Nursing Home Abuse

Nursing home falls can cause serious injuries, including broken hips, fractures, head trauma, and complications that may lead to permanent disability or death. While not every fall results from negligence, inadequate supervision, understaffing, failure to follow care plans, and ignored fall risks may indicate nursing home neglect. Families may have grounds to pursue compensation when a facility's failure to provide proper care causes preventable injuries.

Dalli & Marino secured a $5.5 million jury verdict for the family of 91-year-old Lucy Riker after nursing home neglect at Townhouse Nursing and Rehabilitation Center led to a preventable fall, catastrophic hip fracture, and her death. The Nassau County jury awarded damages for violations of New York State Public Health Law, negligence causing conscious pain and suffering, and punitive damages after evidence showed repeated failures to provide necessary assistance and care.

What is Considered Nursing Home Abuse? Nursing home abuse is any intentional, harmful action by nursing home staff, medical professionals, or caregivers. It’s important to acknowledge that this is different from nursing home neglect, which is typically defined as a…

Dalli & Marino founding partner John Dalli will serve as a faculty member at the New York City Bar Association’s Medical Malpractice Conference 2026. Drawing on decades of litigation experience, he will discuss long-term care litigation and the complex issues involved in nursing home negligence cases.

Dalli Marino secured a $5.5 Million verdict on behalf of the estate of a woman who developed a fatal bedsore in a Nassau County nursing home.

Bedsores in nursing homes are often linked to neglect, poor care, limited mobility, and inadequate monitoring of vulnerable residents.