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Jury Awards $1 Million in Suit Against Nursing Home

By Levin & Perconti

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A jury awarded $1 million in punitive damages to the family of a 104 year-old who died after a brief stay in a nursing home operated by Sunrise Senior Living. The jury found that the nursing home?s abuse and neglect led to her developing pressure ulcers. These ulcers could have been treated, but adequate measures, such as skin checks, were not taken by the facility. The woman only stayed in the Sunrise facility, one of 440 homes operated by Sunrise, for about two months. However, the facility?s negligent care of her pressure ulcers resulted in the woman?s death a mere two weeks after she left the facility.

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Full post as published by Illinois Nursing Home Abuse Blog on May 30, 2008 (boomark / email).

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