$600,000 Settlement for Failure to Monitor Elderly Patient at Rehabilitation Facility

• Date: Fall 2014
• Attorneys: Mitchell J. Makowicz
• Settlement: $600,000
• Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice

Mr. Makowicz represented a 75-year-old woman who was being cared for in-patient at a rehabilitation facility. Despite doctors’ orders for the staff to closely supervise the woman while out of bed, she fell when left unattended in her bathroom while her aide was on a break. She sustained a closed head injury, superimposed on a preexisting illness.