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"Dorothy L. Lunsford is suing O'Fallon Healthcare as a result of her mother's death.<br /><br />In a suit brought March 27 in St. Clair County, Lunsford claims her mother Mary Jane Held suffered a fall at the nursing home on March 24, 2004, and died one day later. <br /><br />\"Plaintiff's decedent fell and sustained a fracture, resulting in great and unnecessary anguish, distress and conscious pain and suffering,\" the complaint states. <br /><br />Lunsford is seeking damages in excess of $100,000 under the Illinois Survival Statute and Wrongful Death Act. She is represented by Goldenberg, Miller, Heller & Antognoli of Edwardsville.  <br /><br />According to the complaint, nursing home staff \"carelessly and negligently moved or repositioned plaintiff's decedent and failed to supervise so as to cause plaintiff's decedent to suffer a fall.\"<br /><br />Lunsford also alleges the nursing hone was negligent for failing to \"use protective devices, such as a personal alarm, to prevent falls and to ensure staff was aware if she left her bed unassisted.\""^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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