This article describes the legal aftermath of that self-reported outbreak; the governments’ (both federal and State) response; and the decision of a State Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) regarding whether the enforcement actions the government imposed were legally sufficient and supportable.
As with the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Irma, politicians are criminalizing people who are struggling to handle an unprecedented pandemic that no one in the U.S. was prepared to handle.
Founding Partners, Kirsten Ullman and Brian Bursa, will present on COVID Liability in Long Term Care during Florida Senior Living’s 2020 Virtual Conference on July 29, 2020 at 1:30pm.
Ullman Bursa Partner, Shad Haston, and Nurse Paralegal, Willie Long, will present Investigating Reporting and Defending the Inevitable during Florida Assisted Living’s Virtual Summit on August 11, 2020 at 11:45am.
This one-hour webinar is intended to educate you on the current theories of liability and to reduce the possibility of litigation…
During this global pandemic, it is imperative to keep seniors active and healthy. Not having visitors is a stressful development for senior living residents, so regular exercise while practicing social distancing is a must!
Once again, we have a politician making policy decisions without the benefit of reason. Incredibly, Governor Cuomo (of New York) has directed that New York nursing homes CANNOT deny admission or re-admission from a hospital in instances where there is either a confirmed diagnosis of COVID-19 or a suspected case of COVID-19. If such a decision is enforced, it will lead to unnecessary additional affliction and death from the disease. Irresponsible decisions, such as this, will only serve to prolong this unprecedented pandemic.
Governmental authorities once again have politicized a natural disaster by playing Monday morning quarterback to criticize a nursing home operator when responding to what is literally an unprecedented, global event.
Contact Your Emergency Management Office NOW to Put in Your Request for Masks, Gloves, Gowns and Shields AHCA’s latest directive requires health care workers to wear surgical masks when providing …
