Courtesy photo$10 Million Settlement Reached for Baby Injured by Disconnected Ventilator
“We are very happy to get justice for the Voyez family after all of these years and to provide them with compensation so that they can provide the care their son needs,” Michael J. Epstein of the Epstein Law Firm told the Law Journal.
November 19, 2024 at 06:08 PM
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A $10 million settlement has been reached between a home health care provider and the family of a young child who experienced severe injuries, including cerebral palsy, as a result of a ventilator that was unknowingly disconnected while he was under a nurse's supervision.
Bergen County Judge Gregg A. Padavano approved the settlement on Oct. 7 in favor of the parents, Danielle and Thomas Voyez, and their infant son, Killian. The suit, Voyez v. Preferred Home Health Care, named Preferred Home Health Care and Nursing Services, Stouffer’s Nursing & Staffing, and an individual nurse, Emely Jaquez, as defendants.
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