Man’s estate to get $20 million; Nursing home, 2 workers must pay
Friday, May 5th, 2006.
Frankfort, KY - A jury awarded $20 million yesterday to the estate of a man that filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against a Frankfort nursing home.
Connie O’Brien and Deborah Cunnigan, two of the 11 nurses named in the suit, were also found to be culpable in the death of Loren Richards, 84. They must each pay $500 in punitive damages, according to the verdict.
Richards died on March 2, 2002, at Beverly Health and Rehabilitation of Frankfort.
Richards’ daughter, Wanda Delaplane, sued the home, alleging that nurses had ignored her father’s repeated calls for help with abdominal pain. With an impacted bowel, he later died of a heart attack and a blood clot in his left lung.
The suit also alleged that the home was understaffed because of companywide cost-cutting.
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