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If your loved one developed bedsores while living in a nursing home in Hempstead, we recommend contacting us as soon as possible for help. Our Hempstead, NY nursing home bedsore lawyer has been fighting for nursing home abuse and neglect victims and their families for over 75 years. At Isaacson, Schiowitz & Korson, LLP, we know how facilities and their insurers respond to these claims, and how to build a case that holds them accountable. Contact us today for a free consultation.
Nursing Home Bedsore Attorney Hempstead, NY
Bedsores, also called pressure ulcers or pressure injuries, form when sustained pressure cuts off blood supply to skin and underlying tissue. In a care setting, this is almost always preventable. Staff are supposed to reposition immobile residents at regular intervals, monitor high-risk patients, maintain proper nutrition and hydration, and treat early-stage sores before they progress.
When staff do not reposition as often as a resident needs, wounds can develop within hours. A Stage 1 sore can become a Stage 4, reaching bone and muscle, within days. A bedsore lawyer in Hempstead, NY pursues claims against facilities that failed to fulfill these basic obligations, whether through understaffing, inadequate training, or outright indifference to resident welfare.
Types of Nursing Home Bedsore Cases We Handle in Hempstead
Our attorneys at Isaacson, Schiowitz & Korson, LLP handle a range of cases involving pressure injuries and related nursing home negligence. Every situation is different, but the common thread is a facility that failed a vulnerable resident.
- Nursing home neglect. Neglect doesn’t always leave visible marks. It can mean a resident going hours without being repositioned, without adequate fluids, or being left in soiled bedding. Any of these conditions can lead directly to bedsore formation and serious secondary infections.
- Nursing home falls. Immobile or mobility-impaired residents who aren’t properly assisted face serious fall risks. When a fall leads to injury or compounds an existing pressure injury, the facility may bear legal responsibility.
- Nursing home abuse. Not all harm is passive, as physical abuse, emotional abuse, and financial exploitation of elderly residents are all compensable under New York law. We handle cases where abuse is the cause of harm.
- Wrongful death. Infected bedsores can turn fatal. If your loved one died from sepsis, organ failure, or complications directly tied to an untreated pressure wound, your family may have a wrongful death claim against the facility responsible.
Why Choose Isaacson, Schiowitz & Korson, LLP for Nursing Home Bedsore Cases in Hempstead, NY?
Decades of Trial Experience in New York Nursing Home Law
Martin Schiowitz, who co-founded the firm in 1978 and has been practicing New York law since 1973, has spent over 50 years handling high-stakes personal injury, wrongful death, medical malpractice, and premises liability litigation. He is a peer-selected Super Lawyer, a recognition given to the top 5% of attorneys in the field, and a longtime member of the New York State Trial Lawyers Association and the New York State Academy of Trial Lawyers. His breadth of trial experience includes exactly the kind of multi-layered institutional negligence that nursing home bedsore cases require.
Jeremy Schiowitz, who has represented injury victims across New York City and Long Island for over 16 years, brings deep litigation experience including complex appellate work. His background in defense-side law gives him particular insight into how facilities and insurers build their defenses, and how to counter them. Jeremy has been recognized as a Super Lawyer from 2014 through 2025 and was named to the Top One Percent by the National Association of Distinguished Counsel. His cases and commentary have appeared across major outlets including NBC New York, CBS News, ABC, and the New York Post.
If you’re looking for a personal injury lawyer in Hempstead, NY with a record of holding negligent parties accountable, you can depend on our firm for assistance.
Results That Reflect the Firm’s Commitment
Isaacson, Schiowitz & Korson, LLP has helped clients recover millions of dollars across personal injury and negligence cases throughout New York. The firm has contributed to total recoveries exceeding $200 million. We take nursing home cases on a contingency basis, meaning there are no fees unless we recover for you.
Understanding Nursing Home Bedsore Cases
Damages, Liability, and Compensation for Bedsore Cases
Nursing home bedsore claims in New York can give rise to multiple categories of compensation, depending on the severity of the injury and the conduct of the facility:
- Medical expenses: Treatment costs for the pressure wound itself, hospitalization, surgery, wound care, and any resulting infections such as cellulitis or sepsis.
- Pain and suffering: Physical pain from the wound and any procedures required to treat it, along with the emotional distress of experiencing neglect in a care setting.
- Disability and disfigurement: Severe Stage 3 and Stage 4 wounds can leave permanent scarring and impaired function.
- Wrongful death damages: If the injury was fatal, surviving family members may recover for funeral expenses, loss of companionship, and pre-death pain and suffering.
- Punitive damages: In cases of egregious or intentional misconduct by a facility, courts may award additional punitive damages beyond compensatory amounts
Liability in these cases typically falls on the nursing home or care facility itself, often based on inadequate staffing ratios, failure to follow wound care protocols, or failure to transfer a resident to acute care when the wound required it. Third parties, including staffing agencies and management companies, may also share responsibility.
Important Aspects in Your Bedsore Case
Bedsore cases are evidence-intensive cases. What you gather early in the process matters significantly. A few things to keep in mind:
- Medical records are central. The facility’s documentation of the wound, including when it was first noted, what staging was assigned, and what treatment was ordered, often tells the story on its own.
- Photographs matter. If you or another family member photographed the wound at any stage, preserve those images. They can be critical to establishing severity and progression.
- Nursing notes can reveal staffing failures. Gaps in documentation, missing repositioning logs, and inconsistent charting are all potential indicators of neglect.
- State survey records are public. The New York State Department of Health publishes nursing home inspection records. Past deficiency findings related to pressure ulcers are admissible and can establish a pattern.
- Acting quickly matters. Facilities and their insurers begin preserving their own evidence immediately. Families who delay may lose access to surveillance footage, staffing records, and other documentation that supports their claim.
Our attorneys understand nursing home negligence in all its forms and know how to extract what matters from a facility’s own records. If you have questions or need us to do a further investigation, contact us today for help.
Bedsore Case Timeline
No two cases move on exactly the same schedule, but here is a general picture of how these matters typically progress:
- Initial consultation and case evaluation: We review the medical records, photographs, and any facility documentation available to assess the claim.
- Investigation and evidence gathering: We issue preservation demands, obtain nursing home inspection reports, and may retain a medical or nursing care consultant to review the standard of care.
- Filing the claim: A lawsuit is filed in New York state court, followed by service on the defendant facility and any related entities.
- Discovery. Both sides exchange records, take depositions of staff and medical witnesses, and retain liability and damages experts.
- Resolution. Many cases settle before trial after discovery is complete while others proceed to verdict, and the timeline from filing to resolution typically spans one to three years depending on complexity.
What to Bring to Your Bedsore Consultation
Being organized at the start makes a real difference, but you don’t need to have gathered everything to have a consultation done. If you have them, bring the following to your meeting with us:
- Photographs of the bedsore, ideally with dates
- Any discharge paperwork or wound care instructions given by the facility
- The resident’s care plan or admission agreement, if available
- A written timeline of events as you recall them, when the wound was first noticed, what the facility told you, and what changed over time
New York Legal Resources for Nursing Home Bedsore Cases
New York provides several avenues for nursing home abuse and neglect claims. Below are resources for understanding the legal landscape:
- New York Civil Practice Law and Rules §214: Nursing home negligence claims generally must be filed within three years of the injury.
- NY EPTL §5-4.1: Wrongful death claims must be filed within two years of the date of death, regardless of which underlying theory (negligence or malpractice) governs.
- CPLR §4545: Governs collateral source offsets. If the resident’s medical treatment was covered by Medicare or Medicaid, defendants may seek to reduce the damages award by that amount.
Reach Out to Isaacson, Schiowitz & Korson, LLP to Schedule a Consultation
If your loved one developed bedsores in a Hempstead nursing home, or anywhere on Long Island or in New York City, we want to hear about what happened. At Isaacson, Schiowitz & Korson, LLP, our attorneys handle these cases on a contingency basis, that means there are no fees unless we recover, and our initial consultations are complimentary. Please contact us today if you need help with a potential nursing home bedsore case.
