Jury Awards Family $4 Million Over Daughter's Death
GOODLAND, KS, Sept. 5, 2001--After an 8-week trial and more than two days of deliberations, a jury on Tuesday ordered a rehabilitation center to pay $4 million to the family of a woman with mental retardation who died while undergoing treatment at the facility. The verdict included $2.5 million in punitive damages against Golden West Skill Center of Goodland and its parent company, Res-Care Kansas Inc. It is considered one of the largest malpractice awards in the state's history.