LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Nevada jury has ordered the state's largest health management organization to pay $500 million in punitive damages to three plaintiffs in a civil lawsuit stemming from a Las Vegas hepatitis outbreak. The decision on Tuesday comes after a jury last week found the companies liable for $24 million in compensatory damages. Plaintiffs' attorneys had asked Health Plan of Nevada and Sierra Health Services to pay almost $2.5 billion in the negligence lawsuit, saying it would warn health corporations against putting profits ahead of patient safety.
Nevada jury awards $500M in hepatitis case