7 Million Dollar Verdict in Nursing Home Abuse Case
A jury awarded $7 million on April 17, 2009 to the family of a victim of nursing home abuse at the hands of Arkansas based nursing home, Sevier Healthcare, Inc.
Mr. John C. Minor was admitted to Sevier "Healthcare" in August of 2002. After suffering through two years of serious malnutrition, pneumonia, numerous urinary tract infections, dehydration to the point of kidney failure and 35 (!) bed sores, he died. Mr. Minor’s bed sores were so numerous and so infected - and of such an advanced nature - that his body could not even be embalmed for his funeral.
The jury found that the defendant nursing home had decided to inflate their profits by lowering their total staff - which resulted in inadequate care to Mr. Minor. To bring to light the severity of Mr. Minor’s case and other cases like his, Mr. Minor’s family decided to sue Sevier Nursing Home all the way through to a jury trial, knowing they would receive nothing even if a verdict was returned in their favor. Sevier Nursing Home and its Director had previously filed bankruptcy and there is no compensation at all to disburse to the family.
