A woman has pleaded not guilty in a case of nursing home abuse that was purportedly caught on film.

During the tape, the New York City nurse is shown to have allegedly pulled away a wheelchair from an 85-year-old woman. As the tape proceeds, the plaintiff's attorney noted that the woman, instead of trying to help the now injured elderly woman, walked away, came back the to fallen woman, and did not wait until another staff member passed by the injured elderly woman before calling for help.

According to the plaintiff, this is an obvious case of nursing home abuse.

The defendant, a 56-year-old nurse, claimed that she was unable to catch the woman before she fell and broke her hip. The defense stated that their client surely could not have maliciously caused the event and left the injured woman, as she herself was the one later calling for help.

The New York State Health Department has previous cleared the nursing home with all issues of regulation compliance.

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