Thompson v. Embassy Rehabilitation & Care Center

CARTER, Justice.

Plaintiff, Fred 0. Thompson, appeals from an adverse summary judgment in an action seeking to recover for alleged improper care at a skilled nursing facility operated by defendants, Embassy Rehabilitation and Care Center and Lantis Enterprises, Inc. He contends that defendants were negligent in the management of a bedsore that developed into a severe coccyx ulcer. Specifically, Thompson alleges that the defendants failed to position him in a way that would lessen the pressure on the affected area. He also urges that defendants failed to seek inpatient hospital care and…