Cumberland County jury finds nursing home at fault for resident's death
A Cumberland County jury found a nursing home was at fault for the death of an 85-year-old resident.
That verdict was reached Friday after a weeklong trial in which the family of Bruce Dove had filed suit against the United Church of Christ's Sarah A. Todd Memorial Home in Carlisle. The jury awarded the family $250,000 in damages, attorney Michael Kelley, who represented the family, confirmed.
"It's been a very long road for them," Kelley said. "They were extremely happy, all crying tears of happiness because they had finally gotten justice for their father."
Dove had five children, now adults, some of whom were there throughout the trial, and it was the circumstances of his February 2014 death at the nursing home that spawned the lawsuit, filed in 2015.
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