$100,000 settlement for physical abuse by in-home nurse

April 3, 2026

In 2021, our personal injury lawyers reached a $100,000 settlement in a case where an at-home nurse physically abused a patient. Cases like this one can be very complex, since in Tennessee, even a clear case of assault by a nurse may technically be a “health care liability action,” formerly known as a “medical malpractice” action. For that reason, it is important for attorneys handling such matters to be well versed in all the statutory requirements for bringing medical malpractice lawsuits in Tennessee.

If you or a loved one has suffered hospital abuse, medical abuse, medical neglect, nursing home abuse, nursing home neglect, or any other mistreatment by a health care provider, contact the medical malpractice lawyers at DRS Law today.



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Warren County TN Wrongful Death  David Randolph Smith

October 19, 2026
On 10/20/10 the Tennessee Supreme Court reinstated a jury verdict obtained by David Randolph Smith & Associates for the widow of a Tennessee Army National Guard sergeant who died in 2000. The jury had awarded $7.2 million in the Tennessee wrongful death lawsuit against River Park Hospital of McMinnville. The Tennessee Supreme Court’s reinstatement of the verdict resulted in a total award, with interest, of $10.7 million. Warren County court officials said the multimillion-dollar judgment was the largest amount awarded by a jury in county history at the time of its award.A copy of the opinion is available here.
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Group B Strep Wrongful Death Settlement

October 19, 2026
Settlement in significant wrongful death case filed in Overton County, Tennessee in a mediation held in Nashville, Tennessee on July 25, 2005. The case involved the failure to treat and diagnose group b strep in a pregnant mother whose child was brain damaged and ultimately died from sepsis stemming from exposure to the group b strep during labor. The terms of the settlement are confidential.The firm is currently handling another group b strep medical malpractice case in state court in Tupelo, Mississippi.