Nursing Home Visited by Jurors During Death Trial

Shannon Weidemann — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 22:49:14 GMT

Jurors in the Mabel Taylor neglect of a care dependent person, involuntary manslaughter, and reckless endangerment trial will visit the scene of the nursing home on Monday.

The former Ronald Reagan Atrium I Nursing, Research, and Rehabilitation Center was closed in 2004 and replaced with a diabetes treatment facility. Mrs. Taylor, age 88, died after being left in an outdoor, fenced courtyard overnight. Martha F. Bell, the former administrator of the facility, is also charged with conspiring to cover up the circumstances of the death.

Originally posted at InjuryBoard by Shannon Weidemann

Nursing Home Negligence Lawsuit Filed

Staff Writer — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 16:54:26 GMT

The daughters of a woman who died in a California nursing home are suing the facility after the state found it failed to monitor the woman while she was on medication. Maria Tirado dies while on the anti-coagulant Coumadin, and the state fined the nursing home $94,000 for failing to monitor Tirado despite orders from her physician.

Tirado died Jan. 18, after suffering from massive bleeding on the brain and excessive anti-coagulation levels.
The state found no records of any lab tests at the La Jolla Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.
Tirado's daughters hope that through the lawsuit they will find some answers.
"Their first concern is to determine how this was allowed to occur and to find the individuals and corporations that were responsible for not having a process that would prevent this kind of a death."

Read the full nursing home lawsuit article.

Originally posted at InjuryBoard by Staff Writer

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Nursing Home Visited by Jurors During Death Trial

Nursing Home Negligence Lawsuit Filed