Profits & patients It’s up to jury to put price on pain
The six agreed a nursing home should pay. But how much? -- $1-million, $3-million ... or more? Second of two parts.
When verdicts shoot up and income falls, worries fill the gap
For several years, nursing homes have pointed at bankruptcies and blamed greedy lawyers for driving them out of business. But until recently, what really caused most bankruptcies was the federal government changing the rules on Medicare.
