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Barbara Tucker, 68, suffered a broken ankle and kneecap in a fall at a rehabilitation facility.\u00a0 After she was hospitalized, she entered Lynchburg Care Center<\/a> where she suffered a fatal pulmonary embolism 11 days later.\u00a0 She was survived by her four adult children.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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Barbara Tucker, 68, suffered a broken ankle and kneecap in a fall at a rehabilitation facility.\u00a0 After she was hospitalized, she entered Lynchburg Care Center where she suffered a fatal pulmonary embolism 11 days later.\u00a0 She was survived by her four adult children. 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