Victims of nursing home abuse and neglect have the legal burden of proof in any negligence lawsuit filed in the Georgia court system. Assuming that the injured patient can prove all of the legal elements of their claim, the patient can be eligible to recover damages for the injuries suffered.
Specifically, the patient can recover monetary compensation for all of the medical treatment, including medical procedures, that they endured as a result of the nursing home’s negligence, as well as compensation for any costs the patient had to pay out-of-pocket.
In addition to these economic damages, the injured nursing and patient can file a claim for non-economic damages. This compensation reimburses injured patients for all of the pain and suffering, inconvenience, loss of enjoyment of life, and loss of use of a body part that resulted from the injury or illness connected to the nursing home’s negligence.
In some nursing home abuse and neglect cases, the injured patient can be eligible to file a claim for punitive damages. The primary purpose of a punitive damage award is to punish the wrongdoer and to act as a precedent, thereby discouraging others from acting similarly in the future.
