April 25, 2019
Originally published by
The Sacramento Bee
In what one elder abuse advocate says is the largest verdict of its kind in Sacramento history, a jury has awarded $42.5 million in punitive and compensatory damages to the family of a woman who died after being sent to live in Eskaton’s assisted living facility in Orangevale.
May 13, 2010
Originally published by
The Sacramento Bee
A Sacramento Superior Court jury on Wednesday found that an Auburn nursing home committed elder abuse in the death of a Northern California woman in 2005.
December 19, 2008
Originally published by
The Sacramento Bee
“Part of the problem with the information that has been previously available is that it hasn’t always been useful, because it hasn’t always been accessible. It was hard to do a comparison,” said Ed Dudensing, a Sacramento elder abuse attorney who specializes in nursing home cases.
December 13, 2003
Originally published by
The Sacramento Bee
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.
September 20, 2002
Originally published by
The Sacramento Bee
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.
August 13, 2002
Originally published by
The Sacramento Bee
Three suspected men are scheduled to go on trial in Sacramento Superior Court on Thursday in the attempted swindle of a 78 year-old man.
March 14, 2002
Originally published by
The Sacramento Bee
No one saw who started the 50-acre wildfire that burned dangerously close to homes near El Dorado Hills in September 1999.
June 10, 2001
Originally published by
The Sacramento Bee
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.