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$15M California Nursing Home Pressure Ulcer Verdict

March 13, 2026

On January 13, 2026, a Solano County, California nursing home negligence jury returned its verdict in excess of $15 million to the family of a 96-year-old woman who died on October 2, 2019 at home after developing pressure ulcers on her lower back and buttocks that allegedly were not properly diagno[...]

Punitive Damages Awarded Against Pennsylvania Nursing Home Vacated On Appeal

July 21, 2025

Green Ridge Healthcare Group, LLC d/b/a Green Ridge Care Center and Saber Healthcare Group, LLP appealed from the $3,035,235.00 judgment (which included $2,700,000 in punitive damages) that was entered in favor of Mildred Bernavage, a 90-year-old resident of the nursing home who had suffered a fract[...]

$11M New Mexico Rehab Facility Malpractice Verdict

January 27, 2019

After an eight-day jury trial and four hours of jury deliberations, a New Mexico malpractice jury returned its verdict for the plaintiff on January 22, 2019 in the amount of $5 million in compensatory damages and $6 million in punitive damages. The defendant skilled nursing facility held itself out [...]

Kentucky Appellate Court Overturns $18M Jury Verdict Against Nursing Home

August 12, 2018

The Commonwealth of Kentucky Court of Appeals (“Kentucky Appellate Court”) affirmed the trial court granting the defendant nursing home a new trial in a case where the Kentucky nursung home negligence jury had awarded the plaintiff $18 million. The jury awarded $4,000,000 for physical pa[...]

Fourth Circuit Court Of Appeals Reinstates Punitive Damages Award In Federal Nursing Home Wrongful Death Case

August 4, 2018

In an unreported opinion filed on August 2, 2018, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (“Federal Appellate Court”) reversed the district court’s grant of judgment for the nursing home defendants as to the jury’s award of punitive damages for the plaintiffs, and re[...]

Iowa Appellate Court Allows Prior Nursing Home Citations, Punitive Damages In Nursing Home Case

August 1, 2018

The Court of Appeals of Iowa (“Iowa Appellate Court”) held in its decision filed on June 6, 2018 that the trial court had not abused its discretion in allowing the Iowa nursing home negligence jury to consider the defendant nursing home’s prior deficiency citations, finding that th[...]

$7.5M Pennsylvania Nursing Home Sexual Assault Verdict

May 24, 2018

A Pennsylvania nursing home sexual assault jury returned its verdict against a Pennsylvania nursing home in the amount of $7.5 million in compensatory damages after four hours of jury deliberations following a nearly two-week trial. The May 3, 2018 verdict assigned 85% responsibility to the defendan[...]

$1M Pennsylvania Jury Verdict Against Nursing Home For Resident’s Fractures From Falls Due To Inadequate Staffing

December 22, 2017

A Pennsylvania nursing home negligence jury returned its verdict in the amount of $1 million, which included $750,000 in punitive damages, against a Pennsylvania nursing home operator and others, for the fractures suffered by a resident as a result of multiple falls that were allegedly due to the nu[...]

Ohio Appellate Court Vacates Punitive Damages Award Against Nursing Home

May 19, 2017

The Court of Appeals of Ohio (“Ohio Appellate Court”) issued a decision on April 27, 2017 that vacated a punitive damages award in the amount of $560,000 against a nursing home, finding that the plaintiff had failed to provide sufficient evidence of actual malice and therefore the issue [...]

Tennessee Circuit Court Affirms $28M Punitive Damages Award Against Nursing Home

November 14, 2016

In its October 28, 2016 Findings Of Fact And Conclusions Of Law Affirming Punitive Damages regarding various nursing home companies and individuals who operated a Tennessee nursing home that a Tennessee jury determined were responsible for a resident’s death, the court affirmed the jury[...]

$5.5M Colorado Nursing Home Wrongful Death Verdict

May 22, 2016

On May 13, 2016, after a two-week trial, a Colorado nursing home wrongful death jury returned its verdict against a Colorado nursing home and its corporate owner in excess of $5.5 million, which included $5 million in punitive damages, $57,066.43 in economic damages, and $500,000 in wrongful death[...]

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