Recovery against health care provider for elder abuse
August 4, 2006 — Plaintiff has secured a recovery of $1.45 million against a large acute health care provider and an affiliated nursing home relating to the neglect of an elder, announced Ed Dudensing, attorney for plaintiff. “This is an important recovery because it affirms that acute health care providers, not just nursing home operators, will be held accountable if they neglect the elderly, who are among the most vulnerable members of our population.”
Settlement against national nursing home chain for elder abuse
July 28, 2005 — The plaintiffs in a nursing home elder abuse action venued in San Joaquin County have settled out of court with a nationwide nursing home chain for $1.35 million. During the litigation, plaintiffs demonstrated that their mother was severely neglected, resulting in her acquiring a large Stage IV pressure sore on her sacrum, as well as being dehydrated and malnourished. “This case sends a message to nursing homes that when they neglect an elder it is not just business as usual,” noted Ed Dudensing, the attorney for the plaintiffs.
A 22-year-old North Highlands man was sentenced Friday to 15 years to life in prison for the hit- and-run collision that killed a nurse who weeks earlier had lost his daughter in another car crash.
A 61-year-old man was sentenced Thursday to two life terms in prison with a possibility of parole for arson and the attempted murder of five Sacramento County sheriff’s deputies.
No one saw who started the 50-acre wildfire that burned dangerously close to homes near El Dorado Hills in September 1999.
But authorities say they quickly turned their attention to an ex-state firefighter and Placer County fire district candidate who had a knack for showing up around fires and firefighters.
El Dorado County Deputy District Attorney Paul Sutherland said Robert Lizarraga appeared shortly after the blaze broke out near Salmon Falls Road and chatted eagerly with firefighters. In Lizarraga’s car, he said, investigators found a uniform shirt, badge and flashlight stolen from a firetruck in Sacramento County.
A former Sacramento property manager was sentenced Friday to 100 days of community service for her conviction on misdemeanor hate crime charges against a black family.
A former Sacramento property manager was sentenced Friday to 100 days of community service for her conviction on misdemeanor hate crime charges against a black family.
Debbie Susan Arbuckle, 49, was ordered to perform 50 days of weekend work projects and 50 days of community service within 18 months.
She was convicted in May of making a racially motivated threat to harm a black family who lived in the mobile home park she managed.
