Aria Health System has been hit with a roughly $5.7 million verdict after a mentally impaired man admitted for self-inflicted stab wounds was left alone and leaped out of a fourth-floor window.
The Philadelphia jury that heard plaintiff Charles P. Williams’ case against Aria, owner of Aria Frankford and Torresdale Hospitals, where Williams was treated, awarded him $5.5 million for pain and suffering and $215,000 for economic loss. Williams’ lawsuit claimed that Aria failed to properly monitor him under its care and failed to diagnose him as a suicide risk.
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