Patient’s Daughter Answers Amicus Curiae Briefs Supporting California Nursing Home

Mealey's (December 17, 2018, 11:14 AM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — The daughter and successor in interest of an elderly nursing home patient on Nov. 26 refuted amicus curiae briefs in support of the nursing home in a lawsuit alleging that it violated her father’s rights under California Health and Safety Code Section 1430, arguing to the California Supreme Court that none of the briefs demonstrate how interpreting Section 1430(b) to provide a maximum recovery of $500 per lawsuit serves the statute’s “legislative intent and purpose” (Janice Jarman v. HCR Manor Care Inc., et al., No. S241431, Calif. Sup.)....