Practice Areas
Long-term Care Defense
Elder Care and long-term care are essential services we believe in at Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel.
Our attorneys know that lawsuits are costly distractions that consume healthcare providers' valuable resources, which are better spent advancing resident care. Our role is to eliminate these distractions for our clients as quickly and cost-effectively as possible. We represent a broad range of elder care clients, including but not limited to acute care hospitals, assisted living facilities, dialysis providers, independent senior living communities, in-home health care, long-term care facilities, and rehabilitations hospitals.
Though we are a full-service firm, capable of meeting all of our client's needs, we are particularly adept at providing the following services:
Drafting & Enforcing Arbitration Agreements. Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) can offer financial security to healthcare providers by insulating them from combative plaintiffs' lawyers, overly burdensome discovery procedures, and angry juries.
We have front-line experience defending against challenges to arbitration agreements, and have advocated for their enforcement before the Tennessee Supreme Court and Courts of Appeal. Our experience has also proven invaluable when drafting ADR Agreements: we anticipate the challenges before they are made.
Efficient Discovery. Discovery in elder care and long-term care litigation can be complex, time consuming, expensive, and may threaten to expose a provider's proprietary and privileged information. We understand each of our client's unique needs, and effectively streamline our response while protecting proprietary and privileged information in the most cost-effective manner possible.
Trial Advocacy. We are willing and able to prepare for trial from Day One, and can take even the toughest cases to trial. Most recently, our litigation team defended to a successful jury verdict a case involving catastrophic brain injury requiring 24/7 care, where the plaintiffs demanded $22 million in damages.
Complex Litigation. Our attorneys also understand the nuances of defending very complex cases. Unlike traditional medical malpractice cases, which may allege a single act of negligence, elder care and long-term care litigation frequently challenges the propriety of care rendered over months and years. We deliver a reasoned, planned, and strategic response to all claims.
Reporting. Thorough and timely reporting is essential to getting the results our clients demand. For this reason, we are committed to providing detailed and objective case evaluations when and how our clients want them. By reporting each significant step along the way, we enable our clients to make informed decisions on case strategy, including whether to settle or go to trial.
