Magistrate Says Standard Of Care Facts Remain In $2M Suit Against Home Care Agency

Mealey's (July 21, 2022, 12:52 PM EDT) -- SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A Puerto Rico federal magistrate judge on July 12 denied a home care agency’s summary judgment motion in surviving adult children’s medical malpractice suit against the home care agency and its related hospital, whose alleged failure to follow the adequate standard of care allegedly resulted in their father’s death, finding that material questions of fact remain regarding whether agency staff failed to provide “adequate” care and “whether any deviation from the standard of care” contributed to the man’s death....