$91.5 million verdict awarded for nursing home death 
By:
Kimberly Atkins
Published: January 17, 2012
Tags: dehydration, nursing home, nursing home litigation, Top Ten Jury Verdicts, Top Ten Jury Verdicts of 2011, wrongful death
A West Virginia jury awarded the son of a woman who died of severe dehydration after a brief stay in a nursing home $91.5 million, including an $80 million punitive damages award.
“It was like a house of horrors,” plaintiffs’ attorney Michael J. Fuller said of the facility where 87-year-old Dorothy Douglas was admitted in 2009, only to die a few weeks later.
$91.5 million verdict awarded for nursing home death
By:
Kimberly Atkins
Published: August 15, 2011
Tags: dehydration, nursing home, nursing home litigation, wrongful death
A West Virginia jury has awarded the son of a woman who died of severe dehydration after a brief stay in a nursing home $91.5 million, including an $80 million punitive damages award.
