BARTOW: A lawsuit has been filed against owners and operators of Bartow Center nursing home which contends negligence led to an-above-the-knee leg amputation on a man who lived there for five months in 2013.
James W. Archer had a sore that became infected on the second toe of his right foot, the lawsuit said, requiring a toe amputation and ultimately the removal of part of his leg.
He also had numerous falls, according to the lawsuit filed by Wilkes & McHugh of Tampa for Archer and Doris Jamieson.
The lawsuit involving Archer is against Hearthstone Senior Communities, Brigid Health Services, Airamid Health Services, Senior Health Properties-South and Patricia L. Spears, the nursing home’s administrator at the time Archer was a resident…