Iowa Appeals Panel Upholds $900,000 Award Following Nursing Home Death

Mealey's (June 11, 2018, 2:28 PM EDT) -- DES MOINES, Iowa — A $900,000 jury award for the family of a woman who was determined to have died from dehydration due to negligence at the nursing home where she resided was not excessive given “degree of reprehensibility,” an Iowa Court of Appeals panel ruled June 6, affirming a trial court’s order upholding the jury award (Kristine Christensen, et al. v. Good Shepherd, Inc., No. 17-0516, Iowa App., 2018 Iowa App. LEXIS 535)....

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