After five years in a nursing home for treatment for several medical issues including chronic urinary tract infections and a stroke, and a month at New York Presbyterian Hospital (“New York Pres.”) in October 2013 where she was treated for respiratory distress and pneumonia, Charlotte Much was transferred to a New York City nursing home
Bed Sores
Verdict Against Hospital Affirmed in Bed Sore Case
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Posted in Medical Malpractice
Robert O’Connor, then 77 years old, was admitted to Kingston Hospital on December 26, 2008 from the office of his physician when he was noted to be dehydrated and hypotensive subsequent to a several week history of loss of appetite and generalized weakness with nausea and vomiting. Within two days, he was diagnosed with multiple…
Significant Verdict Upheld on Appeal in Nursing Malpractice Case
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Posted in Medical Malpractice
On August 31, 2006, after his usual morning coffee at home in Staten Island, Robert Messina got up and went outside to drive to work. He never made it past the outside of his car where his wife found him – without his keys, shirtless and confused.
An ambulance was called and the 58 year…