Law Firm Secures $5.5 Million in the Largest Nursing Home Verdict in Illinois History

The Law Offices of Steven J. Malman & Associates secured a $5.5 million verdict, the largest nursing home verdict in Illinois history, against a suburban Chicago nursing care facility for damages suffered by a patient’s family. The family of patient Bettye Patterson filed suit against Providence Operations, LLC, for negligence and wrongful death. The company operated Providence Palos Heights, a long-term care home that is no longer in operation.

Bettye Patterson, 80, entered the defendant’s facility in June 2016 to receive specialized care for various medical conditions with a life expectancy of 3-6 months. Upon her arrival, doctors determined Bettye’s condition required her to receive supplemental oxygen through a nasal cannula 24 hours a day, seven days a week. On October 16, 2016, Bettye’s daughters visited and discovered a power outage in their mother’s room. With no power, Bettye was not receiving oxygen and was in medical distress. Her daughters searched for a nurse to assist their mother, but no trained staff could be found. After struggling to breathe for twenty minutes without supplemental oxygen, Bettye passed away. Medical experts, Dr. Robert Schoene and Dr. Sabine von Preyss-Freidman, said the last twenty minutes of Bettye’s life were agonizingly painful, and physiologically the experience would be equivalent to drowning.

Bettye’s daughter and head of her estate, Kim Triplett, contacted the nursing home abuse attorneys at Malman Law for their expert legal advice. Malman Law attorneys David Resis, Samantha Malman, Greg Lamorena, and Steve Malman took the case.

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