Judge Finds Pennsylvania Law Bars Punitive Damages Claim Against Nursing Home

Mealey's (January 30, 2018, 1:57 PM EST) -- JOHNSTOWN, Pa. — After noting that Pennsylvania law prohibits an award of punitive damages on a wrongful death claim, a federal judge in the state on Jan. 24 granted a nursing home’s motion to dismiss the request in relation to a former resident but declined to dismiss the estate’s request for punitive damages on other claims as premature (Eugene C. Rowles v. GGNSC Altoona Hillview LP, et al., No. 3:17-cv-22, W.D. Pa., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 11245)....