Michael Zaransky

Mr. Zaransky is a trial attorney at Jacoby & Meyers, LLP, focusing on Nursing Home Abuse & Neglect cases. Mr. Zaransky, a dedicated elder advocate, offered the following insights regarding nursing home abuse and neglect cases: We are fighting for people who cannot fight for themselves. Residents of nursing homes are some of the most vulnerable people in our society, who very often get neglected and abused simply by being in a Nursing Home.

En septiembre de 2014, tras dieciséis años de litigios en materia de lesiones personales y asuntos comerciales, el Sr. Zaransky centró su atención en exigir responsabilidades a las residencias de ancianos por sus abusos y negligencias.  Desde septiembre de 2014, el Sr. Zaransky ha recuperado casi 10 millones de dólares para sus clientes a través de acuerdos y juicios. Cabe destacar los acuerdos por importes de 1,2 millones de dólares, 750 000 dólares, 700 000 dólares y numerosos acuerdos por importes de 500 000 dólares.

El Sr. Zaransky también ha obtenido decisiones favorables relacionadas con la atención en residencias de ancianos en virtud de la ley NY PHL 2801-d:

• Benisatto contra Sprain Brook Manor, Tribunal Supremo, condado de Westchester, índice n.º 50475/2017: Denegación de la moción de los demandados para un fallo sumario.
• Broderick contra Amber Court Assisted Living, Tribunal Supremo, condado de Nassau, índice n.º 606249/2018:  El Tribunal denegó la moción de desestimación presentada por los demandados de conformidad con el artículo 3211 del CPLR, sosteniendo que el demandante había alegado suficientemente una causa de acción para responsabilizar a un centro de asistencia a la tercera edad en virtud del artículo 2801-d de la PHL, ya que las alegaciones demostraban que el centro prestaba servicios como centro residencial de asistencia sanitaria más allá de su licencia como centro de asistencia a la tercera edad.
• Phillips contra Beth Abraham, Tribunal Supremo, condado del Bronx, índice n.º 306320/2008: El tribunal denegó las mociones de los demandados para obtener un fallo sumario.
• Allicino v. Ozone Acquisition, LLC, Supreme Court, Nassau County, Index No. 600130/16:  The Court denied the portion of the defendants’ motion for summary judgment which sought dismissal of plaintiff’s claims under PHL 2801-d, which sought monies for damages and punitive damages.

Resultados recientes:

$1,200,000 Settlement – Bronx County. A resident sustained serious injuries from a fall and subsequent pressure ulcer.

$1,000,000 Settlement – When a family member chose a nursing home in the Bronx, they expected their loved one, who was suffering from diabetes and kidney failure, would be properly cared for. Unfortunately, our 65-year-old client was neglected after developing skin breaks on each foot. One of the wounds became infected as a result of neglect, and she ultimately underwent amputations of her foot and then her leg below the knee. During her recuperation in the hospital and at the nursing home, she was confined to bed for extended periods of time and, due to lack of care, developed a significant bed sore on her lower back. The week of jury selection, the nursing home finally increased its offer to $1,000,000. The case was handled by our Nursing Home team of Managing Attorney Michele Haber and Trial Attorneys Michael Zaransky and Gustavo Alzugaray.

$850,000 Nursing Home Settlement – Kings County. A man paralyzed from the waist down developed a sacral bedsore during hospital admission and deteriorated at a nursing home.

$725,000 Settlement – Bronx County. A resident developed an ulcer on his lower extremity, which resulted in an above-the-knee amputation four months prior to his passing.

$525,000 Settlement – Westchester County.  A Nursing home resident was subjected to four months of neglect and abuse, where she developed pressure ulcers and had to be hospitalized at the direction of the family due to sepsis resulting from aspiration pneumonia, dehydration, and kidney failure.

$275,000 Settlement – Queens County. An 84-year-old resident fell and sustained a fractured femur in an assisted living facility, requiring surgical intervention to repair the fracture.  The resident passed away approximately 7 weeks after sustaining the injury.

$225,000 Settlement – Bronx County.  An 88-year-old resident who lived in a vegetative state repeatedly developed aspiration pneumonia and oral thrush as a result of the facility’s failure to provide all necessary care, treatment, and services to enhance or maintain the resident’s existing quality of life.

Acuerdo por valor de 270 000 dólares: residencia de ancianos de Brooklyn.