Homicide Death Results from Fight between Two Residents in New York Nursing Home

Homicide Death Results from Fight between Two Residents in New York Nursing Home

Two Nursing Home Residents’ Fight Results in Death Ruled as a Homicide in New York: The death of a 95-year-old woman who fell and hit her head during a clash with a fellow elderly resident in a Staten Island nursing home has been ruled a homicide. A notice of...
Wrongful Death of a Philadelphia Nursing Home Resident Involved Paper Lodged in Her Windpipe

Wrongful Death of a Philadelphia Nursing Home Resident Involved Paper Lodged in Her Windpipe

Nursing Home Resident Victim to Wrongful Death in Philadelphia: The mother of a woman with disabilities who died after a paper towel or disinfecting wipe was found in her trachea has secured a wrongful death attorney in her lawsuit against the Philadelphia nursing...
Years of Neglect at Cheltenham Nursing Home Draws Federal Lawsuit

Years of Neglect at Cheltenham Nursing Home Draws Federal Lawsuit

Years of Neglect at Cheltenham Nursing Home Draws Federal Lawsuit:  Both Cheltenham Nursing & Rehabilitation Center and its parent company, American Health Foundation, Inc., are at the center of a False Claims lawsuit brought by the Justice Department. The U.S....
Federal Appeals Court Says State Pandemic Lawsuits Can Proceed against Two NJ Nursing Homes

Federal Appeals Court Says State Pandemic Lawsuits Can Proceed against Two NJ Nursing Homes

State Pandemic Lawsuits Proceed against NJ Nursing Homes: Rejecting the operator’s claim that pandemic lawsuits should be heard in federal court, a federal appeals court ruled that the negligence claims brought against two New Jersey nursing homes should proceed in...