N.J. Jury Awards $600K To Estate In Wrongful Death Suit Over Improper Restraint

(June 28, 2024, 9:20 AM EDT) -- NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J.  — A New Jersey state court jury returned a $600,000 verdict against a behavioral health facility and its employees related to the death of a patient who incurred blunt force trauma to his head and spine when he was improperly restrained, attributing 35% fault to the mental health technician who restrained the decedent and 65% fault to his supervisor....