California San Francisco Bedsore Lawyer
If your aging loved one developed a serious pressure ulcer in a nursing home, you have an ally in Lanzone Morgan, LLP. Call us today at 888-887-9777 to discuss your rights and options with a member of our team.
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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Severe bedsores in nursing homes are often a sign of serious care failures. Our firm has what it takes to help you uncover the truth and hold the negligent parties accountable for their failure to protect your loved one’s well-being. We’ve recovered hundreds of millions in compensation for people affected by nursing home abuse and neglect, and we’re ready to put that track record to work for your family.
Table of Contents:
- Why Families Trust Our San Francisco Bedsore Lawyers
- Your Family Deserves Answers After a Serious Pressure Injury
- What Compensation Can You Recover in a San Francisco Bedsore Claim?
- Who May Be Liable for a Bedsore Injury in a California Nursing Home?
- Care Failures That Can Lead to Severe Pressure Ulcers in San Francisco Nursing Homes
- Bedsore Citations in San Francisco Facilities
- Speak With a San Francisco Bedsore Lawyer Today
- Meet Our Oakland Bedsore Attorneys
Why Families Trust Our San Francisco Bedsore Lawyers
Our firm focuses exclusively on nursing home abuse and neglect cases. It’s all we do, and we do it well. With more than 75 years of combined experience and over $250 million recovered for our clients, we’ve built a proven track record of holding negligent nursing homes accountable.
Attorneys James Morgan, Ayman Mourad, and Elizabeth Kim share a unified mission to be a voice for the voiceless. Together, they fight to protect the rights and dignity of vulnerable residents. Their advocacy has influenced California case law, improving the lives of countless older adults and their family members.
Your Family Deserves Answers After a Serious Pressure Injury
When a vulnerable loved one develops a severe pressure ulcer in someone else’s care, families are often left with more questions than answers. The nursing home may argue that bedsores are simply a natural part of aging or your loved one’s medical condition. If you try to push for more information, staff members may ignore your calls or even transfer your loved one to another facility without warning.
You do not have to accept this type of treatment. While stage 1 bedsores might result from a minor, temporary lapse in care, stage 2, stage 3, or stage 4 bedsores suggest that something is very wrong with the care your loved one is receiving. Serious pressure ulcer injuries are frequently the result of significant nursing home neglect, and you have the right to know what happened.
If you suspect that your loved one’s bedsores resulted from the facility’s failure to provide proper care, our San Francisco pressure sore attorneys can help you uncover the truth. Once we determine what happened and who’s at fault, we’ll be ready to sue the nursing home or other responsible party on your behalf.
What Compensation Can You Recover in a San Francisco Bedsore Claim?
The compensation available in a pressure ulcer claim depends largely on the severity of the injury and the impact it’s had on the victim and their family. Depending on the circumstances, many damages may play a role in your family’s bedsore settlement amount:
- Medical expenses for any care required to treat the injury
- Physical pain and suffering
- Emotional distress
- The cost of relocating your loved one to a safer facility
If your loved one died as a result of their bedsore injuries in a San Francisco nursing home, you may pursue wrongful death damages, such as funeral expenses and loss of companionship.
Our Case Results for Bedsore Victims and Their Families
Our firm has recovered significant results in cases involving preventable pressure ulcers. In one case, we secured a $4.5 million judgment for the daughters of an elderly woman who developed a deep, infected bedsore that staff had failed to properly treat. The woman was malnourished, dehydrated, and lying in her own waste before suffering an agonizing death.
We also recovered a $3 million settlement for a dependent adult who developed an infected coccyx bedsore while residing at a skilled nursing facility. In another case, our team secured $800,000 for the family of an elderly nursing home resident who suffered a fall fracture, developed a pressure sore, and later died from his injuries.
Who May Be Liable for a Bedsore Injury in a California Nursing Home?
Multiple parties may contribute to the conditions that allowed a preventable pressure injury to develop or worsen. A thorough investigation of facility policies, training practices, staffing records, medical records, surveillance footage, and other evidence can often reveal critical details about liability.
In many cases, the nursing home’s leadership may be responsible for failing to provide adequate staffing, supervision, or resources to meet residents’ needs. The facility’s ownership group or management company may be liable when corporate decisions put profits over residents’ well-being. Facility administrators may also share responsibility if they fail to address known deficiencies or provide proper training to staff members.
Staff members, such as nurses, may also contribute to a resident’s injuries when they fail to meet a resident’s care needs. Depending on the circumstances, third-party healthcare providers involved in a resident’s treatment may also be liable for the harm that occurred.
Care Failures That Can Lead to Severe Pressure Ulcers in San Francisco Nursing Homes
Pressure ulcers develop when prolonged pressure restricts blood flow to the skin and underlying tissue. Residents who spend extended periods in a bed or wheelchair are particularly vulnerable when they’re unable to reposition themselves without assistance.
Residents with paralysis, advanced dementia, recent surgeries, or other mobility-limited conditions are more likely to develop bedsores. Without proper intervention from caregivers, pressure ulcers can quickly progress to deep wounds.
Many severe pressure ulcers result from preventable care failures in nursing homes. Common contributing factors include missed repositioning schedules, failure to implement care plans for high-risk residents, poor hygiene, malnutrition, dehydration, and failure to monitor residents for early signs of skin breakdown. These failures often stem from underlying issues in the facility’s staffing levels, policies, or training.
If your loved one’s bedsore has resulted from a caregiver’s failure to provide the level of care they required, you may have a claim against the facility. Our bedsore attorneys in San Francisco can investigate the circumstances of their injury and build a case proving that negligence played a role.
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Bedsore Citations in San Francisco Facilities
Preventable Pressure Injury at Bay View Rehabilitation Hospital
In a September 2024 inspection, surveyors cited Bay View Rehabilitation Hospital for failing to prevent a pressure injury caused by a medical device. The resident had quadriplegia and depended entirely on staff for repositioning. He developed a pressure injury on the left upper back after lying on a nephrostomy tube.
According to the inspection report, facility records showed that staff identified a wound measuring 3.3 cm by 1.3 cm, and a nurse later acknowledged that the injury could have been prevented by making sure the resident was not positioned on the tube. However, the resident’s care plan still did not include instructions to prevent the resident from lying on the nephrostomy tube.
Infection Control Concerns for Residents With Pressure Ulcers at Alameda Healthcare & Wellness Center
An August 2024 inspection of Alameda Healthcare & Wellness Center resulted in citations for multiple infection-control failures involving residents subject to enhanced barrier precautions. The inspection report said that according to the facility’s policies, these precautions apply to residents with chronic wounds, including serious pressure ulcers. Despite these policies, surveyors observed staff members failing to follow proper hand hygiene and personal protective equipment protocols while caring for high-risk residents.
Because pressure ulcers can become infected, proper infection control practices are particularly important for those residents. While inspectors didn’t cite the facility for directly causing or worsening pressure ulcers, those failures could increase the risk of infection for residents with significant skin wounds.
Multiple Residents Identified With Pressure Ulcers at All Saints Subacute & Transitional Care
In a March 2025 inspection of All Saints Subacute & Transitional Care, several residents were identified as having serious pressure injuries:
- A resident had developed a pressure ulcer in the sacral region.
- A resident had stage 4 pressure injuries—the most advanced stage of bedsores—on both hips.
- Another resident also had a stage 4 pressure ulcer of the sacral region.
- A resident was diagnosed with deep tissue damage in the sacral area.
- A resident had unstageable pressure injuries to the right heel and sacral region.
Speak With a San Francisco Bedsore Lawyer Today
Pressure ulcers are often a warning sign that a nursing home resident is not receiving the care they need. If your loved one developed a preventable bedsore in a San Francisco nursing home, Lanzone Morgan, LLP, can help you pursue accountability.
As one of the leading elder abuse law firms in the United States, our firm is exclusively dedicated to standing up for the rights of vulnerable nursing home residents. Let our team fight for your family, starting with a free consultation. Call 888-887-9777 or contact us online to discuss your pressure sore case with a member of our team today.
Written and edited by our team of expert legal content writers and reviewed and approved by attorney Anthony C. Lanzone.
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- Falls & Fractures
- Unexplained Broken Bones
- Bedsores/Pressure Sores
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- Elderly Wandering & Elopement
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