Most nursing home and hospital beds come equipped with adjustable bed rails, which can be put up to prevent patients from falling out of bed. However, poor design or misuse of bed rails can lead to injury or death, according to this article in the New York Times. According to the article, about 150 deaths occurred between 2003 and 2012 from faulty bed rails.
In Ohio, when a bed rail (also called a siderail or side rail) causes injury or death, the matter should b