$3 Million Jury Verdict in Failure to Administer Medications at Rehab Center

Barbara Tucker, 68, suffered a broken ankle and kneecap in a fall at a rehabilitation facility. After she was hospitalized, she entered Lynchburg Care Center where she suffered a fatal pulmonary embolism 11 days later. She was survived by her four adult children.

The lawsuit against the care center facility brought by the family alleged that it chose not to administer Lovenox to Tucker, despite an order for the drug included in her hospital records.

In addition, the Tucker family alleged that the defendant rehab center failed to provide Tucker with her other medications during the first few days of her admission and never alerted her medical providers that she was not receiving her medicine.

After a jury trial, the jury signed a verdict for $3 million.

The attorneys successfully representing the estate for the Tucker family were Anthony M. Russell and Les Bowers.

Fornville v. Lynchburg Care Center, LLC, No. CL23000503-00 (Va. Cir. Ct. Lynchburg).

Kreisman Law Offices has been handling nursing home death cases, nursing home abuse lawsuits, nursing home fall cases, and nursing home negligence cases for individuals, families and loved ones who have been harmed, injured or died as a result of the carelessness or negligence of a medical provider for more than 49 years in and around Chicago, Cook County and its surrounding areas, including Inverness, Wheaton, Calumet City, Palatine, Homer Glen, River Grove, Yorkville, Schaumburg, Schiller Park, Rolling Meadows, Wilmette, Chicago (Little Village, Pilsen, Back of the Yards, Pullman, Wrigleyville, Chinatown), Des Plaines, Morton Grove, Niles and Evanston, Ill.

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