Personal Injury Lawyers in New York

All Metro Home Care, the Long Island-based company was sued for sending a transvestite with a known criminal record to care for a frail 84-year-old woman and has agreed to pay the victim $170,00 in damages. The settlement came just as lawyers for the victim, Clara Migden, were to call ex-convict Jonathan Uzzell to testify in an Albany, New York courtroom where the negligence case was being heard. The man, dressed as a woman, sat quietly, wearing high heel boots, long hair and lipstick.

The recent settlement ends a painful six-year ordeal that began when Hedy Migden, a doctor in Albany, turned to All Metro for a home health aide to come in and care for her mother after a hospitalization for a spine injury. Uzzell actually seemed caring and responsible at first, but five weeks after being on the job, the victim called her daughter in tears, telling her she awoke to find her apartment ransacked and her bank card missing.

Police then arrested Uzzell, with previous arrests for prostitution, crack cocaine, and stabbing a teenager many years ago. Uzzell served 18 months in prison for the Migden theft and was released in 2003.

Testimony in the negligence trial revealed that Uzzell never underwent a criminal background check.

If you or a loved one has suffered or died due to nursing home negligence or abuse in Long Island or Queens, New York, please contact the experienced nursing home negligence attorneys at Silberstein Awad & Miklos today to schedule your initial consultation.