Filing a civil suit against a nursing home that has caused serious injury or even death to a loved one is not the only avenue of redress against the nursing facility and its staff. Most families of residents in nursing homes are unaware that nursing home staff members may be prosecuted for the abuse…

MONTGOMERY (AP) – When Alabama nursing homes run TV ads criticizing trial lawyers, they are casting a wide net that falls on Gov. Bob Riley’s son.

MONTGOMERY Gov. Bob Riley’s son is on the patients’ side of a tort reform war between trial lawyers and nursing home owners, one of the most bitter battles of this legislative season.

A Huntsville assisted-living center and a pest exterminator have appealed a $5.35 million verdict in favor of an elderly Alzheimer's patient attacked by fire ants while she slept.

Could care for Alabama's elderly be in jeopardy because of law suits? Tuesday the Alabama Nursing Home Association said lawsuits filed against Alabama Nursing Homes-are up 30 percent in the past 2 years.

A woman sued a national nursing home chain and its Center Point location over her mother’s death, saying the company’s negligent care hastened the woman’s demise.