$350,000 Settlement Reached in Nursing Home’s Failure to Follow Regulations for Admission of Violent Resident

Doe, 62, suffered from developmental delays and schizophrenia and lived at Roe Residential Care Facility. While Doe was there, he suffered a vicious beating from his roommate, resulting in a fractured left femur, four broken bones, a broken left clavicle and a collapsed lung. There were other injuries as well.

Doe remained in the hospital’s intensive care unit for two weeks after this occurrence. He was later transferred to a skilled nursing facility for two months.

Doe sued the residential care facility alleging that it knew or should have known that Doe’s roommate was not an appropriate candidate for admission due to the roommate’s tendencies toward violence. Doe further claimed that the defendant residential care facility, Roe Facility, chose not to follow the applicable regulations for its admission and retention of the roommate.

The residential care facility argued that it had followed all regulations and that Doe’s serious injuries happened during or after his transport to the hospital.

Before trial, the parties settled for $350,000.

The attorney successfully handling this case for Doe was Benjamin T. Ikuta.

Doe v. Roe Facility, Undisclosed Docket (Cal. Super. Ct. Los Angeles County).

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