Smith Clinesmith Knowledge Center

What We Know About
Nursing Home Litigation

Ideas, insights, and innovation from the people shaping the future of nursing home litigation.

The Smith Clinesmith Knowledge Center brings together the experience, expertise, and curiosity that drive our work. Explore perspectives from our attorneys and legal professionals on litigation, learning, technology, artificial intelligence, and the ideas changing how we practice law.

  • A healthcare professional, wearing a white lab coat and a stethoscope, is writing on a clipboard in an office or clinic setting.

    Counsel to Counsel

    Insights from attorneys, for attorneys.

    Practical perspectives on litigation strategy, emerging legal issues, and the lessons learned from years in the courtroom.

  • Multiple shelves filled with white prescription pill bottles, some with orange or black caps, in a pharmacy or medical storage area.

    How Nursing Home Injuries Happen

    Falls, pressure injuries, dehydration, malnutrition, aspiration, sepsis, medication errors, elopement, etc.

  • medical records in a nursing home

    How Nursing Home Cases Are Investigated

    Medical records, incident reports, staffing information, care plans, timelines, witnesses, experts, evidence.

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    How Nursing Home Litigation Works

    Negligence, causation, damages, wrongful death, arbitration, discovery, experts, settlement, trial.

  • family learning about nursing home issue

    What Families Need to Know

    Warning signs, documenting concerns, requesting records, reporting suspected abuse, what happens after an injury, and what families should ask.