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November 30th, 2011 tmccoy
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 [...]
November 30th, 2011 tmccoy
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 [...]
November 30th, 2011 tmccoy
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 [...]
November 30th, 2011 tmccoy
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 [...]
November 30th, 2011 tmccoy
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 [...]
November 30th, 2011 tmccoy
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 [...]
