Ballerini Talbot Law

10/16/2026

It was my pleasure to be one of the sponsors for the annual Cape May County Bar Association’s CLE by the Sea two-day event.

10/02/2026

Hopefully, no one needs a lawyer for what I do. I know that’s wishful thinking. If you ever want some information on litigation of nursing home matters and other related information, you can check out our site. I have to thank my friend, Andrey, all the way out in Sacramento, for the design of the site. Be well.

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09/30/2026

Rich Talbot has been selected to Super Lawyers, yet again! While they do not have a nursing home category, Rich is noted under Healthcare, to distinguish nursing home cases from medical malpractice. They are very different, involving violations of statutory rights and regulatory standards. Rich is here to address nursing home problems.

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09/29/2026

$325K Bedsore Rehab Nursing Home

Rich Talbot was able to reach a settlement in principle the week before jury trial was slated in another nursing home case.

09/24/2026

In this past week, the New Jersey Supreme Court granted our petition for certification in Emmons vs Elmwood Hills, involving the issue of fee-shifting for violations of Nursing Home Act Rights without regard to causing damages.

09/23/2026

One must dig. Today was a 4 hour deposition of a Director of Nursing and 1.1 hour deposition of a CNA. That’s a great start on exposing what was not done properly in the nursing home.

08/26/2026

Happy National Dog Day!

08/26/2026

Update from Rich Talbot:

Let it be known that Care One’s arguments that the subacute section of a long term care licensed facility is not a nursing home were rejected, this time in what is to be a REPORTED Appellate Division case involving my trial lawyer friends, Jonathan Lauri, Denise Mariani and James Evans. For multiple reasons we have rightly and continually fought Care One’s argument, which sought to strip away the legal protections from subacute residents which have existed in New Jersey in the form of the Nursing Home Act since November of 1976. Despite having to provide a list of rights to subacute residents, despite the Jury Charge instructing judges that the rights apply to subacute residents and despite the Department of Health sending a memo to remind all nursing homes in NJ that the subacute section still falls under nursing home regulations, Care One and its counsel would still argue it was not a nursing home when someone was in a long term care bed for rehab. Well, now the Appellate Division told them they are wrong in the “approved for publication” decision of Sahar vs 301 Union Street, LLC, Care One at Wellington.

I’ve previously collected on a judgment with fees and costs for violations of rights in a subacute case against Care One at Evesham, but they still would make this argument. I think this should let all understand quite very clearly, just how important these protective laws really are, and that they apply to each and every resident and even applicant to a nursing home, licensed as a long term care facility by the DOH.

Congratulations to Denise, Jonathan, and James! This is just and good for all of New Jersey.

The vulnerable need to be protected. The vulnerable need a strong voice to stand up for them. God bless!

07/24/2026

The nursing home is actually appealing this. They are that terrified of public jury trials. I hope this gets more publicity for their appeal. This procedure to strip a constitutional right by capturing initials before the document is shown, so the nursing home representative can place it on the document and claim oral consent is outrageous.

07/02/2026

For the second time, Rich was able to defeat a motion for forced arbitration in the matter of Burton v. The Center for Rehab & Nursing Washington Township. The nursing home actually argued to force arbitration wherein they admit that their representative captured our client’s mother’s initials and then had that nursing home representative enter the initials on the arbitration agreement. What’s worse, is the the nursing home representative initialed the same document a day later. Beware of forced arbitration agreements. The nursing homes essentially want you to agree to waive a public jury trial for something that has not even happened yet, as in future violations of rights and neglect.