Nursing Home Litigation: Prosecution, Investigation, and Defense Strategies in Elder Care Claims (On-Demand)

Course Description

This CLE course offers a focused overview of nursing home litigation, addressing key differences from personal injury and medical malpractice cases. Participants will learn strategies for investigation, discovery, and defense, including how to interpret medical records, use regulatory data, and anticipate common defenses. The course also covers the role of expert witnesses and effective deposition planning in elder care claims.

Principles

1. What is a Nursing Home
2. What are these cases about
3. Pre-Suit Investigation
4. Discovery
5. Anticipating Defenses
6. Experts

Syllabus

1. What is a Nursing Home
2. What are these cases about
   • Differences between Med Mal and Nursing Home
   • Focusing on the “Why” vs. the “What”
3. Pre-Suit Investigation
   • Medical Chart
   • Large universe of information
   • CMS Data and State Department of Health
4. Discovery
   • Depositions
     • Why are you taking the deposition
     • Who are the key deponents
   • Documents
5. Anticipating Defenses
   • O.S.D.
   • Non-Compliance
   • Unavoidability
6. Experts
   • RN
   • MD
   • RD
   • Admin