San Jose Bedsore Lawyer
Families trust nursing homes to provide consistent, attentive care. If a bedsore has occurred in a San Jose nursing home, call Lanzone Morgan, LLP, at (888) 887-9777 to speak with our team to learn about your legal rights.
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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Bedsores can quickly become serious in long-term care settings. What may begin as minor skin redness can worsen into deep wounds that expose tissue and bone. These painful injuries can lead to infection and may become life-threatening when ignored. Because bedsores are often preventable with proper care and attention, their presence may indicate neglect.
Our San Jose bedsore attorneys help families uncover what went wrong, seek compensation, and hold negligent facilities responsible.
Table of Contents:
- Why Families Choose Lanzone Morgan for Their San Jose Bedsore Lawyers
- Trusting a Nursing Home Shouldn’t Lead to Harm
- What Compensation Is Available for San Jose Nursing Home Bedsores?
- Who Can Be Held Liable for a California Nursing Home Bedsore Injury?
- What Evidence Is Needed to Prove a Nursing Home Bedsore Neglect Case?
- Bedsore Violations at San Jose Nursing Home Facilities
- Start Your San Jose Nursing Home Abuse Claim Today
- Meet Our San Jose Bedsore Attorneys
Why Families Choose Lanzone Morgan for Their San Jose Bedsore Lawyers
Families choose our San Jose bedsore lawyers because we bring focused experience, hands-on attention, and a commitment to every detail of each case. We stay closely involved from start to finish, respond promptly, and support families and injured residents with care and clarity throughout the legal process.
With over 75 years of combined experience, our team focuses exclusively on nursing home abuse and neglect litigation, enabling us to approach cases with the efficiency and knowledge that most other law firms lack. We are proud to pursue cases that not only seek justice for individual families but also help drive changes in California law to strengthen protections for elderly nursing home residents.
Founded by Anthony Lanzone and James Morgan, our firm was built on a commitment to stand up for vulnerable individuals and challenge institutions that fail to provide proper care.
Trusting a Nursing Home Shouldn't Lead to Harm
Many families feel ashamed or embarrassed after learning their loved one suffered a preventable bedsore in a nursing home. Those feelings are understandable, but the responsibility does not rest with you. You trusted the facility to provide the care, supervision, and dignity your loved one deserved. When staff fail to meet that responsibility, the nursing home should be held accountable.
Our firm gives a voice to older adults and families affected by nursing home neglect by investigating care practices, uncovering the facts, and building strong cases against negligent facilities. Throughout the process, our San Jose bedsore attorneys will stand by your side and fight for the justice your loved one deserves.
“When my grandmother suffered a stage 4 bedsore in a nursing home, I was overwhelmed and didn’t know what to do. From the moment I spoke with Jim Morgan, I felt like we finally had someone on our side who truly cared. Jim took the time to explain everything clearly and patiently, making sure I understood each step of the process. He was always available to answer my questions and gave me the confidence to keep moving forward, even when things felt heavy. He treated my family compassionately, and I never once felt like just another case on his desk. Thanks to Jim, we not only received a substantial settlement but also got my grandmother placed in a much better facility, where she’s finally receiving the care she deserves.”
Kira
“What a great experience using Lanzone Morgan, LLP. The team was super patient and very knowledgeable. They took the time to walk me through the process and made me feel comfortable at all steps. Lanzone Morgan, LLP was recommended to me by another attorney because of how successful they were with elder abuse by a nursing home. Had I known what the home was not doing for my mother, she may have lived longer. The team kept us up to date with weekly/biweekly progress reports. We hope that the nursing home has learned its lesson, and by us going through Lanzone Morgan, LLP, maybe it will stop another home from doing the same deplorable acts.”
Marlee
What Compensation Is Available for San Jose Nursing Home Bedsores?
A preventable bedsore can have lasting physical, emotional, and financial consequences. If nursing home neglect caused the injury, your loved one may be entitled to compensation for the following damages:
- Current and future medical expenses
- The cost of moving your loved one to a new facility
- Pain and suffering
- Emotional distress
- Humiliation and loss of dignity
Families who have lost a loved one due to nursing home neglect may have the right to seek wrongful death damages.
Lanzone Morgan, LLP, has secured over $250 million in verdicts and settlements for clients. Our successful bedsore case results include the following:
- $4.5 million judgment for the daughters of a residential care patient, whose untreated bedsore contributed to her preventable death
- $3 million settlement for a resident who endured a painful coccyx bedsore
- $1.25 million recovery for an assisted living resident who developed a bedsore due to staff neglect
Who Can Be Held Liable for a California Nursing Home Bedsore Injury?
Determining who you may sue for a nursing home bedsore injury requires a careful review of care records, staffing, and facility practices. While individual staff members may bear some responsibility, liability often extends beyond any one person to the facility as a whole.
The following parties may be liable for residents’ bedsores:
- Nurses
- CNAs
- Therapists
- Doctors
- Administrative staff
- Nursing homes
- Nursing home chains and facility operators
In many cases, nursing home residents are harmed by insufficient staffing levels, poorly trained staff, or inadequate supervision. Our California nursing home abuse lawyers carefully examine staffing policies, care plans, and supervision practices to identify where breakdowns occurred. We focus on holding nursing homes accountable when system-wide failures lead to preventable injuries, such as bedsores.
“And one of the main defenses in all of our cases is, whatever happened to this person wasn't because of neglect. What happened to this person was because of their underlying disease processes or their age. This was just inevitable. That's not true. People aren't supposed to get bedsores. Especially when the family's trying to do the right thing by entrusting the care and paying thousands of dollars so that this doesn't happen because they don't have the expertise to take care of them and keep them safe themselves.”
What Evidence Is Needed to Prove a Nursing Home Bedsore Neglect Case?
You will usually need the following evidence to support a bedsore claim:
- Medical records documenting the development and progression of bedsores
- Medical bills for the treatment of bedsores and their complications
- Expert witness testimony about how the bedsores developed and their lifetime costs
- Eyewitness statements from staff, residents, and family members
- Photographs of the bedsores
- Nursing home staffing records to show whether understaffing contributed to the bedsores
- The nursing home’s policies and procedures for preventing bedsores
Gathering this evidence is not always easy. Some nursing homes may delay producing records or make it harder for families to get the information they need. Facilities are often more responsive when an experienced nursing home abuse lawyer is involved. Because our firm handles only nursing home abuse cases, we know how to gather the evidence needed to support your claim and hold negligent facilities accountable.
Bedsore Violations at San Jose Nursing Home Facilities
Failure to Follow a Pressure Ulcer Care Plan at Canyon Springs Post Acute
According to a June 2021 inspection report, Canyon Springs Post Acute was cited for failing to follow a resident’s pressure ulcer care plan. The resident, who was admitted with a Stage 4 bedsore, was supposed to wear a heel protector boot whenever they were in bed. Inspectors observed that staff did not follow this requirement, leaving the resident without the prescribed device.
Failure to Provide Proper Care for Pressure Ulcer Injuries at Empress Care Center
A September 2022 inspection found that Empress Care Center failed to provide two residents with physician-ordered treatment for pressure ulcers. In one case, a licensed vocational nurse used normal saline to treat a resident’s wounds because the prescribed solution was unavailable. In another case, a nurse did not irrigate a resident’s pressure ulcer as ordered by the physician.
Start Your San Jose Nursing Home Abuse Claim Today
If your loved one developed bedsores in a San Jose nursing home, you do not have to face this alone. Our San Jose nursing home abuse lawyers can help you understand your rights and take the next step toward holding the facility accountable.
At Lanzone Morgan, LLP, we build strong cases by collecting and reviewing medical records, staffing documents, inspection reports, and witness statements. We manage the legal details so your family can focus on care and recovery while we pursue justice on your behalf.
Contact us online or call (888) 887-9777 for a free, no obligation consultation with a compassionate San Jose bedsore attorney.
We represent vulnerable adult victims of abuse and their families throughout the San Jose area and the entire Silicon Valley, including the following:
Written and edited by our team of expert legal content writers and reviewed and approved by attorney Anthony C. Lanzone.
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- 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
- 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