Sunday, October 02, 2011

Wrongful death lawsuit filed against Jefferson County nursing home

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed against Jefferson County and its former nursing home claiming staff failed to provide the treatment and care that could have prevented a patient's death in 2009.

The suit, filed Friday in Jefferson County Circuit Court, seeks unspecified actual and punitive damages stemming from the Oct. 4, 2009, death of Mary Elizabeth Yancey, 78, who had been at the center since 2005.
It names as defendants the Jefferson County Commission, dba Jefferson Rehabilitation and Health Center; Continuity Health Care Inc., the Montgomery contractor providing health care at the home; and several medical employees.

Wrongful death lawsuit filed against Jefferson County nursing home al.com

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