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If your loved one suffered abuse or neglect in an assisted living facility in South Carolina, Hughey Law Firm wants to get justice for them. Our team has extensive experience representing victims of elder abuse and neglect throughout South Carolina.
Why Choose Hughey Law Firm to Represent Your Loved One Against a Negligent Facility in South Carolina?
The attorneys at Hughey Law Firm do not stand for elder abuse or mistreatment. We have made assisted living facility cases a key practice area because we feel strongly that victims like your loved one deserve justice.
As a client of Hughey Law Firm, your loved one will receive:
- A legal team familiar with assisted living cases: Experience is an important factor when hiring a lawyer. Hughey Law Firm has recovered more than $205 million in verdicts and settlements, with many victories coming in elder mistreatment cases.
- Our firm’s financial support: Our firm covers all case-related costs, and you won’t pay us anything to accept your case. If we get a financial recovery for you, we will receive back our costs and a percentage of it. If you win, we win.
- Excellent client service: We go the extra mile to inspire confidence in our clients. Through our compassionate approach and sheer will to win, you’ll know that Hughey Law Firm has an important stake in your case. You can review our firm’s client testimonials to hear how we’ve served former clients.
We have obtained several case results that are relevant to your loved one’s case, including financial recoveries of:
- $3.375 million for the loved ones of an individual who passed away due to the neglect of a facility they were living in
- $1.375 million for the family of a victim who escaped their facility and died in a traffic accident
- $875,000 for a client who suffered serious fractures due to a wheelchair accident
- $350,000 for a client who developed bedsores due to the neglect of caregivers
These case details may not match your loved one’s, and that is OK. We have secured these and other financial recoveries for clients who suffered drastically different circumstances—but who all suffered harm because of an assisted living facility’s negligence.
How Hughey Law Firm Will Seek Justice for Your Loved One
Hughey Law Firm offers you experienced personal injury attorneys with a fondness for helping the elderly residents of our South Carolina community. These individuals too often suffer assisted living abuse and neglect without the resources to defend themselves.
Hughey Law Firm has the resources that elderly South Carolinians need to hold liable assisted living facilities accountable for negligence. Our firm will lead every step in your loved one’s case, including:
We may prove your loved one’s abuse or neglect with:
- Photographs of injuries
- Medical records and bills
- Medical images of injuries
- Testimony from psychologists and other mental health professionals
- Testimony from doctors
- Testimony from other qualified experts
- Your loved one’s account of events
Your loved one’s case may have multiple layers of liability, as liable parties may include:
- Anyone who directly engaged in the neglect or abuse of your loved one
- Any parties who had a duty to prevent the neglect or abuse of your loved one (including the assisted living facility where mistreatment occurred)
An assisted living facility may be negligent if any employee or resident engaged in the abuse or neglect of your loved one.
More specific examples of negligence include:
- Failing to monitor residents and employees to ensure safety
- Hiring unqualified, dangerous or not enough employees
- Failing to terminate employees who engage in neglectful or abusive behaviors
- Failing to promote a culture of accountability and resident safety
- Any other failure that put your loved one at risk of abuse or neglect
Each elder mistreatment case in South Carolina involves unique circumstances. We’ll gather video footage, expert testimony, witness accounts, and any other evidence that proves the liable facility’s negligence.
We will not advise you or your loved one to settle for any amount less than the sum they deserve.
Hughey Law Firm’s attorneys do not stop fighting for our clients until they have gotten the compensation they deserve or until we’ve exhausted every potential path to fair compensation.
Damages Resulting From Elder Mistreatment in South Carolina
Elder abuse and neglect take a different toll on each victim, resulting in various physical and mental injuries. It will be Hughey Law Firm’s job to determine exactly what harm your loved one has suffered because of their mistreatment.
With help from our experts, we may find that your loved one has suffered:
Expenses may stem from:
- Emergency treatment of broken bones, bedsores, or other injuries
- Hospitalization
- Surgery
- Medications
- Other medical services
Pain and suffering may include:
- Physical pain
- Emotional distress
- Psychological trauma
- Personality changes
- Withdrawal
- Depression
- Anxiety
- Lost quality of life
We will hire mental health professionals to speak with your loved one. They can provide formal diagnoses of your loved one’s pain and suffering. Such diagnoses may allow us to get your loved one a treatment plan and hopefully allow them to heal from their pain and suffering.
Types of Elder Mistreatment in South Carolina That May Lead You to Take Legal Action
Neglect means failing to meet an elderly person’s basic needs.
Neglect can include failure to:
- Wash the elderly individual regularly
- Administer medications in a safe, consistent manner
- Help the elderly individual use the restroom
- Rotate the elderly individual in their bed to avoid the development of bedsores
- Help the elderly individual move from place to face
- Help the elderly individual with eating and drinking
Physical abuse is the intentional infliction of bodily harm, including:
- Shoving
- Slapping
- Punching
- Burning
- Kicking
- Pinching
- Cutting
- Restraining
Psychological and emotional abuse each involve the intentional infliction of distress on a victim, including:
- Shouting
- Name-calling
- Threatening
- Taunting
- Playing mental games
- Intentionally ignoring the victim
- Engaging in any other behavior that causes emotional or psychological distress
There are several ways to take financial advantage of an elderly person, especially if they have any control over their finances.
Financial exploitation may include:
- Stealing property from your loved one
- Stealing funds from your loved one’s accounts without authorization
- Coercing or tricking your loved one into forfeiting funds
- Overbilling you or your loved one
- Engaging in any other form of financial exploitation
Possible Symptoms of Elder Mistreatment in South Carolina
Common signs of elder mistreatment include:
- Observable injuries
- Unexplained injuries
- Broken personal property
- Medication-related abnormalities, including overdosing or underdosing
- Unexplained changes in personality or emotional state
- Signs of fear in your loved one
Call Hughey Law Firm Today for Your Free Consultation
Our Personal injury attorney in South Carolina counsel those who have concerns about their loved one’s safety. We encourage you to call as soon as possible, as your loved one might be at risk. Even if your loved one is safe, we may face a deadline for filing their legal case.
Contact Hughey Law Firm today at (843) 881-8644 for your free consultation. We’ll explain further how a South Carolina assisted living facility lawyer from our team can help your loved one. We can help you navigate this confusing and concerning time and seek justice for your family.
