Virginia Supreme Court Reverses $1.75M Judgment Against Nursing Home

(September 4, 2019, 10:00 AM EDT) -- RICHMOND, Va. — A trial court erred in finding that a nursing assistant committed molestation and rape within the scope of his employment and in removing that issue from a jury, the majority of the Virginia Supreme Court ruled Aug. 30, reversing a $1.75 million final judgment based on the jury’s verdict against a nursing home that it was vicariously liable for the nursing assistant’s actions and remanding for a retrial (Our Lady of Peace Inc. v. Barbara Morgan, et al., No. 180736, Va. Sup., 2019 Va. LEXIS 105)....

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