When skilled nursing and other medical facilities or medical professionals face liability claims and lawsuits, our dedicated team provides a vigorous and effective defense that minimizes disruption to the business.
Deep industry knowledge. The skilled nursing sector is a complex and dynamic space, and successfully navigating this form of litigation requires extensive subject-matter expertise. Whether the matter involves standard of care, wrongful death, malpractice, licensing, or related issues, clients can be sure our team has the sophistication to understand the nuance and provide the most effective representation.
Significant trial experience. Ziegler Gardner’s lawyers are trial attorneys, and they meticulously prepare every case as if it will go to trial. Our team draws on decades of experience and a winning track record to marshal a strategic and effective defense. Opposing counsel knows our reputation well, and it often helps bring parties to the negotiating table to resolve the matter on favorable terms without going to court.
Representative Experience
Here is a selection of the healthcare liability defense matters in which our team secured favorable verdicts and settlements for clients:
- Won a defense verdict in a jury trial resulting in a take-nothing verdict in a lawsuit in which the standard of care was at issue for a nursing home resident who had stage IV pressure ulcers.
- Secured a very favorable settlement for a nursing home client sued for wrongful death in a trial in Dallas County, with the settlement announced prior to jury deliberations.
- Won a jury trial in a malpractice suit against an assisted living facility.
- Won an appeal for a nursing home client, including award of attorney’s fees, on remand in a lawsuit in which the plaintiff sued a nursing home, alleging wrongful death arising from the health care provided to the plaintiff’s grandmother.
- Won a favorable ruling from the Texas Supreme Court for a nursing home client in a wrongful death case.
- Won a defense verdict for a nursing home client in a wrongful death case in which plaintiffs sought damages up to $1 million.
- Won a unanimous defense verdict for an orthopedic physician assistant in a malpractice suit arising from a hip replacement surgery.
- Secured a defense verdict for a national health care provider for a negligence suit brought by the family of a nursing home resident who fell out of bed.
