We helped achieve a $2.35M settlement for our client who was left alone by her attendant and caused to suffer a fall and leg injury resulting in a partial amputation. The defense tried to blame the plaintiff claiming that she was acting on her own.
Thorough discovery revealed that the attendant departed from good and accepted practice by leaving the plaintiff despite clear indications that the plaintiff was not to be left alone. Non-party witness testimony obtained from a former executive who was in charge at the time of the accident confirmed that the home care protocols were clearly violated by the home attendant, which was a direct cause of the accident.
