Nursing Home & Long-Term Care Litigation
O’Brien & Ryan, LLP represents nursing homes, assisted living facilities and other long-term care facilities throughout Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Our long-term care practice group consists of attorneys who dedicate their practices to the representation to these facilities. O’Brien & Ryan, LLP utilizes well respected experts in nursing, geriatric medicine and facility administration in the defense of our clients. We are also very familiar with federal and state regulation of nursing homes in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and the impact of regulations on nursing home litigation. O’Brien & Ryan, LLP has successfully defended long-term care facilities in cases involving medication errors, various types of pressure ulcers, falls, abuse, infections, and many other areas. The firm has also successfully defended our clients against corporate negligence claims and cases involving violations of federal and state regulations and employment matters.
O’Brien & Ryan, LLP has counseled clients on alternative dispute resolution and risk management strategies. The firm has also represented long-term care facilities in regulatory and administrative matters and white-collar criminal investigations. Our attorneys are experienced in representing individuals employed by long-term care facilities including medical directors, administrators, nurses and therapists. O’Brien & Ryan attorneys have lectured nationally on long-term care issues including malpractice prevention and risk management and defending long-term care facilities in litigation. It is our goal to provide the best possible defense to our institutional clients in a cost-effective and professional manner.
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Marshall L. Schwartz
(610) 834-6294 (610) 834-1749 Fax
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District Court Considers Whether Expert Testimony in Med Mal Action Should Be Precluded on Basis of Federal Rule
United States District Court Judge William H. Yohn, Jr. recently had the opportunity to consider whether expert testimony in a medical malpractice action should be precluded on the basis of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 702 and Daubert v. Merrell Dow...
PA Superior Court finds Communication Between Attorney and Expert Witness is Not Discoverable Unless it Forms Basis of Expert’s Opinion
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Appellate Division of New Jersey Superior Court Reexamines Entire Controversy Doctrine in Legal Malpractice Case
In Sklodowsky v. Lushis, the Appellate Division of the Superior Court of New Jersey recently had the opportunity to reexamine the application of the entire controversy doctrine to legal malpractice actions. John F. Lushis, Jr., Esquire represented Paul G....
Superior Court Grants Petition for En Banc Re-Argument in Attorney Work-Product Privilege Matter
In a three-judge panel’s decision filed on September 16, 2010, the Superior Court in Barrick v. Holy Spirit Hospital of the Sisters of Christian Charity, et al. affirmed the trial court’s order of October 16, 2009, which granted the discovery and production of...
Montgomery County Judge Finds No Conflict of Interest Regarding Defense of an Insured Between Insurance Company and its Hired Attorney
In the court’s opinion of August 6, 2010, Judge Kent H. Albright refused to recognize a conflict of interest existing between Defendant-insurance company and its appointed attorney when Defendant invoked a reservation-of-rights clause to potentially limit the coverage...
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