A recent article states that an assisted living facility (ALF) in New York is now facing several wrongful death lawsuits after operating for several years without a license. One of the plaintiffs is the estate of a judge.
Continue Reading Assisted Living Facility Operating Without a License Sparks Wrongful Death Lawsuits

As if you needed another reason to indulge in chocolate, a new study out this week showed people with vascular dementia who drank cocoa for a month did better on memory tests.
Continue Reading Preliminary Study Shows Cocoa May Help in Some Dementia Cases

Here is an interesting article on medicare fraud.
Continue Reading Corporate Abuse of Healthcare Dollars

Sadly, this is not the first occasion that we’ve seen accusations of staff members assaulting residents in facilities who’s primary purpose is to protect these vulnerable developmentally compromised patients.
Continue Reading Willowglenn Employee Accused of Assaulting a Vulnerable Resident

A recent article in the NY Post tells the story of a whistleblower who reported his father’s medical chain for healthcare fraud. According to the article, the False Claims Act awards a whistleblower between 10-15%.
Continue Reading Son Reports Father’s Business for $1 Million Health Care Fraud

In yet another recent chilling story, an aid has been charged with manslaughter relating to a nursing resident.
Continue Reading Tarrytown, New York Nurses Aid Charged With Manslaughter

It isn’t uncommon to hear that families are receiving treatments that they thought were unnecessary. While the families may not have the same expertise as doctors or nurses, perhaps in some cases they are right.
Continue Reading Medicare Settles With Hospitals for Overcharging

I was quite honored to have been chosen to be part of a panel with some of the best nursing home litigators in the country. My presentation covered the importance of the federal regulations and their relationship to resident safety. With over 80 trial lawyers attending, the presentations were a great success. Many thanks to my dear friend (and the event’s organizer), Jay Vaughn, Esq.
Continue Reading Lexington, KY: Kentucky Association for Justice’s Nursing Home Litigation Conference