Nursing Home • Corporate Liability • Sufficiency of Pleading • Constructive Notice

Ezrin v. Hospice Preferred Choice Inc. et al, PICS Case No. 17-1382 (C.P. Lackawanna Sept. 5, 2017) Nealon, J. (11 pages).

Plaintiff sufficiently alleged the actual or constructive knowledge element of a corporate negligence claim where he alleged that the defendant nursing home failed to adequately supervise its actual and ostensible agents and neglected to implement and enforce procedures to ensure the safety and care of its residents. The court overruled the defendants' preliminary objection.