6 May 2015
Alzheimer’s disease robs its victims of their memories and essentially hijacks their ability to make decisions for themselves. As horrible as is must be for the person diagnosed with the condition, it’s very difficult for the family, as well. Families are often torn apart as the disease progresses; it must [..]
4 May 2015
What’s more important: privacy or security? That’s the question that many families with loved ones in nursing homes are having to ask themselves. Consider Allentown resident Stuart Sanderson. He has cerebral palsy and recently lost his ability to speak. His family set up a webcam in his nursing home so [..]
29 Apr 2015
Home health aides are supposed to be “your eyes and ears” when you can’t be close to your elderly family member. You seek out someone you believe to be qualified and, often, have to rely on agencies to provide candidates for you. Unfortunately, even when you ask all the right [..]
27 Apr 2015
Siblings share a special kind of bond sometimes not fully understood by outsiders. So, it’s completely understandable that you would be extremely distraught to learn that your brother or sister was being abused in the nursing home you believed would take care of them. Unfortunately, it often falls to siblings [..]
22 Apr 2015
A New Jersey federal judge accepted a guilty plea Monday from the owner of HHCH Heath Care Inc., Irina K rutoyarsky. She admitted to being involved in a conspiracy to defraud Medicaid out of around $7 million. A former owner of a home health care company pled guilty in New [..]
Winning Results
$1,400,000
SETTLEMENT
against a nursing home for the choking death of a resident
$1,000,000
SETTLEMENT
against an assisted living facility for injury and wrongful death of a resident
$930,000
VERDICT
against a Middlesex County nursing home for a resident’s pressure ulcers and wrongful death
$3,000,000
SETTLEMENT
settlement for workers with mesothelioma, lung cancer, and asbestosis caused by asbestos in the workplace