Sexual Abuse

Nursing Aid Sentenced to Jail after Sexually Abusing Resident

by Law Offices of Thomas L. Gallivan, PLLC 11 Mar2016

A Bronx nursing assistant accepted a plea to six months in jail and five years’ probation after being found guilty of Endangering the Welfare of an Elderly Person in the second-degree and Sexual Abuse in the second-degree of a nursing home resident at Manhattanville Rehabilitation and Health Center in the Bronx. He pled guilty to […]

NY Nursing Home Attorney Report: The Cover-up is Worse Than the Crime (Usually)

by Law Offices of Thomas L. Gallivan, PLLC 08 Feb2016

On January 4, 2016 Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced several guilty pleas in connection with allegations against Mohawk Valley Health Care Center (MVNH) for falsifying business records and covering up nursing home resident abuse and neglect. In a separate civil settlement, MVNH Associates, LLC also agreed to pay a $1,000,000 fine to Medicaid for […]

Utica Nursing Home Nurse’s Aide Charged with Sexual Abuse of Elderly Resident

by Law Offices of Thomas L. Gallivan, PLLC 01 Dec2014

New York State Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman recently announced that John Tamba, a 48 year old CNA from Utica, NY was indicted in October on nine counts of abusing a female patient. Tamba worked at the Focus Rehabilitation and Nursing Center at Utica, located at 1445 Kemble St, Utica, NY, and is being held […]

Nursing Aide Loses Certification License after Pinching Patient’s Breast

by Law Offices of Thomas L. Gallivan, PLLC 13 Jun2014

Elesia Howard, a former certified nursing assistant (CNA) at the Pathways Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, a 112-bed facility located in Niskayuna, New York, pled guilty in September 2012 to charges that she pinched a patient’s left breast nipple. The former employee was convicted of Wilful Violation of Public Health Laws and agreed to surrender her […]

Nursing Home Administrator Fired Over Alleged Sexual Abuse of 91 Year-Old Resident

by Law Offices of Thomas L. Gallivan, PLLC 10 Jan2013

The administrator of Loudonville Nursing Home in upstate New York has been fired as a result of a sexual abuse charge levied against a maintenance worker at the home. Investigators claim that the worker sexually assaulted a 91 year old woman while in her room. The maintenance worker faces felony sexual abuse charges, and the […]

N.Y. Legal Alert: Bronx Nursing Home Fined $18,000 by Department of Health

by Law Offices of Thomas L. Gallivan, PLLC 24 Sep2012

Bay Park Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation was recently fined $18,000 by the Department of Health. The fine stems from a certification survey in February of 2011, in which the facility was graded deficient in 23 various areas. Among these areas were failure to keep the facility free of accident hazards and failure to keep […]

Panel Declares Nursing Home Worker’s Apology Should Have Been Suppressed

by Law Offices of Thomas L. Gallivan, PLLC 05 Oct2011

In a decision released yesterday, a New York appellate panel ruled that the lower court should have suppressed a nursing home worker’s apology to police after sexually assaulting a Queens nursing home resident. According to the panel, the apology occurred in the midst of an interrogation, and thus the officer conducting the interview should have […]

Prison Sentence After Conviction in N.Y. Nursing Home Sexual Abuse Case

by Law Offices of Thomas L. Gallivan, PLLC 01 Jun2011

A nursing home aide was recently convicted of sexually abusing an 61-year old stroke victim at Amsterdam Nursing Home on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. The aide was convicted of sex abuse, endangering the welfare of a vulnerable elderly person, and endangering the welfare of a physically disabled person. The aide was caught in the sexual […]

New York Nursing Home Abuse Attorney Report: CA Jury Awards $12.5 Million To Resident Attacked By Cook

by Law Offices of Thomas L. Gallivan, PLLC 14 Sep2010

In a recent nursing home abuse lawsuit, a California jury awarded a dementia resident $12.5 million after being attacked by a cook who worked at the facility. In 2007, Sophie Schwartz, a 92 year-old dementia patient, was asleep in her bed at Oakdale Heights of Santa Clarita when she was awakened by a man on […]

New York Nurse Aide Sentenced For Sexually Abusing Nursing Home Resident

by Law Offices of Thomas L. Gallivan, PLLC 10 Aug2010

Robert Gunderson, a Certified Nurse Aide at Northwoods Rehabiliation Center, a nursing home in Troy, New York, was recently sentenced after being charging with sexually abusing an elderly resident. Mr. Gunderson reportedly fondled the breasts and vagina of a 78 year old woman who was physically helpless. In March 2010, Mr. Gunderson was sentenced to […]

Family Claims Nursing Home Failed To Monitor Dangerous Resident Leading To Sexual Assault

by Law Offices of Thomas L. Gallivan, PLLC 30 Mar2010

A lawsuit has been filed against a nursing home in Aurora, Ill., and one of its residents, Sylvester Graves, after he allegedly sexually assaulted a female resident. According to the lawsuit, Graves beat the woman severely and sexually assaulted her in his room at Fox River Pavilion nursing home. The plaintiffs claim that Graves has […]

Rochester New York Nurse Accused Of Elder Abuse

by Law Offices of Thomas L. Gallivan, PLLC 22 Jul2009

A licensed nurse employed by Shore Winds Nursing Home in Rochester, New York has been arrested and charged with rape in the second degree (felony) and endangering the welfare of an incompetent (misdemeanor). The nurse, Kipper Allen Stevens, allegedly had sexual intercourse with a disabled resident. She was arraigned last week. Bail was set at […]

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