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
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O'Brien & Ryan News
Defense Verdict on behalf of Podiatrist in Philadelphia County
Heather Hansen and paralegal Beth Carson recently obtained a defense verdict on behalf of a podiatrist in a case involving allegations of failure to timely diagnose melanoma. The plaintiff brought suit against two podiatrists, his primary care physician, and a...
Defense Verdict on Behalf of Two Cardiologists in Philadelphia County
Marshall L. Schwartz recently obtained a defense verdict on behalf of two cardiologists in a nine-day jury trial involving allegations of a failure to properly monitor a patient's Coumadin usage following a cardiac catherization, as well as an alleged failure to...
Defense Verdict on Behalf of Urologist
Michael O. Pitt and paralegal Elizabeth Carson-Nave recently received a defense verdict on behalf of a urologist in the Chester County Court of Common Pleas. The matter involved a 60-year old male who underwent robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy for treatment of...
Defense Verdict on behalf of Orthopaedic Surgeon
Heather Hansen and paralegal Lexi Romney recently received a defense verdict on behalf of an orthopaedic surgeon in Philadelphia County. A 65-year-old woman presented to the orthopaedic surgeon with knee pain. MRI demonstrated a non-displaced occult fracture of the...
Defense Verdict on Behalf of Pulmonologist
Tracie Vizza, Mary Kay Plyter and paralegal Lexi Romney recently received a defense verdict on behalf of a pulmonologist/critical care physician in Chester County. A 67 year old woman who had been treating with her pulmonologist for six years for a chronic and...
Disputes Over Nursing Home Arbitration Agreements Flourish in Pennsylvania
In three recent Superior Court cases, binding arbitration agreements between nursing home facilities and their residents have been under scrutiny. In Bair v. Manor Care of Elizabethtown, PA, LLC,[1] M. Sylvia Bair commenced a wrongful death...
Defendants Cannot Use ACA to Calculate Future Life Care Costs
The Honorable Kim R. Gibson of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania recently granted a plaintiffs’ motion in limine to preclude the defendant from submitting calculations of future life care costs that were based on...
Philadelphia Judge Holds Survival Action in Nursing Home case Must be Handled via Arbitration
In a case of first impression, Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas Judge Mark I. Bernstein held that a survivorship action, brought in conjunction with a wrongful death claim, must be sent to arbitration pursuant to the federal preemption doctrine. The...
Venue Changed after Judge Rules Sending Test Results is not Treatment
The Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas recently issued an opinion in support of its order transferring a medical malpractice case to Berks County, holding that sending test results "does not rise to the level of rendering healthcare services" that would make...
PA Supreme Court Holds Nursing Homes and Affiliated Entities Subject to Direct Corporate Negligence Claims
In an opinion issued on November 21, 2012, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court held that a nursing home and affiliated entities are subject to potential direct liability for negligence, where the requisite resident-entity relationship exists to establish that the entity...
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10 Attorneys Selected to 2020 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers
Each year, on a state-by-state basis, Super Lawyers selects attorneys using peer nominations and evaluations along with third party research. Each candidate is evaluated on 12 indicators of peer recognition and professional achievement, and those selected represent the top five percent of the total lawyers in each state.
Anthony P. DeMichele speaking at the Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine
Anthony P. DeMichele will be speaking at the Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine discussing Medical Malpractice – Avoiding Litigation on Tuesday, February 11, 2020.
OBR Supports Toys for Tots 2019
For the 2019 holiday season, O’Brien & Ryan, LLP proudly partnered with the U.S. Marine Corps’ Toys for Tots program to collect new unwrapped toys for distribution to benefit kids in the local community. To find out more, or to make a donation, please visit toysfortots.org.
Anthony P. DeMichele appointed to the Board of Trustees of the Benchmark School in Media, PA
O’Brien & Ryan, LLP is proud to announce that Anthony P. DeMichele has been appointed to the Board of Trustees of the Benchmark School in Media, PA. The Benchmark School has made it their mission to develop each child’s capacity to find successful pathways to academic achievement and social growth. For more information about the Benchmark School, please visit their website.
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