Category Archives: Malnutrition

McGowan, Hood & Felder, LLC has represented numerous clients in regard to personal injury and wrongful death lawsuits against nursing home (and assisted living) facilities.  Neglect, such as the types listed below, in a long-term healthcare setting can lead to painful injuries and death. Pressure Sores Pressure sores or “bedsores” are caused by unrelieved pressure, typically on the bony areas of the body, e.g. tailbone, heels, elbows, etc. in bedridden patients resulting in damage to the underlying tissue.  Most bedsores are preventable.  A nursing home must develop and maintain a pressure ulcer prevention program. Preventive measures include turning and repositioning schedules, pressure relief mattresses or pads, regular skin care and assessment, proper hygiene, proper toileting, adequate nutrition, and wound care. Failure of the care planners to properly assess and plan for prevention or treatment of bedsores, as well as failure of staff to provide the care and services required by the…
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McGowan, Hood & Felder, LLC has handled numerous actions involving complex legal matters in South Carolina and outside the state.  Attorneys with McGowan, Hood and Felder, LLC have represented clients involving construction litigation, catastrophic injury, business litigation, class action and multi district litigation. What if you could spend a few moments thinking about drafting a complaint, and then, with a couple of keystrokes, find exactly the go-by you needed? What if your staff had time to “tag” every work product document with keywords? What if your computer silently, constantly, indexed your document files by keyword and by full text? And what if finding that elusive complaint were as easy as using Google? Chances are, you would be working for a large firm with unlimited resources. What if you feel like you do not have the time to learn about expensive programs and acronyms like DM, KM, and CRM. So what if…
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McGowan, Hood & Felder, LLC has handled numerous actions involving Parental Liability in South Carolina.  This type of action can take the form of suing a child, a parent, a guardian or any combination of these people. It’s the middle of the night, and you wake up to the sound of someone pelting your new car with eggs.  You recognize the assailants as some of the kids in the neighborhood.  Your paint job is now ruined, and even though the car is insured, you’re out your $500.00 deductible.  Or, your child comes in dazed and confused, bleeding as a result of a rock thrown by one of his ‘friends.’  Of course, you rush him to the doctor for treatment, and await the bills.  Surely, you think, the parents of these children can be held responsible to pay for the damages caused by their children.  However, many people who have watched one…
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