$175,000 Settlement for Wrongful Death from Bedsores

$175,000 paid to the Estate of a woman who died after she developed a Stage IV bedsores at the nursing home in which she was a resident. Plaintiff was admitted to the facility at 75 years of age due to dementia, hypertension and vascular disease. The staff failed to alter the plaintiff’s position in bed, didn’t regularly clean the patient and didn’t always promptly remove the full bedpan.