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Am I Eligible for Workers’ Compensation Benefits? Q&A for New York Frontline Healthcare Workers

If you are a frontline healthcare worker, chances are you or one of your co-workers became ill and were unable to work during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nearly 78,000 of these essential workers across the U.S. have contracted the coronavirus so…

Jun 15, 2020

by Dalli & Marino

World Elder Abuse Awareness Day Underscores Nursing Home Residents’ Vulnerability During COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic has made World Elder Abuse Awareness Day today even more crucial. The current health crisis has made older Americans more vulnerable particularly in nursing homes, which have banned visitation by family and friends. According to John Dalli,…

Jun 14, 2020

by Dalli & Marino

LET OUR PEOPLE IN: A Blueprint for Restoring Residents’ Rights to Visitation and Care – LTCCC

Background. Visits from family and friends are vital to the health and well-being of residents in long term care facilities. In addition to providing the social connection and emotional support that all humans need to thrive, visitors provide essential monitoring and…

Jun 12, 2020

by Dalli & Marino

Companies Use Legal Loophole to Avoid Accountability

Cases Involving COVID-19 Also Derailed Lurking in millions of product, service and employment contracts is a legal landmine called forced arbitration, which allows corporations to bypass the courts and railroad Americans into privately run tribunals that almost always favor the…

Jun 10, 2020

by Dalli & Marino

Dalli & Marino, LLP continues to work for you and your families during the COVID-19 crisis. As part of our commitment, we’ve launched our New York State Nursing Homes COVID-19 Resource Center, dedicated to helpful news and information about the…

Jun 10, 2020

by Dalli & Marino

person sitting in the wheelchair in the nursing home

By granting nursing homes immunity from liability for negligent care during the COVID-19 health emergency, Governor Cuomo has taken away from elderly residents the protections that the law provides to keep them safe in these facilities. The regulations that the…

Jun 8, 2020

by Dalli & Marino

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