$750,000 Florida Jury Award for Nursing Home Rape Victim
"A $750,000 jury award against a Jacksonville nursing home where a 77-year-old woman was raped by a repeat sex offender has the daughter elated about the outcome, but not because of the money.
I don't care if it was $1, it was all about the ... verdict," Sandra Banning said Friday.
Banning is happy because she thinks Thursday's verdict in the civil case will help reignite legislation to protect people from sex offenders in nursing homes. She said she wants a law to prevent what happened to her mother from ever happening again.
Read the full article in the The Florida Times-Union.
I work for a company that reviews long-term care facilities. We are one-of-a-kind in that we have experts visit the facilities and we do not accept any advertising. It is a sad state of affairs that nursing homes in this country do not have more safety checks, especially in regards to hiring practicesâ€â€and that private businesses must be in the practice of policing and watching them. A good resource is A Perfect Cause webpages where consumers can view specific information about registered sex offenders and find out if they live or work in skilled nursing facilities.