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Virginia nursing home being sued for $26M over resident death
Posted on Aug 28, 2009
The death of a resident at a Williamsburg, Virginia nursing home has lead to a $26.85 million lawsuit against the facility and its former administrator.
The man, Roper Houston, a 70 year old with severe mental retardation, died after being taken to the hospital because staff found blood in his urine. According to the lawsuit filed by the family, Houston suffered a fall from his bed because a nurse neglected to raise a guardrail.
As a result of the fall Houston had a huge swelling on his head, but the incident was not reported to the hospital.
The nursing home, Ruxton Health Care, was sold at the beginning of this year to a Florida based company and is now called Envoy of Williamsburg. The name change can’t hide the home’s troubles, however.
Between January 2006 and April 2008 there were about 28 complaints of patient neglect against the facility. In addition, another wrongful death case arose last year when a resident died from multiple bedsores and skin ulcers. That suit was settled this past April for an undisclosed amount.
Another wrongful death suit is being prepared against the facility, this time for the death of a resident who also passed away under suspicious circumstances last year.
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