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Healthcare/Hospital Law

Aug. 11, 2010

Juror Allegedly Poisoned Verdict

One of the jurors involved in awarding a massive $677 million verdict to plaintiffs suing the nursing home chain is being targeted by the company's lawyers for alleged juror misconduct.

By Emma Gallegos

Daily Journal Staff Writer

One of the jurors involved in last month's potentially "annihilating" $677 million verdict against the nursing home chain Skilled Healthcare Group Inc. is being targeted by the company's lawyers for alleged juror misconduct in an effort to erase the award.

That juror, whose identity has not been released, poisoned the verdict by failing to report an incident she had ...

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