneys have been recognized as Top 10 Nursing Home Trial Lawyers.
Founding Partner Anthony Lanzone is a member of the San Diego County Bar Association, bringing local expertise and demonstrated professional accountability to every case, credentials that assure you’re working with an attorney held to the highest ethical and professional standards.
Our advocacy has changed California case law for the better, and we continue to fight nursing home abuse every day. We’re prepared to tackle the profit-driven neglect behind your loved one’s injuries and push for safe, dignified care for other residents.
Testimonials From Our San Diego Nursing Home Abuse Clients
Our clients often turn to us during one of the most painful and frustrating periods of their lives, and we don’t take the trust they place in us lightly. We make it a priority to listen carefully and empower the families we serve with honest information about their cases. Testimonials from our clients, like the following, describe the benefits of our personal, hands-on approach:
Substantial Damages Are Available for Nursing Home Abuse Injuries
If care failures have resulted in preventable harm to your vulnerable loved one, you may be entitled to pursue compensation on their behalf for their substantial economic and non-economic damages. Economic damages cover the financial costs of the abuse, such as medical bills, the cost of transferring your loved one to a safer facility, and your lost wages. Non-economic damages cover the impacts of the abuse on your loved one’s quality of life, such as pain and suffering, emotional distress, humiliation, and loss of enjoyment of life.
In a wrongful death claim, the deceased’s family can pursue funeral and burial expenses, the deceased’s medical bills, loss of companionship, loss of parental guidance, grief, and mental suffering.
Our Notable Case Results
The amount you recover will vary based on your unique circumstances. Nursing home abuse compensation is often substantial. Notable nursing home abuse settlements and verdicts we’ve recovered include the following:
- $7.6 million verdict for a veteran who suffered from nursing home neglect that involved a record-breaking 1,437 violations of Nursing Home Residents’ Rights
- $3 million settlement for a dependent adult who developed a coccyx bed sore in a nursing home
- $2.3 million verdict for an elderly client who suffered a broken arm and pelvis from multiple falls in a nursing home
- $1.2 million settlement for the family of a neglected nursing home resident who starved to death
- $1 million settlement for an elderly nursing home resident who suffered serious burns while smoking due to the lack of supervision
Types of Nursing Home Abuse Cases We Handle in San Diego, CA
We often take complex cases that other law firms turn down. We have decades of experience handling all types of nursing home abuse and neglect cases, including the following:
- Falls and fractures
- Broken bones
- Subdural hematomas
- Infections
- Bedsores
- Sexual harassment and assault
- Dehydration
- Malnutrition
- Poor hygiene
- Overmedication
- Wandering and elopement
- Wheelchair transfer injuries
- Verbal abuse
- Resident-on-resident violence
- Neglect
- Wrongful death
If you suspect your loved one is suffering from any form of mistreatment in a nursing home, contact us immediately so we can look into it. We can investigate the circumstances, help you protect your loved one from further harm, and build a case against the nursing home.
Do I Have a Case for Nursing Home Abuse?
Warning signs of nursing home abuse include bedsores, unexplained injuries, sudden weight loss, unsanitary living conditions, and unusual changes in behavior. If you have any reason to suspect that you may have a nursing home abuse case, the best way to understand your options is to reach out to our firm.
During your free case evaluation, we’ll review your loved one’s medical records. We’ll take the time to understand your loved one’s condition when they entered the facility, during their stay, and when they went to the hospital. We’ll also assess the reason for their hospital visit and determine whether it was because of the natural course of their condition or a preventable care failure.
Evaluating these factors alone can usually tell us whether you have a case. If we believe you have the right to take legal action, our attorneys will explain your options and guide you through your next steps.
Steps to Take if You Suspect Abuse in a San Diego Nursing Home
If you believe your loved one is suffering abuse or neglect in a San Diego nursing home, quick action can make a meaningful difference in their well-being. If your loved one is in immediate danger, call 911. Otherwise, take the following steps:
- Document your observations. Take photos of injuries or dangerous living conditions, and write down the details about any concerning incidents.
- Notify administrators. Submit a written complaint to facility administrators, and request a meeting to discuss what steps they’re taking to prevent further harm.
- Report it to state authorities. To report ongoing nursing home abuse or neglect, call the California Department of Aging Long-Term Care Ombudsman CRISIS Line at (800) 231-4024.
- Stay involved in your loved one’s care. Continue checking in and following up if the facility doesn’t address your concerns.
- Contact our nursing home abuse law firm in San Diego. We can investigate the situation and help your family pursue accountability.
Proving Your Nursing Home Abuse Lawsuit
Strong evidence is essential to win a nursing home abuse case. The evidence must show that the facility failed to provide the care your loved one needed and that those failures caused harm.
It can be hard to know what is happening to your loved one. With decades of experience, we know where to find the evidence necessary to prove your case.
We Can Help You Prove the Care Failures That Caused Your Loved One’s Injuries
When you come to us with suspicions about mistreatment, our nursing home neglect lawyers in San Diego will take care of all aspects of your claim, including the following:
- Retrieving and reviewing medical records
- Interviewing nursing home staff and residents
- Talking to your loved one’s doctor
- Investigating the nursing home’s history of abuse and neglect
- Assessing the harm your loved one suffered from the abuse
- Calculating the damages
Once we establish negligence, we’ll be ready to pursue every dollar your family may be entitled to under California law. Our advocacy may also help to strengthen protections for other elder abuse victims. In a recent landmark victory in the California Court of Appeal, we successfully challenged the damages limit and preserved a jury’s full award for harm caused by failures in basic nursing home care.
Rampant Nursing Home Abuse in San Diego Nursing Homes
Among the 81 nursing homes in San Diego County, 14 are rated below average or much below average, and six have been flagged for nursing home abuse. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services provides these ratings based on state inspection results. State inspectors are required to perform inspections annually and in response to complaints. Inspectors found multiple instances of severe neglect and abuse in San Diego nursing homes in 2024, including the following:
- A resident in Lemon Grove Care and Rehabilitation Center with a known history of violent behavior wandered the facility unsupervised, entered other residents’ rooms, and yelled, cussed at, pulled hair, slapped, and hit other residents on numerous occasions.
- A CNA at Brighton Place of San Diego reportedly pulled off a resident’s clothes and pushed her against the side rails of her bed. The facility had hired the CNA without performing the required reference checks.
- A resident of San Diego Post Acute Center with cognitive impairment eloped unnoticed and suffered a fatal injury from being struck by a pickup truck.
Lack of Oversight Leads to Repeated Abuse in San Diego Nursing Homes
A KPBS investigation found that officials are not taking nursing home abuse complaints in San Diego nursing homes seriously. For example, Avocado Post Acute in El Cajon received over 620 complaints from 2019 to 2022, four times the state average for facilities of its size. Investigators substantiated cases of physical abuse, sexual assaults, and even a resident-to-resident homicide in the facility, yet Federal regulators failed to shut down the facility. Today, the facility operates under the new name Stillwater Post Acute.
A resident of Avocado Post-Acute reported being sexually assaulted by a CNA in 2019, but the facility claimed she only reported that he had handled her roughly. Despite telling state investigators that she reported the sexual assault right away, investigators believed the nursing home. The California Department of Health allowed the CNA to keep working. He sexually assaulted at least two other women in two other area nursing homes. Ultimately, he was criminally charged and convicted for one of the assaults, and he pleaded guilty to the other two.
“I have not personally experienced or seen one instance of retaliation against any of my clients who have been in a nursing home that we're currently suing. If I had to guess, I think it's just because they know that if anything happens to that person, we're gonna be right on top of it. So I think retaliation is a legitimate concern, but even more concerning is if you don't complain and you don't do something, then things aren't gonna get better. So I think you have to complain and just try to take steps to hopefully prevent any potential retaliation.”
We Serve All of San Diego County and Surrounding Areas
Our team handles nursing home abuse and neglect cases involving facilities throughout California, including San Diego County. We’re here to help if your loved one suffered preventable harm in the San Diego area, including the following communities:
- Chula Vista
- Carlsbad
- El Cajon
- Escondido
- Oceanside
- San Marcos
We often work with family members who live in a different location from their loved ones. If you’re located out of town, our attorneys can handle your case remotely while still providing the hands-on support you deserve.
Speak to Our San Diego Nursing Home Abuse Lawyers Today
We are one of the leading elder abuse law firms in the U.S., with a relentless commitment to safeguarding the dignity and rights of the elderly. Our dedicated California nursing home abuse lawyers can help you protect your loved one, hold the nursing home accountable, and recover substantial compensation for the harm.
Call (888) 887-9777 or contact us online for a free, no-obligation consultation.
Written and edited by our team of expert legal content writers and reviewed and approved by attorney Anthony C. Lanzone.
- Nursing Home Infections
- Falls & Fractures
- Unexplained Broken Bones
- Bedsores/Pressure Sores
- Sepsis
- Medication Errors/Overmedication
- Unauthorized Use of Restraints
- Wheelchair Transfer Injuries
- Elderly Wandering & Elopement
- Elderly Sexual Assault & Abuse
- Dehydration & Malnutrition
- Poor Hygiene
- Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs)
- Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs)
- Amputation
- Choking Deaths
- Wrongful Death
- Financial Elder Abuse
- Nursing Homes
- Assisted Living Facilities
- Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly, or RCFE
- Memory Care Facilities
- Skilled Nursing Facilities
- Adult Day Care Centers
- Continuing Care Retirement Communities
- Non-Emergency Transport Providers
- Acute Care Hospitals