Jury compensates Plaintiff for fall that caused a hip fracture
The St. Clair Record had an article about a Madison County jury compensating a plaintiff in a negligence trial close to $150,000 in damages. Jurors deliberated late into the evening before finding for Paul Graves in his suit against Rosewood Care Center of Edwardsville.
The 2003 case was brought by Graves on behalf of his deceased father's estate. Alfred Graves received inadequate care while at Rosewood Care Center of Edwardsville and that lack of care and violations of the home's own procedures led him to fall and break his hip.
The jury awarded Graves damages for his father's loss of life experienced, pain and suffering and medical expenses. The largest damages were for the loss of life the jury found Alfred Graves, the plaintiff's father, experienced after a fall at the nursing home in January 2003. Those damages totaled $75,000. An additional $30,000 was given for Alfred Graves' pain and suffering and over $44,000 for his medical and nursing expenses.
Rosewood argued that the fall was an accident that had nothing to do with the care Alfred Graves received.
