Thurman v. ST. ANDREWS MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC.

KURT S. ODENWALD, Presiding Judge.

Introduction

St. Andrews Management Services, Inc. (St.Andrews) and New Florence Nursing Home, Inc. (New Florence) (collectively referred to as Appellants) appeal from the trial court’s order granting survivors 1 (collectively referred to as Plaintiffs) of Zenia Bishop (Decedent) a new trial on the grounds of instructional error for failing to allow the jury to apportion fault among Appellants and a dismissed party in Plaintiffs’ wrongful death action. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

Background

On May 1, 2000, Decedent was a resident of New Florence…