In passive statements, the object is found where the subject should be. In D, the initial statement was just extra information, where the second sentence starts, you can see that the subject i.e the plaintiff, precedes the verb and the subject which is hospital.
Is this still true at the end?- I think this could be answered either way. I think that Nick hates the way money makes people act and that the rest of the characters are so caught up in this that it causes the outcome (or tragedy) at the end of the book.
