Jun 13

Lawsuit Filed against Southpoint Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, LLC

The Law Offices Of Vincent C. Argento have filed a lawsuit against Southpoint Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, LLC in Chicago, Illinois for violations of the Illinois Nursing Home Care Act. In short, the complaint alleges that an elderly female woman with advanced Alzheimer’s Disease and dementia was a resident of the facility from August of 2012 until September of 2012. During that short period of time, she was seriously neglected by Southpoint. She was eventually transported via ambulance to a hospital where she was admitted to the intensive care unit and diagnosed with malnutrition, dehydration, multiple pressure ulcers and urinary tract infection. To date, the woman still has not recovered from her injuries. The lawsuit is brought by her son as the woman’s legal guardian and is pending in the Circuit Court of Cook County. For more information, email vince@argentolaw.com or call (847) 628-8305.