Edmond Elder Abuse Victim Lawyers

Are You in Need of an Elder Abuse Injury Lawyer?

Older adults deserve to live with dignity, safety, and respect. When a caregiver, nursing home, assisted living facility, healthcare provider, family member, or another party abuses or neglects an elderly person, the consequences can include severe physical injuries, emotional trauma, financial losses, permanent disability, and death.

The Edmond personal injury lawyers at Maples Harrison Zeaman PLLC represent people and their families in cases involving abuse, neglect, and other wrongful conduct. Our attorneys work to identify what happened, determine who may be legally responsible, preserve evidence, and pursue appropriate compensation for the harm that the victim has suffered.

Why Choose Us Over Other Elder Abuse Injury Victim Attorneys in Edmond?

At Maples Harrison Zeaman PLLC, our practice includes nursing home neglect and abuse, catastrophic injuries, wrongful death, and other significant personal injury matters.

Families do not have to know exactly what went wrong before contacting an attorney. An attorney can determine whether the circumstances support a claim under Oklahoma elder abuse law and identify evidence that may establish negligence or intentional misconduct.

Here’s why so many people have come to trust our firm:

• Rated Superb by Avvo, based on experience, peer reviews, professional recognition, and a demonstrated commitment to serving clients with care.
• AV Rated by Martindale-Hubbell, its highest rating for legal ability and ethics, reflecting strong professional standards and recognition within the legal community.
• Listed among the Top 100 Trial Attorneys in Oklahoma by The National Trial Lawyers, recognizing distinguished qualifications and accomplishments in the field of trial law.
• Membership in the exclusive Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum, an organization whose membership recognizes attorneys who have achieved significant results for their clients.
• Provides personalized, attentive client service, taking the time to understand each client’s circumstances, concerns, and goals while guiding them through the legal process.
• Committed to pursuing justice for clients, advocating for their interests and seeking accountability and fair compensation when they have been harmed by others.

Do You Suspect Elder Abuse? Call Now!

If you believe an older loved one has suffered abuse or neglect, Maples Harrison Zeaman PLLC can help you understand your legal options. Call (405) 705-5050 for a free consultation.

What Is Elder Abuse?

Elder abuse is harmful conduct directed toward an older adult and can involve intentional acts, neglect, exploitation, or failures to provide necessary care. The exact legal issues depend on who caused the harm, where it happened, and the nature of the conduct.

• Elder Physical Abuse can include hitting, pushing, kicking, rough handling, inappropriate force, or physical assault. Unexplained bruises, fractures, cuts, burns, or repeated injuries may warrant investigation.
• Elder Emotional Abuse may involve threats, humiliation, intimidation, isolation, harassment, or deliberately causing fear and emotional distress. Emotional mistreatment can be difficult to detect because it may leave no visible injury.
• Elder Sex Abuse involves sexual activity or contact without valid consent. Residents who have cognitive impairments or communication difficulties may be particularly vulnerable.
• Elder Financial Abuse can involve theft, fraud, coercion, unauthorized transactions, misuse of assets, or improperly pressuring an older person regarding money or property.

Where Does Elder Abuse Occur?

Elder abuse can occur anywhere that an older adult lives, receives treatment, or depends on another person for care.

Nursing Homes and Other Facilities

Nursing homes are a major concern because residents often require extensive assistance with mobility, medications, nutrition, hygiene, and daily activities. Assisted living communities, memory care facilities, hospitals, rehabilitation facilities, and private residences can also become settings for abuse or neglect.

Facility-related cases can involve more than deliberate abuse. Residents may suffer slip and fall accidents when staff fail to provide necessary supervision or follow appropriate fall-prevention measures.

Elder neglect can also be devastating. When caregivers fail to provide adequate food, water, hygiene, repositioning, medication, supervision, or medical attention, residents can suffer serious injuries.

Pharmaceutical errors may involve the wrong medication, incorrect dosage, missed medication, or failures to appropriately monitor a resident.

The improper use of physical and chemical restraints can also raise serious concerns. Physical restraints restrict movement, while chemical restraints generally involve medications used to control behavior rather than appropriately treat a medical condition.

In-Home Care

In home-care situations, alleged wrongdoing may involve professional caregivers, relatives, acquaintances, or others with access to the older adult.

Who Can Be Liable for Elder Abuse Injuries?

A nursing home may be held responsible when inadequate staffing, insufficient supervision, improper training, failures to follow a resident’s care plan, medication errors, unsafe conditions, delayed medical attention, or failures to address known risks contribute to an injury.

Employers may also bear responsibility for harm caused by employees acting within the scope of their employment. Liability may also arise when negligent hiring, retention, training, or supervision contributes to a resident’s injuries.

Potentially responsible parties may include:

• Individual caregivers
• Nurses
• Administrators
• Healthcare providers
• Management companies
• Facility owners
• Contractors
• Other individuals or entities involved in the resident’s care

Hold Negligent Caregivers Accountable

When a caregiver or facility fails to protect an elderly person, families deserve answers. Call (405) 705-5050 to learn more today.

Elder Abuse and Serious Bodily Injury

Evaluating these cases often requires comparing the resident’s medical condition before and after the suspected abuse or neglect. Responsible parties may argue that an injury resulted from the resident’s age or existing illness rather than inadequate care. Medical records and other evidence can help establish whether appropriate care could have prevented the injury or reduced its severity.

Potential injuries and complications may include:

• Fractures
• Traumatic brain injuries
• Pressure wounds (bed sores)
• Infections
• Dehydration
• Malnutrition
• Medication-related complications
• Psychological trauma

How a Personal Injury Lawyer Can Help

An attorney can begin by investigating whether abuse, neglect, negligence, or another wrongful act caused the elder's injuries. That investigation can include reviewing medical records, identifying witnesses, examining facility documentation, consulting appropriate experts, and determining which individuals or companies may bear responsibility.

A personal injury attorney handles communications with insurance companies, facility representatives, defense lawyers, and other parties. This allows the victim and their family to focus more of their attention on recovery.

Filing a Wrongful Death Claim in Oklahoma

The most tragic cases involve fatal nursing home abuse or negligence that contributes to an older person’s death. When wrongful conduct causes a death, surviving family members may need to consider whether an Oklahoma wrongful death action is available.

Depending on the circumstances and Oklahoma law, compensation may be available for losses such as medical expenses, funeral and burial costs, and the pain and suffering experienced before death. Certain surviving family members may also be able to seek compensation for losses resulting from their loved one’s death, including loss of companionship and grief.

Reasons to Contact an Attorney Right Away

Contacting an elder abuse injury lawyer as soon as possible can help protect the victim’s rights and preserve important evidence before it disappears. Medical records, facility reports, staffing records, surveillance footage, witness statements, photographs, and other documentation may help establish what happened and who may be responsible.

An attorney can investigate the circumstances, identify potentially responsible parties, communicate with nursing homes and insurance companies, and help prevent families from accepting an inadequate settlement.

Acting quickly also provides time to comply with applicable filing deadlines. Early legal representation can help families understand their options, pursue compensation for resulting losses, and seek accountability from those whose actions or failures contributed to the harm.

What Clients Are Saying About Us

This place is top notch! - Roland Russell

I have absolutely nothing but great things to say about this office. From the very top with Ray all the way down to his associates, this place is top notch! Great communication all the way through and fought tooth and nail for every good possible outcome for me. Didn’t feel like a statistic at all, rather a friend and most important a priority. I would recommend them 10/10 times. If you’re searching for the right place, you’ve found it. Thank you for everything Ray, and all associates involved!

Yes, I am an average Joe and I was not paid to say this.

I could not recommend them more- Stephanie Roberts

Ray and his team helped my family during a very difficult time. We are so grateful for their knowledge and professionalism. Someone was always available to talk to me and answer any questions I had and I was always kept in the loop on next steps. I could not recommend them more.

Case Results

$3 Million Jury Verdict - Negligence resulting in wrongful death

The nursing home abuse attorneys at Maples Law Firm secured a $3 million wrongful death verdict involving a patient transferred to Ballard Nursing Center for physical therapy after a successful colostomy. According to the plaintiffs, the patient experienced neglect that contributed to a broken clavicle, dehydration, malnutrition, infection, and sepsis. Staff allegedly failed to recognize and treat her declining condition and urinary tract infection. The verdict included punitive damages against the facility’s owner, management company, holding company, and nursing home itself. Read more about this case

$2,250,000 Settlement - Failure to treat resulting in brain bleed

$1,500,000 Settlement - Failure to prevent and neglect in allowing pressure sores to develop and worsen, resulting in Wrongful Death.

Speak With an Edmond Elder Abuse Victim Lawyer

Elder abuse cases demand careful attention. A sudden injury, unexplained decline, pressure wound, suspicious financial transaction, medication problem, or inconsistent explanation may be a sign that further investigation is needed.

Maples Harrison Zeaman PLLC represents individuals and families in serious personal injury, nursing home neglect and abuse, medical malpractice, catastrophic injury, and wrongful death cases. The firm offers free consultations where we can evaluate your claim.

If you believe an elderly family member has suffered abuse or neglect, call (405) 705-5050 and find out how we can help.

Frequently Asked Question About Elder Abuse

What is elder abuse?

Elder abuse can include physical abuse, emotional abuse, sexual abuse, financial exploitation, neglect, or other wrongful conduct that harms an older adult. In care facilities, neglect may involve inadequate supervision, poor hygiene, medication errors, untreated medical problems, or failures to provide necessary care.

What are common signs of elder abuse?

Warning signs can include unexplained bruises, fractures, bed sores, dehydration, malnutrition, infections, sudden emotional changes, medication problems, or unexplained financial transactions. A sudden decline without a reasonable explanation may also justify further investigation.

Where does elder abuse commonly occur?

Elder abuse can occur in nursing homes, assisted living facilities, memory care centers, hospitals, rehabilitation facilities, private residences, and other settings where older adults depend on others for assistance or care.

Who can be liable for elder abuse?

Depending on the circumstances, responsible parties may include caregivers, nurses, healthcare providers, administrators, nursing homes, facility owners, management companies, contractors, or other individuals or businesses whose conduct contributed to the victim's injuries.

Can bed sores be a sign of nursing home neglect?

Bed sores may develop or worsen when residents with limited mobility do not receive appropriate repositioning, skin care, nutrition, hydration, or medical treatment. An attorney can investigate whether inadequate care contributed to the resident's injuries.

What compensation is available in an elder abuse case?

Compensation depends on the facts and applicable Oklahoma law. A claim may potentially seek damages for medical expenses, pain and suffering, emotional distress, disability, and other legally recoverable losses resulting from abuse or neglect.

What should I do if I suspect elder abuse?

Make the older person's immediate safety and medical needs the priority. Begin documenting injuries, preserving communications and records, noting witness names. Contact an attorney and reporting suspected abuse to the appropriate authorities.

Meet Our Attorneys

Ray Maples

Ray Maples represents people who have suffered serious injuries. Raised in South Georgia by his mother and grandmother, Ray learned the importance of perseverance, integrity, and service. Under Ray’s leadership, our legal team has secured hundreds of millions of dollars in verdicts and settlements. Outside his practice.

Christian M. Zeaman

Christian M. Zeaman is an Oklahoma attorney with experience representing clients throughout the state. He founded his own practice in 2005 and expanded into personal injury representation in 2012. In 2026, Christian joined Ray Maples and Rilee Harrison to form Maples Harrison Zeaman. Christian believes civil lawsuits can compensate victims, promote accountability, deter wrongful conduct, and improve community safety.

Joseph Albert

Joseph Albert represents people who are facing serious injuries and their families. Raised in Elk City, Oklahoma, Joseph developed a strong appreciation for hard work, accountability, and helping others. He began his legal career representing insurance companies and corporate defendants in insurance defense and products liability matters. That experience gave him valuable insight into how insurers and corporate defendants evaluate, defend, and resolve claims.

Rilee Harrison

Rilee Harrison is a trial lawyer representing individuals who have suffered serious injuries. His approach is built around preparing every case as though it will ultimately go to trial, helping position clients for strong results through negotiation or litigation. Rilee focuses on developing evidence, working closely with medical providers, and preparing claims thoroughly from the beginning. Rilee has also been recognized as a Rising Star by Super Lawyers, an honor based on professional achievement and peer recognition.