Julio Reyes Concepcion, a 73-year-old nursing home resident of the Royal Suites Health Care & Rehabilitation facility, had a number of different medical and health problems after he suffered a stroke. He required tube feeding at the nursing home. After a feeding, a nursing staff worker noted that he had vomited. The nursing home staff did not notify his treating physician. About five hours later, he was transferred to a hospital suffering from respiratory distress and aspiration pneumonia. Unfortunately, Reyes Concepcion died two days later.
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.
The jury in this case concluded that the nursing home had been negligent but determined there had been no pain and suffering. The jury’s verdict was for $250,000, which the trial judge later vacated for “excessiveness.” The case is being retried on damages only.
The attorneys representing the Reyes Concepcion family were Kenneth G. Andres Jr. and Tommie Ann Gibney.
Reyes v. Royal Suites Health Care & Rehab, No. ATLL-005719-13 (N.J. Super. Ct. Atlantic County, December 2016).
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