Nursing Home Administrator Immune, Nurses Not

By Deborah Elkins
Published: October 17, 2011

Tags: Judge Melvin R. Hughes Jr., Medical Malpractice, Richmond Circuit Court, Virginia Circuit Courts

Applying the test for sovereign immunity to defendants in a suit alleging injury at a nursing home operated by the Richmond Hospital Authority, a Richmond Circuit Court says the administrator has immunity from suit, but defendant nurses do not. Plaintiff sues for medical malpractice based on gross and simple negligence due to a fall and consequent ...

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