The Maher Law Firm, P.A., obtained a $5,530,809.44 verdict for an elderly resident of a Los Angeles, California nursing home who died after receiving medication to which she was allergic. Helen Rodriguez, 84, was admitted to Emmanuel Health Care Center on September 26, 2006. Ms. Rodriguez’ admission records show that she was allergic to Levaquin. In the first twenty four hours of her admission to Emmanuel Health Care, there were 22 warnings in various parts of her chart that she was allergic to Levaquin. Four days into her stay at the nursing home, the nursing home staff called a doctor and obtained a telephone order for Levaquin. At the time of the telephone order, the nursing home staff failed to inform the doctor of Ms. Rodriguez’ allergy to Levaquin. The nursing home staff wrote the telephone order for Levaquin on the same medication sheet in Ms. Rodriguez’ chart that stated she was allergic to Levaquin. The staff gave Ms. Rodriguez a dose of Levaquin at 9:30 p.m. on September 30, 2006. By 10:45 p.m., Ms. Rodriguez stopped breathing, and she was non-responsive. Paramedics took Ms. Rodriguez to the hospital where she died three days later. Ms. Rodriguez and her daughter sued the owner of the nursing home, Emmanuel I. Bernabe, for failing to properly train the nursing home staff and for under funding and under staffing the nursing home, which failures caused Ms. Rodriguez to receive medication to which she was allergic. Mr. Bernabe’s nursing home had previously received deficiency notifications from the California Department of Health Services for being under staffed and for improperly disbursing medications. Mr. Bernabe failed to correct these deficiencies at his nursing home, thereby causing the abuse, neglect, and death of Ms. Rodriguez. On May 15, 2008, a verdict was rendered in favor of Ms. Rodriguez and her surviving daughter for $5,530,809.44.