Mealey's (February 2, 2023, 8:57 AM EST) -- WALNUT CREEK, Calif. — A California state court jury awarded $25 million in punitive damages, plus $5.9 million in compensatory damages, against a skilled nursing facility and its corporate owners in a suit filed against them by the family of a former resident alleging elder neglect, custodial negligence, constructive fraud, violations of the Patients’ Bill of Rights and wrongful death after the man acquired pressure sores and died almost a year later....