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$90 million nursing home verdict called 'a deafening amount'
Defense lawyers want new trial

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Defense attorneys in a $90 million nursing home negligence case asked a circuit judge to grant a new trial or lower the award that they called excessive and unfair.

Ben Bailey, who is representing ManorCare and Heartland Nursing Home in a lawsuit brought by the family of Dorothy Douglas, said the jury was confused on many of the issues, particularly punitive damages.

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