How Low Is Too Low?
I thought of the expression "hard cases make bad law" when I read the summary of a recent case in Florida. A jury in Polk County awarded $1.1 billion in damages to the family of a Florida woman who died as a result of negligence at nursing home facility, the Auburndale Oaks Healthcare Center (see Florida Jury Awards $1.1 Billion In Nursing Home Wrongful Death Negligence Lawsuit). In this lawsuit, the jury was asked to determine if the policies of the management company and its partners' corporate behavior created conditions at the facility that could have led to . . .


