Nursing Home COVID-19 Data and Inspections Results The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have posted the first set of underlying coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) nursing home data. On April 19, 2020, CMS announced the requirement that nursing homes inform residents, their families, and their representatives of COVID-19 cases in their facilities. Nursing homes…
Out of Town Legal Resources An old friend in Florida recently had a question about his neighbor’s personal injury claim. We don’t practice in Florida, but we found this personal injury attorney in Florida that provides a lot of very helpful online educational resources. If you or someone you love have questions about Florida personal…
COVID 19 and WARN Act The COVID 19 pandemic has created a lot of challenges for a lot of people. Your life is very different now from what it was before the pandemic. You may have been let go from your job because your employer had to reduce the number of workers. You can learn…
Upstate NY Courts Begin Gradual Return To In-Person Operations As New York steadily recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic, courts in three upstate judicial districts will enter their second phase of a gradual return to in-person operations. Courts in the Fifth Judicial District (Syracuse and surrounding counties), Sixth Judicial District (Binghamton and surrounding counties) and Seventh…
NY Landlords Arrested For Unlawful Evictions New York landlords, frustrated with Covid-19 eviction moratoriums, are taking the law into their own hands with unlawful lock-outs, utility shut-offs and other harassment of nonpaying tenants. New York’s Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act of 2019 created new protections for tenants, including RPAPL § 768 which makes it…
NY Child Victims Act Not a Violation of Due Process 44 lawsuits against the Diocese of Rockville Center in Long Island will move forward as Nassau County Supreme Court Judge Stephen Jaeger recently ruled that the Child Victims Act did not violate the Diocese’s due process rights. The Diocese filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuits…
NY Landlords Sue To Annul Eviction Moratorium New York landlords have filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against New York Governor Cuomo to nullify his executive order (“EO”) limiting evictions during the COVID-19 crisis. The EO imposes an additional moratorium on nonpayment evictions of residential or commercial…
Nursing Homes Severely Understaffed During Covid-19 During a crisis, sufficient staffing is critical to a nursing home’s ability to care for their residents. In the months leading up to the Covid-19 pandemic, most facilities failed to maintain sufficient staffing to meet every resident’s needs. The latest data on staffing for every U.S. nursing home can help…
How Long Do I Have to File a Car Accident Claim? We are often asked by potential clients who have been injured in an auto crash, “how long do I have to file a car accident claim?” If this sounds like you, please contact our office today to discuss how we can help. As an…
Nursing Homes Can’t Take Stimulus Checks The Federal Trade Commission has warned nursing homes and assisted living residences that they cannot require residents on Medicaid to sign over their Covid-19 stimulus checks to pay for their care bills. According to the CARES Act, those economic impact checks are considered tax credits which do not count as…