Carlyle Nursing Unit to Appeal $91.5 Million Medical Negligence Verdict

"The Carlyle Group nursing home subsidiary, HCR ManorCare Inc., will appeal a $91.5 million verdict awarded to a man whose mother spent 20 days in a nursing home before dying in a hospital.

Dorothy Douglas of Barboursville, West Virginia, suffered dehydration and renal failure before dying, her son Tom Douglas claimed in his 2009 lawsuit filed in state court in Charleston, West Virginia. Dorothy Douglas, 87, suffered from dementia and Parkinson’s disease.
The jury on Aug. 5 found that Manor Care Inc., the unit owned by HCR ManorCare, was medically negligent in its care, according to the jury verdict form.
Douglas’s lawyers said the Charleston nursing home was understaffed and the home’s administrators knew it.
“Although the incident in question occurred two years ago, we feel that the center and staff acted appropriately in providing the proper care for this resident,” HCR ManorCare said in an e-mailed statement. “In addition we believe this center was staffed above the state requirements at the time in question.”
Carlyle Nursing Unit to Appeal $91.5 Million Medical Negligence Verdict - Bloomberg