A New York City jury has awarded almost $19 million to the family of a 76-year-old nursing home patient that the family says developed more than 20 pressure sores due to nursing home neglect. The family of John Danzy filed the lawsuit against the Brooklyn Queens Nursing Home after Danzy died in 2003 of an infection allegedly caused by the nursing home six months after he was removed from the facility.
The verdict, which included $15 million in punitive damages, was the first in New York state history to result in punitive damages against a nursing home, according to the New York Post. The award also included $3.75 million in compensatory damages.
The lawsuit accused the nursing home of falsifying records to make it appear that they had been taking proper care of Danzy. An FBI medical records review expert witness said that it appeared that nursing home staff went back into the records and changed skin check logs to make it look like they had found the pressure sores.
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