Nursing homes escaping liability

 
By Randy Ellis
Published: March 19, 2008

In October 2006, Leah Gann of Sand Springs received a dreaded telephone call.

Her mother had been injured at The Gardens nursing home in Sapulpa .

Hospital X-rays revealed her mother had suffered spiral fractures to both legs, she said. Since that type of injury often is associated with abuse or neglect, Gann sued the nursing home.

She said she was upset at what she discovered: The nursing home had no medi...


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