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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Committee Proposes Amendments to New Jersey Rules
The Civil Practice Rules Committee has made several recommendations for rule changes in New Jersey, which, if enacted, will affect the way lawsuits are handled in the state. Two proposed amendments in particular affect pleadings. The first proposal would benefit...
PA District Court: DPW Not Entitled to Full Amount of Lien Against Settlement Between Plaintiff and Philadelphia Housing Authority
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Superior Court Permits Contractor to Recover Post-Judgment Interest, Penalties, Attorney’s Fees and Expenses Under the Contractor and Subcontractor Payment Act
In Zimmerman v. Harrisburg Fudd I, L.P., 2009 Pa.Super. 202 (2009), the Pennsylvania Superior Court, in interpreting the Contractor and Subcontractor Payment Act (CASPA), permitted plaintiff (contractor) to recover post-judgment interest, penalties, attorney's...
Superior Court of New Jersey Affirms Decision Refusing to Allocate Proceeds Following Settlement after Non-Binding Arbitration Award
In a per curiam opinion, the Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division, affirmed the Law Division decision refusing to allocate proceeds following a settlement after a decision from a non-binding arbitration award which specifically allocated funds for medical...
Court Rejects Oral Modification to Written Agreement of Sale
In The Herrick Group & Associates, LLC v. K.J.T., L.P., Civil Action No. 07-CV-00628, U.S. Magistrate Judge Timothy R. Rice held that defendant (seller) did not prove the existence of an oral agreement to modify a written agreement of sale with plaintiff...
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