Illinois Elder Abuse Attorney
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Nursing home abuse and wrongful neglect occur throughout the United States on a daily basis. The highly accomplished elder abuse attorneys in Illinois at Schoen Browne, P.C. law firm stand ready to provide effective legal counsel and litigation representation to the victims of elderly abuse — both the elderly and their family members.
A surprising variety of individuals have been found guilty of abusing the elderly in nursing homes and similar facilities and programs entrusted with the care of the elderly:
- physicians
- nurses
- nursing aides
- social workers
- cleaning staff
- administrative personnel
- other residents
- intruders
- family members
The elderly are vulnerable to abuse that may be physical in form, but the abuse can also take forms that emotional/verbal, sexual, medical, or financial. No matter what the circumstances, elder abuse is illegal, and the facility and/or personnel that commit the abuse can be held liable for the injuries inflicted.
Representing the Injured
The heartache experienced by individuals and families who have been impacted by nursing home abuse is familiar to attorneys Dennis Schoen and Vincent Browne. They have spent their careers helping the injured, and they have secured significant compensation for their clients. Examples include:
- a $1,900,000 settlement for a sexual assault case
- a $2,000,000 settlement for a patient whose physicians' negligence resulted in their failure to recognize clinical signs of an impending heart attack
- a $4,000,000 settlement for another patient based on the pathologist's false-positive diagnosis of kidney cancer
Contact Schoen Browne, P.C. in Chicago, Illinois to discuss your concerns regarding nursing home abuse.
To increase the efficiency of your case, be sure to include the following:
- First and Last Name
- Phone number and best time to contact you
- Date of the incident
- Short description of what occurred
- What the resulting effects have been
If you are writing on behalf of someone else, please provide us with the name of the injured and your relationship to them. Thank you for contacting an Illinois Nursing Home & Elder Abuse Attorney !