Omni CEO Avery Eisenreich is under some intense fire, including allegations of nursing home abuse, as it's been recently discovered that Omni Nursing homes in New Jersey have some of the worst bed sore percentages in the state. An Omni home in Rochelle Park, NJ provided the kind of abusive and negligent care that resulted in 45% of it's short stay residents developing bedsores. Homes within the Omni chain include Bristol Manor,Rochelle Park; Castle Hill, Union City; Harbor View, Jersey City; … [Read more...]
BP Cuts Corners and Defective Well Causes Blast
07/01/2010
Defective products are dangerous and potentially life threatening products that have either been designed, manufactured, or tested poorly or inadequately. Many deaths have resulted from defective products; products like cribs, toys, cars, and even clothing. Manufacturers of defective products that cause injury or death must be held accountable, which is why BP finds themselves in even hotter water. It's been reported that BP's negligence and desire to save money at the expense of thoroughness and … [Read more...]
RN Charged with Murder in Nursing Home Abuse Case
06/23/2010
On Monday June, 7th, registered nurse Angela Almore was brought up on nursing home abuse charges involving the death of an alzheimer's patient at the Britthaven senior care facility in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Almore, 44, was indicted on one count of second degree murder, and six counts of felony patient abuse. She was allegedly administering morphine to patients who were not prescribed the highly controlled substance used for pain management. Nine of the 25 patients in the alzheimers unit at … [Read more...]
Taishan Gypsum Finally Responds to Defective Product Lawsuit
06/17/2010
In April, we posted an update of the litigation surrounding the Chinese company Taishan Gypsum, and the defective drywall they manufactured and exported the the United States. Judge Eldon Fallon awarded seven families in the Eastern district of Louisiana 2.6 million dollars for the damages caused them by the sulfuric acid emitting drywall. But because Taishan Gypsum is a foreign manufacturer, and there are currently no laws in place that hold them liable for their defective products, there was question … [Read more...]
BP and Transocean Could Escape Sufficient Liabilty
06/07/2010
Gordon Jones, a 28 year old engineer, was killed in the blast on the Transocean rig, Deepwater Horizon, that caused the horrendous BP oil-spill . Jones left behind a widow, a toddler, and an infant. Who Will Pay for Deadly Defects? Unfortunately, laws that are currently in place could prove very detrimental to recovery attempts made by Jones' family, as well as other injured victims on the rig. The Death on the High Seas Act (DOHSA), one of the reasons payouts may be insufficient, was ammended … [Read more...]
A NY Hospital Not Liable in Medical Malpractice Suit
06/02/2010
A medical malpractice suit ended in heartbreak for a Queens woman when the NYU Langone Medical Center was found not liable for the death of her husband after a kidney transplant. The Story Behind Liew's Medical Malpractice Case Vincent Liew was 37 years old when he received a call from the hospital that they had a finally found him a matching kidney. He had been awaiting the kidney for five years, and was receiving dialysis treatments three times a week. On February 25, 2002, Vincent underwent … [Read more...]
Nursing Home Abuse Puts Former CEO in Prison
06/01/2010
On Friday, May 21st, Karen Mason (57), the former CEO of Havenwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was sentenced to two years in prison and 3 years probabation for tax evasion. The 315 bed nursing home, of which she was CEO, administrator, and part owner, has been closed since July of 2005, when inspectors shut the facility down after discovering severe cases of nursing home abuse and neglect. A few of those nursing home abuse cases included patients being refused baths … [Read more...]
Surveillance Video Captures Alarming Nursing Home Abuse
05/28/2010
A video of nursing home abuse captured by a hallway surveillance camera in a NewYork City nursing home has landed 56 year old nurse Jesse Joiner in jail on criminal charges . The nursing home abuse video shows Joiner leaving a medical cart to tend to a patient sitting in a wheelchair. What happens next is troubling. Joiner seems to jerk the wheel chair to the left, tossing Jane bills, the 85 year old resident with dementia,out of her chair and onto the floor. Then, Joiner simply walks away! She leaves … [Read more...]
The 10 Worst Nursing Homes in the Tri-County Area: #1
05/25/2010
Gloucester Manor (Gloucester) And the number 1 nursing home guilty of nursing home abuse is the Gloucester Manor in Sewell, New Jersey. Gloucester Manor is a for profit corporation participating in Medicare and Medicaid, and containing 139 beds. Inspectors reported a number of deficiencies (which could potentially lead to nursing home abuse) after two inspections. Those deficiencies included failures to: Only hire people without legal history of abuse or neglect Protect each resident from … [Read more...]
The 10 Worst Nursing Homes in the Tri-County Area: #2
05/24/2010
Manorcare Health Services (Gloucester) Manorcare Health Services in West Deptford, New Jersey is number 2 in our list of the ten nursing homes in the tri-county area guiltiest of nursing home negligence or nursing home abuse. It’s also the first facility we’ve seen in the list from Gloucester County. Inspectors reported some deficiencies in the facility that we have yet to see in any of the other nursing homes we’ve mentioned in this list. The home was noted to have failed in the following … [Read more...]
The Latest Comments