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Jury awards senior $7.75 million in nursing home abuse lawsuit
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Jury awards senior $7.75 million in nursing home abuse lawsuit
Posted on Feb 27, 2010
A woman who suffered through abuse at the hands of a nursing home staffer has been awarded a $7.74 million settlement by a California jury. Of the $7.75 million award, $5 million was for punitive damages.
The woman, Maria Arellano, 71, spent time in a nursing home because she was unable to walk or speak after a stroke. A camera caught video footage of one of the Fillmore Convalescent Center employees abusing Arellano.
The employee was, Monica Garcia, was clearly shown in the video slapping Arellano, pulling her hair, roughly handling her, and treating her violently in a shower seat. According to Arellano’s lawyers, the facility had been notified of the abuses in writing by more than one family.
The lawsuit claims that Garcia had been named by at least one family member as an abusive nursing home employee. As a result of the lawsuit, Garcia admitted to abusing Arellano. However, she claimed that she only abused the elderly resident on the day that the video footage was taken.
It is important for Virginia families to know the signs of nursing home abuse and neglect. It is also very important for friends and family members of Virginia nursing home residents to speak up if they fear that a resident is being abused or neglected.
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