Family of Nursing Home Resident Who Choked to Death Wins $1 Million Court Battle

Family of Nursing Home Resident Who Choked to Death Wins $1 Million Court Battle
The entrance to Woodhaven Care Center in Port Jefferson Station, New York, in July 2018. Screenshot/Google Maps
Richard Szabo
Richard Szabo
Editor/Reporter
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A New York aged care facility has been ordered by a jury to pay compensation to the family of a nursing home resident who choked to death.

Six years after Salvatore Niosi, 82, choked to death on Dec. 13, 2013, a Suffolk County Court ruled the Woodhaven Care Center in Port Jefferson Station was at fault for the elderly wheelchair-bound man’s death.

Richard Szabo
Richard Szabo
Editor/Reporter
Richard Szabo is an award-winning journalist with more than 12 years' experience in news writing at mainstream and niche media organizations. He has a specialty in business, tourism, hospitality, and healthcare reporting.
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