Skilled Healthcare Loses Mistrial Bid Over Verdict
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Skilled Healthcare Group Inc. lost its bid for a mistrial ruling to vacate $677 million in damages awarded by a California jury that found the company improperly staffed its nursing homes. Shares plunged as much as 24 percent.
Humboldt County Superior Court Judge W. Bruce Watson, in an order filed today, said Skilled Healthcare failed to meet its burden of proof to establish juror misconduct. Watson also ordered the company to comply with California’s minimum staffing requirements at its nursing homes.