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A 52-year-old construction worker who sustained a fall off of a temporary staircase while working on a new home build in 2017 will receive $9.2 Million as a settlement for the injuries he sustained. The worker was in the process of clearing drywall when he fell as a result of an unsafe condition. The individual sustained...

Companies that manufacture and sell drugs and medical devices have duties to appropriately make, test, ensure product safety, and appropriately warn of the side effects and complications associated with the use of their products.  However, when companies forsake these duties, often to protect their profits, defective and dangerous drugs and devices are put on the...

The covid-19 deaths of a husband and wife who died two days apart in an Albion nursing home has set the stage for what's believed to be among the first lawsuits challenging the controversial pandemic immunity the stat granted....

Michael Scinta, an attorney at Brown Chiari, spoke with the Buffalo News about the lawsuit brought on behalf of a husband and wife who died two days apart in an Albion nursing home. The lawsuit is thought to be the first of its kind in the state to confront the Covid-19 immunity...read more  

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo is engulfed in scandals relating to sexual harassment and his administration’s handling of the Covid-19 pandemic in nursing homes. But while a critical state report found Cuomo’s administration “undercounted” thousands of nursing home deaths, State Attorney General Letitia James also found blame with nursing home owners. “Empty...

Michael Scinta, an attorney at Brown Chiari, spoke with WKBW regarding the complicated financial web that allows some for-profit nursing home owners to receive public money through Medicaid and Medicare and essentially pay themselves with those and other profits.  The interview and article, entitled "I-Team: Following the money in nursing home ownership," can be accessed here.

When a dementia resident at a troubled Delaware Avenue nursing home escaped through a third-story window and fell 34 feet, his dying request was that someone hold his hand, a wrongful death lawsuit against the facility states. William L. Strasner, 87, had been trying for weeks to flee from Emerald South Nursing and Rehabilitation Center...

The National Trial Lawyers is pleased to announce that Andrea Conjerti of Brown Chiari LLP in Buffalo has been selected for inclusion into its Top 40 Under 40 Civil Plaintiff Trial Lawyers in New York, an honor given to only a select group of lawyers for their superior skills and qualifications in the field.  Membership in this exclusive organization is...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A former Buffalo nursing home that was the target of criticism from county and state officials has also generated several lawsuits. A Long Island couple formerly known as “controlling investors” of the Emerald South Nursing and Rehabilitation Center are suing Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz. The County Executive accused the owners...

An 87-year-old man died Monday at Emerald South, a Buffalo nursing home where more than 80 percent of the residents and patients are on Medicaid. Mike Scinta, an attorney with the Brown Chiari law firm, which specializes in cases like these, stopped by News 4 on Monday to talk about the situation. Emerald South declined...

WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y. (WIVB) – When a resident of Brompton Heights Senior Living Facility was treated at ECMC after being found lying in the snow wearing only a nightgown, she had a core body temperature of 82.5 degrees. That’s according to a Department of Health report on the incident, which News 4 obtained on Wednesday. The...

  Kaleida will pay a $500,000 penalty to Medicaid as reimbursement for lack of care. BUFFALO, N.Y. — Latifa Johnson says the grief she felt when her 16-month-old son died in 2015 has returned. Johnson gave birth to triplets, two girls and a boy. The boy, Jameir, had a problem with his airway so he...