California nursing home operator Skilled Healthcare Group will pay $50 million to settle a lawsuit that threatened to bankrupt the company after a jury ordered it to pay $677 million for failing to provide enough nurses and staff. The money will go to the roughly 32,000 patients covered by the class action lawsuit as well as cover attorney fees. Once a judge approves the settlement, lawyers representing the patients have agreed to dismiss the verdict, thought to be the largest damages award in the country this year.
September 09, 2010 at 12:00 AM
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A California nursing home operator has agreed to pay $50 million to settle a lawsuit that threatened to bankrupt the company after a jury ordered it to pay $677 million for failing to provide enough nurses and staff.
Orange County-based Skilled Healthcare Group Inc. announced the settlement late Tuesday. The money will go to the roughly 32,000 patients covered by the class action lawsuit. It will also cover attorney fees.
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