A nursing home will pay $1.5 million in legal costs in addition to a liability verdict previously rendered of $4.1 million due to their patient's stroke which occurred after the nursing home discontinued Coumadin for 14 days without physician approval. Coumadin is used to thin blood and prevent clotting and strokes. For more, http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180328/bartlett-nursing-home-to-pay-56-million-in-stroke-caseread the story.
Robert W. Carter, Jr. is a Virginia attorney whose law practice is dedicated to protecting the rights of the victims of nursing home and assisted living neglect and abuse in Richmond, Roanoke, Norfolk, Lynchburg, Danville, Charlottesville, and across Virginia.