Yes, you can, at least if you are the spouse or child of the victim (parents and siblings may file a claim only if they were financial dependents of the victim). Since the nursing home has a positive duty to protect its patients, nursing home neglect is enough to establish a claim for wrongful death. Your claim will become stronger if you can prove that the nursing home violated a specific nursing home statute or regulation. The most difficult parts of the case might be (i) proving that the failure to take a certain action was inappropriate enough to constitute “neglect” and (ii) proving that your loved one would not have died had it not been for the nursing home’s negligence.