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Nursing Homes Sexual Harassment

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Nurse Tech Lawsuit Claiming Patient Harassment Fails, Court Says

In determining what counts as harassment in the workplace, context matters. Or at least that’s the takeaway from a recent decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, affirming the dismissal of a lawsuit...more

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New York Is Poised For Some Significant Tax Increases

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Are the rich making enough of a contribution to society? Are they bearing their fair share of taxes? Many New York legislators don’t think so. Following the elections of November 2020, the State’s Democratic party secured...more

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Coronavirus: The Hill and the Headlines, March 2021 # 9

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In Washington: President Biden on Thursday signed a $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act into law. Biden, who signed the bill alongside Vice President Harris in the Oval Office, characterized the measure as historic...more

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Employers may be liable for harassment by a non-employee

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“Claims of sexual harassment typically involve the behavior of fellow employees. But not always,” said a federal appeals court in Gardner v. CLC of Pascagoula, LLC. The case shows employers must take employee complaints of...more

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Fifth Circuit Rules Employers Are Not Always Protected From Liability Resulting From Harassment by Nonemployees With Diminished...

Courts have ruled that employees who work with clients with diminished capacity present different challenges when establishing whether the nonemployee’s alleged harassment affected the terms and conditions of the employee’s...more

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Nursing homes barred from hiding patient harms behind a dubious legal shield

A 100-year-old woman is strangled by her roommate, but a lawsuit against the nursing home gets blocked from court. Another nursing home dodges a suit when a 94-year-old patient suffers an unexplained and fatal head wound. An...more

Patrick Malone & Associates P.C. | DC Injury...

You Should Know - May 2016

In This Issue: - Forced Injustice - Stacking the Deck - Sign the Petition - Excerpt from Businesses Use Loophole to Deny Day in Court: Injustice, Thy Name Is Forced Arbitration: Tia’s employment case...more

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Risky Business: A Three-Step Plan For Addressing Harassment By Nonemployees

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Employers have long understood that they face potential liability when an employee is sexually harassed by another employee and they do nothing to prevent or fix the known problem. It is also true, but perhaps less well...more

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Care Manor Nursing and Rehab Center Settles EEOC Retaliation Lawsuit

Arkansas Nursing Home Fired Employee in Retaliation for Her Complaining About Its Hiring An Accused Sexual Harasser, Federal Agency Charged - MOUNTAIN HOME, Ark. - Care Manor Nursing and Rehab Center in Mountain Home,...more

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