On March 3, 2026, a Sacramento County jury returned a $110 million total verdict in favor of the family of Mildred Hernandez, a 100-year-old assisted living resident who died after wandering outside her facility and freezing to death. The verdict was secured by Dudensing Law founder Ed Dudensing and fellow attorneys Jay Renneisen and Rolando Hidalgo after a two-month trial before Judge Jeffrey Galvin. It holds a publicly traded real estate investment trust (REIT), Colony Capital, and a private equity firm, Formation Capital, responsible for corporate decisions that left residents at serious risk.
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Dudensing Law, alongside co-counsel Buckley Law, recently secured a $15.75 million total jury verdict on behalf of the family of Ruby Evans, a vulnerable senior who suffered severe neglect while residing at Windsor Vallejo Care Center.
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Dudensing Law is proud to announce that Ed Dudensing has been selected to the 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America list, a respected national honor.
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Dudensing Law is proud to announce that our founder, Ed Dudensing, has been honored with the William F. Taylor Memorial Award by California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform (CANHR).
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Dudensing Law recently secured a $3.5 million recovery for the family of an elderly woman who suffered severe neglect and abuse during her stay at a California nursing home.
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Dudensing Law secured a $1.75 million recovery for the family of an elderly man who entered an assisted living facility in California for care and supervision but instead suffered repeated neglect, unnecessary drugging, and ultimately a preventable death.
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Dudensing Law secured a $940,000 recovery for an elderly woman who suffered devastating injuries while under the care of a California assisted living facility.
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Dudensing Law secured a $2.25 million recovery for the family of an elderly woman who tragically passed away after a short stay in a California skilled nursing facility.
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Dudensing Law secured a $1.75 million recovery for the family of an elderly woman who developed a devastating pressure ulcer during a short stay in a California skilled nursing facility.
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Dudensing Law is proud to announce that Ed Dudensing has been named to the Consumer Attorneys of California (CAOC) Board of Directors.
Ed has long supported CAOC’s mission to seek accountability from those who do wrong, and he brings over 20 years of experience exclusively litigating elder abuse and neglect cases to the organization.
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