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Attorneys Leitner Varughese handle Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect Lawsuits in all areas of Nassau Co


Leitner Varughese attorneys prosecute lawsuits involving nursing home abuse, neglect and negligence, specifically involving injuries such as Bed Sores or Pressure Sores (also known as “decubitus ulcers” or “pressure ulcers”), Falls resulting in fractures or other serious injury, Infection or Sepsis, Head injuries, Injuries of unknown origin, Malnutrition or Dehydration, Medication Errors, Choking, Clogged Breathing Tubes, Physical or Sexual Assault or Abuse, Physical or Chemical Restraints, Burns, Alzheimer's and other dementias, Assaults by staff, in the following areas:

NASSAU COUNTY

Glen Cove Long Beach Town of Hempstead Town of North Hempstead Town of Oyster Bay Atlantic Beach Bellerose Cedarhurst East Rockaway Floral Park Freeport Garden City Hempstead Hewlett Bay Park Hewlett Harbor Hewlett Neck Island Park Lawrence Lynbrook Malverne Rockville Centre South Floral Park Stewart Manor Valley Stream Woodsburgh Baldwin Barnum Island Bay Park Bellerose Terrace Bellmore East Atlantic Beach East Meadow Elmont Franklin Square Garden City South Harbor Isle Hewlett Inwood Levittown Lido Beach Merrick North Bellmore North Merrick North Valley Stream Oceanside Point Lookout Roosevelt Salisbury Seaford South Hempstead South Valley Stream Uniondale Wantagh West Hempstead Woodmere North Woodmere Baldwin Harbor East Garden City Lakeview Malverne Park Oaks North Lynbrook Baxter Estates East Hills East Williston Flower Hill Great Neck Great Neck Estates Great Neck Plaza Kensington Kings Point Lake Success Manorhaven Mineola Munsey Park New Hyde Park North Hills Old Westbury Plandome Plandome Heights Plandome Manor Port Washington North Roslyn Roslyn Estates Roslyn Harbor Russell Gardens Saddle Rock Sands Point Thomaston Westbury Williston Park Albertson Carle Place Garden City Park Great Neck Gardens Greenvale Harbor Hills Herricks Lakeville Estates Manhasset Manhasset Hills New Cassel North New Hyde Park Port Washington Roslyn Heights Saddle Rock Estates Searingtown University Gardens Bayville Brookville Centre Island Cove Neck Farmingdale Lattingtown Laurel Hollow Massapequa Park Matinecock Mill Neck Muttontown Old Brookville Oyster Bay Cove Sea Cliff Upper Brookville Bethpage East Massapequa East Norwich Glen Head Glenwood Landing Hicksville Jericho Locust Valley Massapequa North Massapequa Old Bethpage Oyster Bay Plainedge Plainview South Farmingdale Syosset Woodbury

SUFFOLK COUNTY

Town of Babylon

Amityville

Babylon

Copiague

Deer Park

Lindenhurst

North Amityville

North BabylonWest Babylon

Wyandanch Town of Brookhaven

Bellport

Blue Point

Brookhaven

Calverton

Centereach

Center Moriches

Coram

East Moriches

East Patchogue

Eastport

East Setauket

Farmingville

Holbrook

Holtsville

Lake Grove

Manorville

Mastic

Mastic Beach

Medford

Middle Island

Miller Place

Moriches

Mount Sinai

North Patchogue

Patchogue

Port Jefferson

Port Jefferson Station

Ridge

Rocky Point

Ronkonkoma

Selden

Shirley

Shoreham

Sound Beach

Stony Brook

Upton

Wading River

Yaphank Town of East Hampton

Amagansett

East Hampton

Montauk

Sag Harbor

Wainscott Town of Huntington

Centerport

Cold Spring Harbor

Commack

East Northport

Greenlawn

Huntington

Huntington Station

Lloyd Harbor

Melville

Northport Town of Islip

Bayport

Bay Shore

Bohemia

Brentwood

Brightwaters

Central Islip

East Islip

Great River

Hauppauge

Holbrook

Holtsville

Islandia

Islip

Islip Terrace

Oakdale

Ocean Beach

Ronkonkoma

Sayville

West Islip

West Sayville Town of Riverhead

Aquebogue

Calverton

Jamesport

Laurel

Manorville

Riverhead

South Jamesport

Wading River Town of Shelter Island

Shelter Island

Shelter Island Heights Town of Smithtown

Commack

Hauppauge

Kings Park

Nesconset

Saint James

Smithtown Town of Southampton

Bridgehampton

Eastport

East Quogue

Hampton Bays

Quogue

Remsenburg

Sagaponack

Sag Harbor

Southampton

Speonk

Water Mill

Westhampton

Westhampton Beach Town of Southold

Cutchogue

East Marion

Fishers Island

Greenport

Laurel

Mattituck

New Suffolk

Orient

Peconic

Southold

QUEENS

Northwestern Queens

  • Astoria

  • Astoria Heights

  • Ditmars

  • Hunters Point

  • Little Egypt

  • Long Island City

  • Blissville

  • Dutch Kills

  • Queensbridge (housing development)

  • Queensview (housing development)

  • Queens West

  • Ravenswood (housing development)

  • Sunnyside

  • Sunnyside Gardens

Northeastern Queens

  • Bayside

  • Bay Terrace

  • Oakland Gardens

  • Bellerose

  • College Point

  • Douglaston

  • Flushing

  • Auburndale

  • Broadway-Flushing

  • Bowne Park

  • Chinatown

  • Downtown Flushing

  • Kew Gardens Hills

  • Koreatown

  • Linden Hill

  • Murray Hill

  • Willets Point

  • Pomonok

  • Electchester

  • Queensboro Hill

  • Floral Park

  • Fresh Meadows

  • Hillcrest

  • Utopia

  • Fort Totten

  • Glen Oaks

  • North Shore Towers (housing development)

  • Little Neck

  • Whitestone

  • Beechhurst

  • Malba

Central Queens

  • Corona

  • LeFrak City (housing development)

  • North Corona

  • East Elmhurst

  • Elmhurst

  • Forest Hills

  • Forest Hills Gardens

  • Fresh Pond

  • Glendale

  • Jackson Heights

  • Kew Gardens

  • Briarwood

  • Maspeth

  • Middle Village

  • Rego Park

  • Ridgewood

  • Wyckoff Heights

  • Woodside

Southeastern Queens

  • Bellaire

  • Brookville

  • Cambria Heights

  • Hollis Hills

  • Hollis

  • Holliswood

  • Jamaica

  • Jamaica Estates

  • Jamaica Hills

  • Laurelton

  • Meadowmere

  • Queens Village

  • Rochdale Village (Cooperative Housing Development)

  • Rosedale

  • Saint Albans

  • South Jamaica

  • Springfield Gardens

  • Warnerville

Southwestern Queens

  • The Hole

  • Howard Beach

  • Hamilton Beach

  • Howard Park

  • Lindenwood (housing development)

  • Old Howard Beach

  • Ramblersville

  • Rockwood Park

  • Ozone Park

  • South Ozone Park

  • Tudor Village

  • Richmond Hill

  • Woodhaven

The Rockaways

  • Arverne

  • Bayswater

  • Belle Harbor

  • Breezy Point

  • Broad Channel

  • Edgemere

  • Far Rockaway

  • Hammels

  • Neponsit

  • Rockaway Beach

  • Rockaway Park

  • Roxbury

  • Seaside

Northwest Bronx

  • Bedford Park

  • Belmont (Arthur Avenue)

  • Fordham

  • Fordham Heights

  • Kingsbridge

  • Kingsbridge Heights

  • Van Cortlandt Village

  • Marble Hill (part of Manhattan, but often associated with the Bronx due to its mainland location)

  • Norwood (also known as Bainbridge)

  • Riverdale

  • Central Riverdale

  • Fieldston

  • Hudson Hill

  • North Riverdale

  • Spuyten Duyvil (South Riverdale)

  • University Heights

  • Woodlawn

Southwest Bronx

  • Bathgate

  • Claremont

  • Concourse

  • East Tremont

  • Highbridge

  • Hunts Point

  • Longwood

  • Foxhurst

  • Woodstock

  • Melrose

  • Morris Heights

  • Morrisania

  • Crotona Park East

  • Mott Haven

  • Port Morris

  • The Hub

  • Tremont

  • Mount Eden

  • Mount Hope

  • West Farms

East Bronx

Northeast Bronx

  • Allerton

  • Bronxwood

  • Laconia

  • Baychester

  • Bronxdale

  • City Island

  • Co-op City

  • Eastchester

  • Edenwald

  • Indian Village

  • Olinville

  • Morris Park

  • Pelham Gardens

  • Pelham Parkway

  • Van Nest

  • Wakefield

  • Washingtonville

  • Williamsbridge

Southeast Bronx

  • Bronx River (on the border of East and West)

  • Bruckner

  • Castle Hill

  • Clason Point

  • Country Club

  • Harding Park

  • Parkchester

  • Park Versailles

  • Westchester Heights

  • Pelham Bay

  • Soundview

  • Schuylerville

  • Throggs Neck (also spelled Throgs Neck)

  • Edgewater Park

  • Unionport

  • Westchester Square

Islands

  • The Pelham Islands – The historical name for a group of uninhabited islands.

  • The Blauzes

  • Chimney Sweeps Islands

  • City Island – The only inhabited island.

  • Hart Island

  • High Island

  • Hunter Island

  • Rat Island

  • Twin Island

  • North Brother Island

  • South Brother Island

  • Rikers Island – The location of New York City's prison

Northwestern Brooklyn

  • Brooklyn Heights

  • Brooklyn Navy Yard

  • Admiral's Row

  • Cadman Plaza

  • Clinton Hill

  • Downtown Brooklyn

  • Bridge Plaza/RAMBO

  • DUMBO

  • Fort Greene

  • Fulton Ferry

  • Pacific Park/Atlantic Yards

  • Prospect Heights

  • Vinegar Hill

  • South Brooklyn – takes its name from the geographical position of the original town of Brooklyn, which today includes the neighborhoods listed above under the heading "northwestern Brooklyn." It is not located in the southern part of the modern borough.

  • Boerum Hill

  • Carroll Gardens

  • Columbia Street Waterfront District

  • Cobble Hill

  • Gowanus

  • Park Slope

  • South Park Slope

  • Greenwood Heights

  • Red Hook

Northeastern Brooklyn

  • Bedford–Stuyvesant

  • Bedford

  • Ocean Hill

  • Stuyvesant Heights

Central Brooklyn

  • Crown Heights

  • Weeksville

  • Ditmas Park

  • Flatbush

  • Beverley Squares: Beverley Square East, Beverley Square West

  • East Flatbush

  • Farragut

  • Fiske Terrace

  • Pigtown

  • Prospect Park area

  • Kensington

  • Ocean Parkway

  • Prospect Lefferts Gardens

  • Prospect Park South

  • West Midwood

  • Windsor Terrace

  • Wingate

  • Midwood

Western Brooklyn

  • Bath Beach

  • Bay Ridge

  • Bensonhurst

  • Borough Park

  • Dyker Heights

  • Mapleton

  • New Utrecht

  • Sunset Park

  • Chinatown

  • Sunset Industrial Park

Southern Brooklyn

  • Barren Island

  • Bergen Beach and Georgetown

  • Coney Island

  • Brighton Beach, also known as "Little Odessa"

  • Manhattan Beach

  • Sheepshead Bay and Madison

  • Sea Gate

  • Flatlands

  • Gerritsen Beach

  • Gravesend

  • White Sands

  • Homecrest

  • Marine Park

  • Mill Basin

  • Plumb Beach

Eastern Brooklyn

  • Brownsville

  • Canarsie

  • East New York

  • City Line

  • Cypress Hills

  • New Lots

  • Spring Creek

  • Starrett City

  • Highland Park

Northern Brooklyn

  • Bushwick

  • Wyckoff Heights

  • East Williamsburg

  • Greenpoint

  • Little Poland

  • Williamsburg

Bushwick

  • Bushwick

  • Greenpoint

  • Williamsburg (separated from Bushwick in 1840, annexed to Brooklyn in 1854)

Brooklyn

  • Bedford-Stuyvesant

  • Boerum Hill

  • Carroll Gardens

  • Cobble Hill

  • Brooklyn Heights

  • Brownsville

  • City Line

  • Clinton Hill

  • Crown Heights

  • Cypress Hills

  • Downtown Brooklyn

  • DUMBO

  • East New York

  • Fort Greene

  • Gowanus

  • Greenwood Heights

  • Highland Park

  • New Lots (separated from Flatbush in 1852, annexed to Brooklyn in 1886)

  • Ocean Hill

  • Park Slope

  • Prospect Heights

  • RAMBO

  • Spring Creek

  • Starrett City

  • Stuyvesant Heights

  • Sunset Park

  • Vinegar Hill

  • Weeksville

  • Windsor Terrace

  • Wingate

Flatlands

  • Bergen Beach

  • Canarsie

  • Flatlands

  • Georgetown

  • Marine Park

  • Mill Basin

  • The southeastern quarter of Midwood

Gravesend

  • Brighton Beach

  • Coney Island

  • Gerritsen Beach

  • Gravesend

  • Homecrest

  • Madison

  • Manhattan Beach

  • Plum Beach

  • Seagate

  • Sheepshead Bay

New Utrecht

  • Bay Ridge

  • Borough Park

  • Dyker Heights

  • Mapleton

  • New Utrecht

  • Bath Beach

  • Bensonhurst

Flatbush

  • Ditmas Park

  • East Flatbush

  • Farragut

  • Fiske Terrace

  • Flatbush

  • Kensington

  • Prospect Lefferts Gardens

  • Prospect Park South

  • Midwood

List of Staten Island neighborhoods

  • Annadale

  • Arden Heights

  • Arlington

  • Arrochar

  • Bay Terrace

  • Bloomfield

  • Brighton Heights

  • Bulls Head

  • Castleton

  • Castleton Corners

  • Charleston

  • Chelsea

  • Clifton

  • Concord

  • Dongan Hills

  • Egbertville

  • Elm Park

  • Eltingville

  • Emerson Hill

  • Fort Wadsworth

  • Graniteville

  • Grant City

  • Grasmere

  • Great Kills

  • Greenridge

  • Grymes Hill

  • Hamilton Park

  • Heartland Village

  • Huguenot

  • Lighthouse Hill

  • Livingston

  • Manor Heights

  • Mariners Harbor

  • Meiers Corners

  • Midland Beach

  • New Brighton

  • New Dorp

  • New Springville

  • Oakwood

  • Ocean Breeze

  • Old Place

  • Old Town

  • Pleasant Plains

  • Port Richmond

  • Prince's Bay

  • Randall Manor

  • Richmond Valley

  • Richmondtown

  • Rosebank

  • Rossville

  • Sandy Ground

  • Shore Acres

  • Silver Lake

  • South Beach

  • St. George

  • Stapleton

  • Stapleton Heights

  • Sunnyside

  • Todt Hill

  • Tompkinsville

  • Tottenville

  • Tottenville Beach

  • Travis

  • Ward Hill

  • Westerleigh

  • West New Brighton

  • Willowbrook

  • Woodrow

Some of the signs, symptoms, and injuries that come as a result of abuse and neglect are:

  • Bed Sores or Pressure Sores (also known as “decubitus ulcers” or “pressure ulcers”)

  • Falls resulting in fractures or other serious injury

  • Infection or Sepsis

  • Head injuries

  • Injuries of unknown origin

  • Malnutrition or Dehydration

  • Medication Errors

  • Choking

  • Clogged Breathing Tubes

  • Physical or Sexual Assault or Abuse

  • Physical or Chemical Restraints

  • Burns

  • Alzheimer's and other dementias

  • Assaults by staff

If you, a family member or a friend have been injured due to the neglect of others in a New York nursing home, call Leitner Varughese at (855) LV LAW NY (855-585-2969), or visit our website at http://www.lvlawny.com.

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