ODW2555 – Nursing Home Cases: Critical Aspects for Paralegals
Explore how paralegals can evaluate nursing home cases from intake through litigation by spotting red flags, gathering and organizing key medical records, researching defendants, and helping identify crucial witnesses to support the attorney’s case.
Course Category: On-Demand Webinars
Course Level: Intermediate
CLE Credit: Substantive
CLE Hours: 1.0
Fees: $49 for Members and $70 for Nonmembers
Course Materials: Recording and PDF of the power point slides.
Description: Nursing home cases are an important part of any personal injury practice, both plaintiffs and defense. The paralegal’s role is critical in evaluating, litigating, and trying a nursing home case. This session will focus on the plaintiff’s firm process, but much of the material overlaps with defense-oriented litigation. Identify critical questions and red flags to ensure that you properly evaluate nursing home cases before you accept them and invest firm resources. This presentation will also offer insights into identifying critical medical records, creating accurate timelines, building a Hot Docs folder, and helping the attorney identify essential witnesses. Corporate research on potential defendants will be addressed as well as building Licensure and Corporate folders.
Presenter Biography: Brian Jasper spent 13 years at the bedside as a nurse in long-term care, hospice, and with US Army Reserves. He graduated from Mercer University’s Walter F. George School of Law in Macon, GA, in 2011 and has since practiced nursing home abuse and neglect litigation primarily in Kentucky. He is licensed to practice law in Kentucky, Georgia, and Arkansas. Brian lives in Shelbyville, KY, with his wife, Dr. Taunya Jasper, and they have three grown children and three amazing grandkids.
Course Year: 2025