Obtained a $300K Settlement for Nursing Home Negligence Resulting in Amputation

Robins Kaplan attorneys obtained a $300,000 settlement resulting from negligent nursing home care for a 56-year-old client who was required to undergo a below-the-knee amputation after a wound on his foot became badly infected. In 2010, the client was admitted to a nursing home in Duluth after having a transmetatarsal amputation (surgery to remove part of the forefoot). While in the nursing home, the man’s wound dressing became wet, a condition that went unreported for days. By the time he was finally evaluated by his physician, his surgical wound had become so necrotic and infected that amputation was the only option.

The case was challenging, because our client struggled with managing his diabetes and the defendant nursing home argued that, because of the poorly controlled diabetes, he was going to have wound healing difficulties and ultimately need a below-the-knee amputation even if they were not negligent.