Are witnesses important in Illinois nursing home abuse cases?

Stephen D. Phillips: These cases typically need expert witnesses, doctors or nurses with the relevant specialty, and often there is no direct evidence of what happened, so the case is worked from the records.

Attorney Stephen D. Phillips · Nursing Home Abuse · 29-second answer

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Typically, in these types of cases, you need expert witnesses, doctors or nurses who have knowledge of the specialty. Often times, we don’t have direct evidence of what happened with regard to a particular incidence of abuse or neglect, and we have to work off the records. If Phillips Law Offices, we leave no stone unturned, we know where to look to determine the facts and the evidence to persuasively prove our client’s cases.

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