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Julio Reyes Concepcion, a 73-year-old nursing home resident of the Royal Suites Health Care & Rehabilitation<\/a> facility, had a number of different medical and health problems after he suffered a stroke. \u00a0He required tube feeding at the nursing home. After a feeding, a nursing staff worker noted that he had vomited.\u00a0 The nursing home staff did not notify his treating physician.\u00a0 About five hours later, he was transferred to a hospital suffering from respiratory distress and aspiration pneumonia<\/a>. Unfortunately, Reyes Concepcion died two days later.<\/p>\n

His family sued the nursing home, claiming that its nursing staff negligently chose not to elevate his bed 45 degrees before or after the feeding and chose not to timely respond to signs of respiratory distress.<\/p>\n

The jury in this case concluded that the nursing home had been negligent but determined there had been no pain and suffering. The jury\u2019s verdict was for $250,000, which the trial judge later vacated for \u201cexcessiveness.\u201d\u00a0 The case is being retried on damages only.<\/p>\n

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