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Family Awarded $14 Million in Death of Danvers Nursing Home Resident
Genevieve Calandro died a month after being taken to a hospital from Radius HealthCare Center in Danvers.
The family of a 90-year-old woman who died in 2008 was awarded $14 million by a Middlesex County jury.
Genevieve Calandro died a month after being taken to a hospital from Radius HealthCare Center on Liberty Street in Danvers. Doctors found the woman had a festering pressure sore on her back, acute appendicitis, a urinary tract infection, kidney failure, uncontrolled diabetes and severe dehydration, according to the Associated Press.
The jury ruled that Radius, which is now out of business, had been grossly negligent.
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Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly said the $14 million is the largest nursing home-related verdict in the state in at least a decade, reported The Boston Globe.
A lawyer representing the company said Radius will appeal the award.Find out what's happening in Danverswith free, real-time updates from Patch.
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