Wrongful Death Case Against California Nursing Home Goes to Trial
A Sacramento California man filed an elder abuse claim arguing that the elder care facility his mother was at completely neglected her and ignored her medical needs, leading to her death. An appeals court made the decision that a trial is warranted in this matter after a Superior Court Judge originally denied the request for a trial. A three-justice panel reversed the decision leaving it to a jury to determine whether the facility truly conducted itself in a negligent manner.
The original court documents state that the facility left the 78-year-old woman without any care or attention and the facility also neglected to provide her with any medication. The woman was eventually transferred to a hospital from the facility but the extent of her poor health and malnourishment was to such a high degree that she died two days after being admitted.
There is no indication whether or not there is sufficient, concrete evidence demonstrating that the 78-year-old woman was, in fact, neglected in any way. The claims made in the court papers alone are not sufficient enough to prove that she was neglected. However, given the woman’s medical condition at the time, and the fact that her condition continued to worsen as she was at the facility, it could indicate that the elder care facility acted negligently. The report states that if Dennis Lee Haney can prove with sufficient evidence that the elder care facility acted negligently in caring for his mother, he could be awarded monetary damages for his mother’s pain and suffering.
