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1 Answer | Asked in Criminal Law, Personal Injury, Civil Rights and Nursing Home Abuse for Tennessee on
Q: What type of firm represents a hospital in-patient that was abused by hospital security?

Patient has diagnois of cognative mental disorder and was admitted due to a fall resulting in an additional head injury.

Tim Akpinar
Tim Akpinar
answered on Dec 28, 2021

A Tennessee attorney could advise best, but your question remains open for two weeks. It would be a firm that handles personal injury, and possibly med mal if the incident was related to the patient's care. It's difficult to say with exactness, based on this brief description. Good luck

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Q: So my mom died in nursing and she was assigned a conservator in chancery court a yr ago so dose the coservert stop as of
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answered on Nov 30, 2020

No. The conservator usually has to file a final accounting with the Court with a Suggestion of Death. You might file a Suggestion with the Death Certificate copy yourself.

1 Answer | Asked in Elder Law, Nursing Home Abuse, Personal Injury and Tax Law for Tennessee on
Q: My Brother had filed a lawsuit against several nursing homes he was in for elder abuse, damages against a person. He

died before the lawsuit was settled, and lived in the state of California. I live in Tenn. I was named successor in interest over my brothers Lawsuit. He died on 11/27/2015 while Tn inheritence tax was in effect, The total amount I received was 28658.69. I plan on deducting 4500. for an expense he... View More

Peter N. Munsing
Peter N. Munsing
answered on Aug 21, 2016

your lawyer should be able to answer that. The law of the state where the estate is governs. Also note generally the claims of injury cases are not subject to state or federal taxes, and hopefully your lawyer worked the wongful death/survival claims in a way that gives the best bounce. But you... View More

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