Public Health Law § 2801-d was enacted in 1975. The statute gives a private right of action to residents of nursing homes, also known as residential health care facilities, permitting them to sue nursing home operators for the deprivation of a right or benefit created for their well-being. The statute permits the recovery of both compensatory and punitive damages.
It was enacted to remediate accounts of abuse by some nursing home operators which was documented in the nursing homes industry in the…
Walang komento:
Mag-post ng isang Komento