LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In a decisive victory for whistleblower rights and workplace safety advocates, Hershey Law, in partnership with renowned trial attorney David M. deRubertis, has secured a $27.5 million jury verdict on behalf of former St. Mary Medical Center executive Nancy Valla in the Valla v. Dignity Health, LA Case No. 20STCV30610.
“This case was always about doing the right thing,” said Brennan Hershey. “Ms. Valla stood up for vulnerable patients and was met with hostility instead of support. The jury's message was clear—retaliation has consequences and the truth always prevails.”
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The jury found that Dignity Health, part of the CommonSpirit Health system, retaliated against Valla for raising safety concerns regarding unsterilized surgical instruments, unsafe anethesthesia machines and defibrillators, and the Hospital’s failure to respond after multiple suicide deaths occured from the parking structure at the Long Beach hospital campus. Despite Valla’s repeated efforts to prompt leadership to install preventative barriers, a move backed by global suicide prevention research, the hospital’s executives allegedly laughed off her concerns, citing potential optics and costs. According to trial testimony, when Valla offered to fund the safety barriers herself, hospital leadership declined, reportedly fearing it would make them “look guilty.”
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