Elder Abuse Suit Settles for $3.5M
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Case Background
In November 2023, Glenda Harrison, age 75, entered NeuroRestorative California, a congregate living health facility in La Mesa, California. She required medication management, wound care, and therapy after a hospital stay. Defendants, including CareMeridian LLC, National Mentor Healthcare LLC, and Administrator Cassandra Duron, operated and managed the facility. Harrison relied on staff for daily care, oxygen monitoring, and airway management.
Cause
Harrison carried a known risk of aspiration due to Parkinson’s disease and prior choking episodes. Hospital discharge instructions required oral suctioning to clear her secretions. Despite this, Defendants failed to implement a care plan addressing the risk. On May 5, 2024, Harrison’s son noticed gurgling during a phone call and demanded suctioning. Staff reassured him but delayed intervention. Over May 5 and 6, her oxygen saturation repeatedly dropped to critical levels. Staff ignored physician notifications, delayed suctioning, and withheld emergency hospital transfer. She remained in respiratory distress for hours before paramedics were finally called.
Injury
Harrison’s oxygen dropped as low as 70%. She developed aspiration pneumonia, sepsis, and suffered an anoxic brain injury. At the hosp
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