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Case ID: 4849 | Drugs / Medical | 06/29/2006
Twenty-six Horizon West health care nursing homes in California were named in a class-action lawsuit filed in Sacramento Superior Court alleging fraudulent business practices and inadequate staffing. Named in the suit are Foothill Oaks Care Center, Colonial Healthcare Centers, Grass Valley Care Center, Meadow View Manor, Lincoln Manor, Roseville Care Center, and Sierra Hills Care Center.
The allegations in the complaint filed span from June 10, 2002 to June 10, 2006 and allege the defendants, Horizon West Inc. and Horizon West Healthcare Inc., failed to provide adequate nursing staff for patients. According to the complaint, Colonial averaged 3.1 nursing hours per patient per day in 2004 and Foothill Oaks Care Center averaged merely 3.07 nursing hours per patient day during the year 2004." The state of California requires a minimum staffing, per Health and Safety Code section 1276.5 of a minimum of 3.2 nursing hours per day. The complaint also states that the Colonial facility received 31 notices of deficiencies in 2005, 280-percent above the statewide average of 11 notices per year. In addition to the allegation of understaffing, the suit also claims that the nursing homes received numerous notices of deficiencies. Colonial reportedly received 17 in 2005 and Foothill Oaks 31 in the same year. The suit claims that the statewide average is 11 notices per year. The lawsuit seeks to represent any person that was under the care of any of the Nursing homes named in the lawsuit. At Lawcash.com, it is our goal to keep you informed about important legal cases, class actions and settlements. Our lawyers offer free legal evaluations in tort cases, class actions, personal injury, and other lawsuits because we are dedicated to helping you resolve your legal complaints. Other Drugs / Medical Cases of Interest Kahn Gauthier Swick is investigating possible legal actions against Amarin Pharmaceuticals, Inc., the manufacturer of the prescription drug Permax (pergolide mesylate), to recover for heart damage suffered by some patients taking the drug. A major independent study indicates that Bayer's antifibrinolytic agent Trasylol doubles the risk of kidney failure and causes other serious adverse events, including stroke and heart attack. Trasylol has been on the market for 13 years, and it reduces the loss of blood during surgery and is typically used during certain heart operations. Kahn Gauthier Swick is investigating claims that the Tulane University Willed Body Program, and possibly the Willed Body Program at LSU-Shreveport, has allowed human remains under its care to be treated disrespectfully, and in a manner that would horrify the casual onlooker. If you have a loved one whose body was donated to Tulane, please contact Kahn Gauthier for more information. A class action lawsuit was filed in federal court in Baton Rouge that claims a New York medical supply company sold illegal tissue and bone to Baton Rouge hospital Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center and other unnamed hospitals in Louisiana. Darrel Bourque says surgeons notified him in January that tissue transplanted in his neck during spinal surgery a year ago came from Biomedical Tissue Services.
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