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Charles OrnsteinonBluesky1d ago
NEW: Stories about pardons are often about presidential power. But what about people on the other side of that grace? The Coulson family may never receive millions from a wrongful death lawsuit it won years ago. @jeremykohler.bsky.social
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Analysis Summary
Trump pardoned nursing home owner Joseph Schwartz in a federal tax case, but Schwartz had been ordered to pay $19 million in a wrongful death judgment to the family of Doris Coulson, a nurse who died at one of his facilities after staff ignored medical restrictions on her diet. The Coulson family has never received the judgmentβDoris's daughter Amanda has since diedβand the pardon makes collection even less likely. Schwartz paid over $1 million to lobbyists to secure the pardon and reportedly still has $58 million in assets, though none in his own name, while the family he owed money to has nothing.
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βThe Coulson family may never receive millions from a wrongful death lawsuit it won years agoβ
ProPublica article confirms Coulson family won ~$19M wrongful death judgment against Schwartz; he never paid and Amanda Coulson has since died, making collection unlikely.
βJoseph Schwartz, a nursing home owner, was pardoned by President Trumpβ
ProPublica article confirms Trump pardoned Schwartz in federal tax case; Schwartz admitted to withholding $39M in employee payroll taxes.
βDoris Coulson died at a nursing home owned by Schwartz after staff served her solid food against medical orders, with doctors finding scrambled eggs in her lungsβ
ProPublica article provides identical account: Doris was a nurse, became patient at Schwartz's nursing home, died after being served solid food despite restrictions.
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