Sunrise Senior Living Faces Residents’ Rights Claim in New York

Sunrise Senior Living Management Inc. will have to answer a claim that it violated a New York law requiring nursing homes to properly care for their residents, a federal court in the state said.

The company didn’t show, based on the limited material before the court on a motion to dismiss, that it isn’t a “residential care facility” covered by the state law, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York said Wednesday.

Kris Schumacher sued Sunrise on behalf of the estate of George Schumacher. She alleged Schumacher fell, was injured, and died due to Sunrise’s inadequate ...