Landlord Had Duty To Protect Visitors From Violent Tenant 

Decedent’s Mental Incapacity Tolled Claims 

A decedent’s mental incapacity tolled his claims against a nursing home, even though he has previously granted a durable power of attorney to his son, a Court has ruled. The Court found that the statute of limitations does not run against persons who are protected by law even when there exists someone who has the authority to bring suit. In this case, the son had a durable power of attorney. Because the father was mentally incapacitated while he was a resident at the nursing home, the statue of limitations remained tolled until the disability was removed. State law does not contain any language which would lead the Court to conclude that the legislature intended to remove the disability of unsound mind upon granting the power of attorney.

$1.71 Million Medical Malpractice Award Against Hospital

A jury has awarded $1.71 million to the family of a woman who died after childbirth at a hospital. The jury found the hospital was negligent in the death of the patient. During trial, testimony reveled that the patient’s artery was cut while personnel were tying off her fallopian tubes during delivery. The patient bled to death in a hospital room about six hours later, according to court documents. The Plaintiffs argued the hospital was negligent in the patient’s death because the hospital staff should have checked the patient’s blood pressure more often and should have detected the cut artery well in advance of her death. The hospital contended the procedures of childbirth and tube-tying were uneventful and an artery cut such as the one from which the patient died is a known complication of the surgery that was performed. The jury disagreed.

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