New Jersey News
- New Jersey’s Nursing Homes: A Closer Look at CMS’s Special Focus Facilities
July 15, 2024
In April of 2024, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) updated their list of Special Focus Facilities. Special Focus Facilities (SFFs) are “nursing homes that have a history of serious quality issues and are included in a special program to stimulate improvements in their quality of care.” These SFFs are divided into four distinct ...
- Alarming Cases of Elder Abuse in New Jersey Long-Term Care Facilities
July 11, 2024
Three employees of two separate New Jersey long-term care facilities were indicted this past month, highlighting grave concerns over resident safety and care standards in such facilities throughout the state. Per the June 14 press release from the New Jersey Office of the Attorney General, Joseph Robles, 23, of Tuckerton, and Maria Alcantara, 53, of Toms ...
- Counsel Fees in a Guardianship Action
June 26, 2024
In most civil actions in the State of New Jersey, parties are responsible for the payment of their own counsel fees subject to limited exceptions. In the context of a guardianship action, however, the party who commences the guardianship action may be entitled to the payment of their counsel fees from the funds of the ...
Pennsylvania News
- New Jersey’s Nursing Homes: A Closer Look at CMS’s Special Focus Facilities
July 15, 2024
In April of 2024, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) updated their list of Special Focus Facilities. Special Focus Facilities (SFFs) are “nursing homes that have a history of serious quality issues and are included in a special program to stimulate improvements in their quality of care.” These SFFs are divided into four distinct ...
- Alarming Cases of Elder Abuse in New Jersey Long-Term Care Facilities
July 11, 2024
Three employees of two separate New Jersey long-term care facilities were indicted this past month, highlighting grave concerns over resident safety and care standards in such facilities throughout the state. Per the June 14 press release from the New Jersey Office of the Attorney General, Joseph Robles, 23, of Tuckerton, and Maria Alcantara, 53, of Toms ...
- Counsel Fees in a Guardianship Action
June 26, 2024
In most civil actions in the State of New Jersey, parties are responsible for the payment of their own counsel fees subject to limited exceptions. In the context of a guardianship action, however, the party who commences the guardianship action may be entitled to the payment of their counsel fees from the funds of the ...
Personal Injury News
- New Jersey’s Nursing Homes: A Closer Look at CMS’s Special Focus Facilities
July 15, 2024
In April of 2024, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) updated their list of Special Focus Facilities. Special Focus Facilities (SFFs) are “nursing homes that have a history of serious quality issues and are included in a special program to stimulate improvements in their quality of care.” These SFFs are divided into four distinct ...
- Alarming Cases of Elder Abuse in New Jersey Long-Term Care Facilities
July 11, 2024
Three employees of two separate New Jersey long-term care facilities were indicted this past month, highlighting grave concerns over resident safety and care standards in such facilities throughout the state. Per the June 14 press release from the New Jersey Office of the Attorney General, Joseph Robles, 23, of Tuckerton, and Maria Alcantara, 53, of Toms ...
- Counsel Fees in a Guardianship Action
June 26, 2024
In most civil actions in the State of New Jersey, parties are responsible for the payment of their own counsel fees subject to limited exceptions. In the context of a guardianship action, however, the party who commences the guardianship action may be entitled to the payment of their counsel fees from the funds of the ...
