While its seminal decision on corporate liability for nursing homes awaits judgment from the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, the state Superior Court has kicked a similar matter back to Philadelphia court for the possible addition of punitive damages.
After a round of cross-appeals in Hall v. Episcopal Long Term Care, a three-judge panel determined a deceased woman’s estate presented enough evidence about understaffing, falsified care logs and disregard of the woman’s pain to get the issue of punitives in front of a Philadelphia jury.
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