– ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER –
On March 8, 2013, Sacramento jury awarded the children of an elderly woman suffering from Alzheimer’s disease with $23 million after their mother suffered from physical elder abuse. The jury ordered that Emeritus Corp. pay punitive damages after acting with malice, oppression and fraud in its physically-abusive treatment to the 82-year-old woman. Joan Boice, the woman in subject, died just after three months of being placed in the Auburn assisted living facility. The woman’s children filed the wrongful death and elder abuse lawsuit.
The Evans Law Firm recommends inquiring about the procedural guidelines and requirements that a nursing home and/or assisted living facility follows when taking care of your loved ones in order to avoid physical elder abuse as much as possible. If you or a loved one requires to stay in a nursing or any type of assisted living facility, contact The Evans Law Firm at 415-441-8669 or at info@evanslaw.com for legal advice on what you or your loved one should be looking for when signing up for a facility that best suits you or your loved ones.
