Personal Injury Lawyers in New York

Nursing home abuse and neglect is becoming more pervasive in the United States, and these dreadful crimes are taking place daily in our nation's nursing facilities.

A California woman, Florence Pierpoint, had been diagnosed with lung cancer at the age of 79 while she was a patient at a nursing home facility in Tacoma, Washington. Her daughter, Linda Fox, found out that the healthcare workers in charge of her care were administering her toxic levels of morphine. According to the orders, morphine was not to be used unless she was in pain or asked for it specifically. According to the family's attorney, not one record indicated that she was in pain.

The family filed a lawsuit against the nursing home operator after a Pierce County medical examiner ruled her death a homicide by morphine overdose.

When Mrs. Pierpoint arrived back at the nursing home after being treated for pneumonia in a local hospital, the staff was given very clear instructions from her physician that included carefully prescribed doses of morphine to manage her pain as needed.

According to the family's attorney, "The day after Florence returned to the home, her condition began a dramatic slide downward, fueled by repeated injections of large doses of morphine and other drugs well beyond her doctor's orders." In one single day, she received six doses of morphine.

If your loved one has suffered abuse or neglect in a nursing facility in New York City, including the Bronx, Brooklyn or Queens or in Long Island, including Nassau and Suffolk Counties, please contact the Nursing Home Malpractice Law Offices of Silberstein, Awad & Miklos today to schedule your initial consultation.