A pressure ulcer, also known as a decubitus ulcer or bed sore, is any lesion caused by unrelieved pressure that results in damage to...

Recently, Governer Cuomo signed a bill int law which requires state agencies to develop guidelines to assist health care providers (i.e....

A recent report issued by the United States Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General found a significant...

Leitner Varughese partners Brett Leitner and Justin Varughese were selected in the 2017 New York edition of SuperLawyers. Here is a link...

Visit your loved one frequently and vary your visits. Depending on the nursing home’s visiting hours, how strictly they’re enforced, and...

The Rights of Nursing Home residents As set forth by Medicare and other sources, neglect and abuse are not the only concerns faced by...

SUMMARY OF CAUSES OF ACTION PURSUANT TO PUBLIC HEALTH LAW § 2801-d Public Health Law § 2801-d provides a private statutory cause of action for residents of nursing homes injured as a result of the nursing home’s deprivation of certain “resident’s rights.” It is a separate and distinct cause of action and may be plead “in addition to and cumulative with other remedies available to the plaintiff at law,” such as medical malpractice, negligence or wrongful death. It provides

NEW YORK, Sept. 20, 2017 /PRNews: -- New York City and Long Island personal injury lawyers Brett Leitner and Justin Varughese, partners...

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