Man's Decline and Death Lead to Settlement for Family
Edward "Tiger" Monsour's family thought that his 2005 stay at Manor Health Care Center in Las Vegas, Nevada would be short. Nearly a year later, in April 2006, his family removed him from the facility via wheelchair wearing a diaper and suffering from bedsores and a gangrenous heel ulcer. He later died of sepsis.
The family filed a complaint in District Court in 2006, prior to Mr. Monsour's death, alleging that there was inadequate supervision, lack of staffing, and a wound care nurse who knew nothing about treating pressure sores. The family was awarded over $754,000.00.
Now, attorneys for Manor Health Care Center have filed motions seeking to modify the decision as well as reduce the settlement amount arguing that Nevada law does not allow heirs to recover most of the damages because the arbitrator found against the portion of the complaint that claimed wrongful death.
