Supreme Court Sides With Ky. Nursing Homes

By attorney | May 31, 2017 |

Long-term care facilities may use questionable tactics to prevent juries from hearing about nursing home neglect, according to the United States Supreme Court. The decision came from the pen of Justice Elena Kagan. Justice Clarence Thomas dissented and Justice Neil Gorsuch did not participate in the case.

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Nursing Home Owner Faces Multiple Charges

By attorney | April 26, 2017 |

The owner of Legacy Health Systems, which once operated twenty-seven nursing care facilities in Kentucky and two other states, appeared in a St. Louis courtroom to answer charges that he stole over $650,000 in Medicaid funds. The 52-year-old Nursing Home owner faces up to 37 months in prison after he pleaded guilty to two counts of…

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Ky. Caregiver Faces Serious Abuse Charges

By attorney | February 1, 2017 |

21-year-old Billy Spicer faces multiple criminal charges stemming from nursing home abuse allegations in a Clark County group home. According to Attorney General Andy Beshear, Mr. Spicer was an overnight caregiver at a facility housing intellectually or developmentally disabled adults. At one point, Mr. Spicer either sealed a resident’s room with duct tape to keep the…

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Lawmakers Prioritize New Nursing Home

By attorney | December 16, 2016 |

Bowling Green Democrat Jody Richards will not be Speaker Pro Tem in the next House session, but he plans to aggressively push the local agenda in Frankfort. For the first time since Rep. Richards came to the statehouse in 1976, Republicans control the Commonwealth’s House of Representatives. Nevertheless, he believes his “history of treating the minority…

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