Pre-Death Pain and Suffering

On September 2, 2012, Joseph Stewart was admitted to New York Hospital Queens complaining of persistent headaches. Blood tests revealed abnormally high leukocytes indicating an infection. Ten days later he was transferred to a rehabilitation facility but had to be returned to the hospital after his leukocyte level kept climbing and he was exhibiting

On April 2, 2014, Nathan Wasserberg was admitted to Menorah Center for Rehabilitation & Nursing Care in Brooklyn after a two month hospital stay due to diabetes that led to a toe amputation, sepsis and other conditions. He was unable to walk or use his arms, mumbled to communicate and could not consume any food

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