Georgia Jury Awards More Than $7.6M In Wrongful Death Suit Against Nursing Home

(February 5, 2018, 9:32 AM EST) -- VALDOSTA, Ga. — A state court jury in Georgia on Jan. 25 awarded $7,621,200 in compensatory damages to the son and estate administrator of a man who died while living in a nursing home, finding that the facility and staff were negligent and breached the standard of care when they waited to take the man to the hospital (Gregory Copeland, et al., v. Lowndes County Health Services, LLC d/b/a Heritage Heathcare at Holly Hill, No. 2014CV287, Ga. State, Lowndes Co.)....

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