Sentences with phrase «awards against nursing homes»

Awards against nursing homes are comprised for the most part of punitive damages.

Awards against nursing homes are comprised for the most part of punitive damages, and damages for mental anguish, pain and suffering experienced by the injured person, medical expenses, and the loss of affection and companionship by the surviving spouse or children.

Not exact matches

Oh, and also where the person who enacts the money - funneling plan was the owner of the nursing home against whom the jury award had been imposed.

Limits the award of noneconomic damages in medical malpractice cases to $ 250,000 against all doctors and health care practitioners and a $ 250,000 per - facility cap against health care facilities such as hospitals and nursing homes, with an overall cap of $ 500,000 against health care facilities, creating in effect an overall limit of noneconomic damages in medical malpractice cases of $ 750,000.