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• This matter presented one of the worst cases of nursing home abuse and neglect on record.    Although the decedent died as the result of the negligence of the nursing home, Mr. Betensky elected not to file a wrongful death action, but rather a survival action to seek damages for the decedent’s pain and suffering, not of the two surviving adult children.  The decedent developed multiple and extensive Stage IV pressure ulcers throughout his body at the hands of the nursing home.  Mr. Betensky alleged that the defendants deviated from the applicable standard of care by failing to prevent the ulcers from developing, by failing to detect the onset of the ulcers, and once developed, by failing to provide the proper care and treatment.  The defendants also caused severe malnutrition and multiple episodes of dehydration which in large part caused these ulcers to develop and worsen. Mr. Betensky sought both compensatory and punitive damages for the outrageous acts and omissions of the defendants. Mr. Betensky himself reviewed and analyzed thousands of pages of medical records from the nursing home and other medical care providers to marshal the evidence against the nursing home and prove his case, which he filed in federal court.  Through this review, he uncovered countless contradictions, omissions and misstatements in the records.  Mr. Betensky retained and consulted with one of the leading experts in this field to further build his case. After several key depositions of representatives of the nursing home and other providers, the case was successfully settled at mediation in favor of the estate.  The terms of the settlement are subject to confidentiality.
  Betensky, Gary S.