Manhattan Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, LLC v. Pace

BARNES, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. In this wrongful-death action, Plaintiffs claim that Manhattan Nursing & Rehabilitation Center (Manhattan) caused Mable Allen’s death by allowing Allen to become severely dehydrated at the nursing home.1 Plaintiffs’ theory at trial was that Allen was in such poor condition as a result of Manhattan’s negligence, nothing could be done to counteract her dehydration when she was transferred to the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMC). After a four-day trial in the Hinds County Circuit Court, the jury returned a $1,213,300 verdict against Manhattan. The…