Florida nursing home must pay $2.3M over bedsore death, jury rules

by Jon Styf

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Nursing home death overview: 

• Who: Alfred Davis, the husband of former patient Claretha Davis, was awarded for negligence against his wife at Parklands, a Florida nursing home.
• Why: Davis’ husband was awarded $2.3 million after she allegedly developed one bedsore that healed and another that lasted until her death at the facility.
• Where: The nursing home bedsore lawsuit was filed in Gainesville, Florida district court.
• How can I find help: If you believe your loved one was the victim of elder abuse or nursing home neglect in an assisted living facility or other institution since Jan. 1, 2020, you may qualify to join a nursing home abuse lawsuit investigation.

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Alfred Davis, the husband of former patient Claretha Davis, was awarded $2.3 million for negligence related to her death at a Florida nursing home, according to Law360.

Davis died in 2021 after a bedsore caused an infection that spread into both her blood and bones, the website said. It was Davis’ second bedsore at Parklands Care Center, with the first developing in April 2020 but fully healed by Dec. 16 and another appearing before she was visited by a doctor on Dec. 30, 2020.

Davis used a special pressure-relieving mattress Davis on her doctor’s orders but it was deflated, her lawyer said in court according to Law360, which caused pressure exactly where it wasn’t supposed to be before her nursing home death.

Davis had a history of medical issues before moving into nursing home, lawyer said

A lawyer for Parklands said that Davis had everything from hypertension to Parkinson’s disease, malnutrition, anemia, diabetes, a history of falling, muscle weakness and urinary tract infections before moving into the facility, Law360 reported.

“It’s fulfilling for justice to be served, not only for this family but for Floridians in general, because there are so many tragedies that occur in nursing homes, and it gets brushed under the table so often,” Davis’ lawyer told Law360 after the nursing home bedsore verdict. “… So much improvement is needed in this industry.”

A jury in McCracken County, Ky. reached a unanimous verdict in a 2020 nursing home neglect lawsuit, awarding $5 million to the family of a former patient of Superior Care Home facility in nearby Paducah.

The plaintiff is represented by Scott Fischer of Gordon and Partners. 

The Nursing home death lawsuit is Redding v. Parklands Facility, Case No. 2022-CA-00031 in the Eighth Judicial District of Florida.

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