Ask the Legal Expert about … liability for subcontractors
By
John Durso
May 08, 2018
One of our subcontractors did not follow our falls protocol. The person directed our staff to “let her rest and she will be OK.” The resident was severely injured and her condition was made worse by...
Ask the Legal Expert about … background checks
By
John Durso
Aug 09, 2017
We do background checks on new employees. But now there’s word we’ll be getting sued because a relatively new nurse aide allegedly improperly touched certain residents. How can we avoid a potentially...
Ask the legal expert: nursing home staff tattoos and piercings
By
John Durso
Oct 01, 2009
John Durso, Esq. Ungaretti & Harris LLP
Ask the legal expert: firing an underperforming manager who falsified credential
By
John Durso
Sep 01, 2010
John Durso, Esq. Ungaretti & Harris LLP
Ask the legal expert: the fine line between vendor gifts and kickbacks
By
John Durso
Mar 01, 2010
John Durso, Esq. Ungaretti & Harris LLP
Ask the legal expert … about antipsychotic medication liability
By
John Durso
Dec 01, 2013
I’m an administrator who’s read all of this stuff about overuse of antipsychotics on long-term care residents. I like and trust my director of nursing, medical director and clinical staff —...
Ask the legal expert: monitoring employees’ computer use at work
By
John Durso
Jan 01, 2010
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Ask the legal expert: how can we prepare for the Employee Free Choice Act?
By
John Durso
May 01, 2009
John Durso, Esq. Ungaretti & Harris LLP
Ask the legal expert … about leave-of-absence mistakes
By
John O'Connor
Oct 01, 2013
How can we avoid some of the most common leave-of-absence mistakes administrators/owners make?
Ask the legal expert … about pressure-ulcer product promises
By
John Durso
Aug 01, 2013
What happens if we contract with an alternate pressure-surface vendor that claims we’ll lower our pressure-ulcer rates by using its product, but our incidents actually increase? Can we sue?