What happened to Geraldine? Family files lawsuit against Virginia nursing home

COLONIALHEIGHTS,Va.—AstheColonialHeightsRehabilitationandNursingCenterdealswithacriminalinvestigationconcerningthedeathofapatient,thefamilyofanotherformerresidentatthefacilityhasnowfiledawrongfuldeathcivillawsuitagainstthenursinghome,itsownership,andadoctorandanursepractitioneratthefacility. ThelawsuitallegesGeraldineRichardsonsustainedinjuryand/ordeathasaresultofnegligence. “Shewasa78-year-oldladywhowasplacedinthatrehabfacilitywithdementiaanddifficultywalking,”JoeCravens,PresidentofCravens&Noll,andthelawyerrepresentingRichardson’sfamilysaid.“Shewasplacedtheretogetcaretohelpherre-learntowalk.Duringthattime,shewentfromalmostambulatorytodeathbystage4ulcersandsepticinfection.Itisacompletedegradationoftheskintissueandthemuscletissueallthewaytothebone.” CravenssharedapicturewithCBS6,withthepermissionofRichardson’sfamily,ofoneofRichardson’sulcers. Theulcerwasdescribedin