NYC Nursing Home to Pay $19M in Damages
A Brooklyn nursing home will have to fork over nearly $19 million in damages to the family of a 76-year-old patient neglected so badly that he left with more than 20 bedsores.
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This is a substantial verdict and the first time a plaintiff has been awarded punitive damages against a nursing home in New York state. Now comes the hard part, trying to collect the judgment. It is not likely the owners had 19 million dollars worth of insurance coverage.