How do courts measure the worth of a nursing home abuse injury?
The worth of your case depends on many factors, including how the abuse or neglect occurred, what injuries were suffered, future medical problems, the amount of medical expenses, and future medical costs, as well as estimates of pain and suffering. To help determine the worth of a victim’s pain and suffering, courts use rulings and awards from previous abuse and neglect cases. We use these same previous rulings and awards, as well as tabulations of monetary loss, to calculate our offer to the nursing home. In the end, however, the monetary value of your case will be determined by either the maximum settlement amount offered by the nursing home, or the maximum amount awarded by a judge and jury if your case goes to court.
