U.S. Supreme Court Refuses To Hear Mena Nursing Home Case
By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
The United States Supreme Court refused to
consider the appeal of a Mena nursing home that appealed a large
award granted to a family in a wrongful death case.
A jury first granted a seventy-eight million dollar award to
the family, but the award was later reduced by the state Supreme
Court to twenty-six million.
In the case, the family of 93-year-old Margaretha Sauer argued
that she died at the Rich Mountain Nursing and Rehabilitation
Center from malnutrition, dehydration and bedsores.
The company has opposed paying the damages, saying that evidence
does not support the large award. The home is operated by Advocat
Incorporated of Franklin, Tennessee.
