Death to Damages: Nursing home industry looking to lawmakers to protect shareholders from residents’ lawsuits
Thursday, February 21st, 2008.
Nashville, TN - The nursing home industry, lending new meaning to the term audacious, is pushing legislation to limit its liability in Tennessee courts at a time when violations for neglect and abuse of residents are higher than ever before. It may seem outrageous to many, but inside Tennessee’s ethically challenged legislature, the measure’s chances of passage are better than even.
The industry—led by National Healthcare Corp., which owned the Nashville nursing home where 16 residents died in a fire four years ago—showered lawmakers with $85,000 in campaign contributions in the last election cycle, and it has hired two dozen luminaries of the state lobbying corps—including Betty Anderson, wife of House Speaker Jimmy Naifeh—to grease the skids for its legislation.
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