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One of the victims in the Penn State child abuse scandal filed a lawsuit today. The victim, who is now 29 years old, named in the complaint as John Doe, was not one of the original eight victims that resulted in the criminal charges filed against former Penn State assistant football coach, Jerry Sandusky. According [...]

by: William Dubanevich, Esq. A New Jersey State Assembly panel approved a bill yesterday to ban the treatment, disposal or storage of wastewater from hydraulic fracturing in the state. Hydraulic fracturing or “fracking” is a drilling process used to extract natural gas deposits trapped within rock formations thousands of feet beneath the ground. Fracking involves [...]

by: James Kapralos, Esq. Earlier this month, The Minneapolis Star Tribune reported that a Minnesota nursing home resident was served solid food in violation of doctor’s orders, which resulted in the resident choking to death, despite immediate efforts to free the lodged tuna sandwich. Far too many times, meals are just placed in front of [...]

by: Brett Leitner, Esq. A “broken hip” or “hip fracture” is one of the most common injuries that we see in nursing homes. Hip fractures are the most common broken bone that requires hospitalization. Approximately 300,000 Americans are hospitalized for a hip fracture every year. A hip fracture is a break in the upper quarter [...]

by: Allan Silverstein, Esq. The New York State Department of Health is investigating the death of a 49 year old resident of the Eastchester Rehabilitation and Health Care Center, after the generator failed this past weekend. The failure of the backup generator at the nursing home, forced the evacuation of 37 critically ill patients on [...]

by: Gary Falkowitz, Esq. As men get older, there are three specific and potential threats that seem inevitable … weight gain, graying of the hair and loss of hair. Any one of these can be difficult to accept. Fortunately, though, we are sometimes able to treat and/or reverse these threats. For instance, for those men [...]

by: Jay Breakstone, Esq. American Airlines, which today declared bankruptcy and will re-organize under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code, is very much a product of American corporate structure. Unlike Pan American, which is no longer with us and was the product of single-minded pioneers like Juan Trippe, American Airlines began as a conglomerate of [...]

by: Brett Leitner, Esq. It was recently reported that an aide at the Lily Pond Nursing Home in Staten Island, New York, hit a 40-year-old developmentally disabled nursing home resident on the head several times. The incident was allegedly covered up and not reported by a supervisor. According to the Criminal Court complaint, during an [...]

by: James Kapralos, Esq. If you have a loved one in a nursing home, you must be aware that supervision is based on the availability of the nursing home staff to watch your loved one. All residents should be supervised and watched at all times. However, in nursing homes, that does not always happen. If [...]

by: Allan Silverstein, Esq. Last week the federal government proposed a $320 billion dollar cut in Medicare and Medicaid funding as part of the President’s plan to cut spending. Particular areas of spending cuts are directed at nursing homes with high annual hospital admission rates. Under the plan, such homes might lose up to 3% [...]