The largest nursing home in California faces a wrongful death lawsuit. Centinela West, the largest owner of nursing homes in California has faced several allegations of injuries resulting from falls, neglect, and abuse in the past. A recent lawsuit adds “wrongful death” to the list of allegations against the 81 nursing home group. The most recent lawsuit was brought by the family of a woman how had only been in the care of the nursing home for five weeks. She arrived at a local hospital with advanced pneumonia, dehydration and other signs of neglect. The doctors at the hospital were unable to save her life, and communicated their concerns to the family. The family appropriately filed a wrongful death action against the nursing home and the ownership group.
Centinela West has long been on California state agency watch lists, as reports of elder abuse, neglect, injuries and other wrongful deaths had begun to pile up. Unfortunately, national statistics do not provide comfort to those with loved ones in nursing homes. For every bed, the average nursing home reports more than 2 patient falls each year. Those are just the reported falls (usually resulting in injury to the patient). This is due to a lack of adequate staffing, and in many cases additional medications meant to sedate the patient so that they require less care throughout the day. The patient may simply attempt to reach a rest room, and fall in the process. They should never be unattended in the first place.
My name is Rivers Morrell, and I have more than 40 years of experience with injury and wrongful death cases here in California. Nursing home abuse and neglect cases infuriate all of us, and I will take aggressive action to hold those responsible for injuring or failing to care for you senior financially accountable. If you are concerned about injuries from a fall or serious neglect or abuse I invite you to contact me for a free consultation at (949)305-1400. The largest nursing home in California faces a wrongful death lawsuit. Others will follow.
