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Holding Nursing Homes and Elder Care Facilities Responsible When Things Go Wrong
Schedule A Free Consultation28 Jan 2015
You did your due diligence and chose a nursing home that you believe will provide care and comfort for your mother, father or elderly relative. You’ve done your research and have every reason to trust that the staff will do what they promised to do. How can you be sure [..]
21 Jan 2015
Sugarman Law is proud to announce that Barry R. Sugarman presented a lecture to New Jersey trial attorneys at New Jersey Association for Justice (NJAJ) Meadowlands Seminar. Sugarman provided instruction and practical guidance in “Understanding New Jersey’s Nursing Home Act.” Sugarman Law focuses on representing the elderly and their families [..]
21 Mar 2014
The Alzheimer’s Association just released an updated “Facts and Figures” report on the prevalence of Alzheimer’s disease in the United States. The findings in the report are disturbing especially for women. Out of over 5 million people currently diagnosed in the country, over 2/3 of Alzheimer’s suffers were found to [..]
17 Mar 2014
We are saddened to learn about the tragic death of a man at the Arden Courts of Cherry Hill assisted living/memory care facility. The gentleman left the facility going into the freezing cold night and, according to news reports, was not found for at least two hours in the facility’s [..]
7 Mar 2014
The Inspector General of the United States Department of Health and Human Services just released a Congressionally mandated “national report on nursing homes” identifying the incidence rate of “adverse events,” harm resulting from medical care, in skilled nursing facilities. The purpose of the report was to “identify adverse events, determine [..]
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