From our offices in Hackensack and Manhattan, we serve individuals and businesses across northern New Jersey including Bergen County, Essex County, Union County, Middlesex County and Passaic County and the five boroughs of New York City.
Abuse by Staff, Visitors or Other Residents
Nursing home patients are very vulnerable to physical abuse, sexual assault and emotional torture. They are physically unable to prevent it and often don't or can't report it because of fear, shame, threats or the nature of their disability.
Kirsch Gartenberg Howard LLP is committed to justice for individual victims of nursing home abuse and exposing flaws in the system so that no one else falls prey to the same inhuman treatment. We have successfully sued long-term care facilities for negligence in hiring practices, understaffing and lax security that allowed unforgivable often ongoing abuse to happen.
We practice in nursing home litigation in New Jersey and New York, with offices in Hackensack (NJ) and New York City (Manhattan). Contact us today for a free consultation and vigorous representation.
Hackensack Elder Abuse Attorney
We have seen the full spectrum of unspeakable abuse cases. But that experience emboldens us to advocate fiercely for our clients and enables our team to ask the right questions and demand the right documents to support legal action. We hold nursing homes accountable for:
- Sexual assault by staff, intruders or other residents
- Physical abuse by staff members
- Excessive restraints and restraint by overmedicating
- Willful neglect (withholding food, letting patients sit in soiled clothing)
- Inadequate training and supervision of staff
- Poor security
Our experienced attorneys are familiar with the signs of abuse, including unexplained bruises or pain, crying, fear of certain people or fear of being alone, emotional withdrawal, depression, loss of appetite or sudden weight loss. Whether your loved one told you about abuse or you suspect it, we can intervene to ensure that the abuse stops and the facility is held accountable.
Call 877-319-7488 to discuss suspected abuse at a New Jersey or NYC area facility with our Bergen County nursing home sexual abuse lawyer.
