{"id":1122,"date":"2020-01-02T10:00:36","date_gmt":"2020-01-02T16:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/nursing-home-lawyer\/?p=1122"},"modified":"2019-12-29T06:19:15","modified_gmt":"2019-12-29T12:19:15","slug":"6-million-jury-verdict-in-wrongful-death-of-resident-of-assisted-living-facility-for-failure-to-supervise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/nursing-home-lawyer\/6-million-jury-verdict-in-wrongful-death-of-resident-of-assisted-living-facility-for-failure-to-supervise\/","title":{"rendered":"$6 Million Jury Verdict in Wrongful Death of Resident in Assisted Living Facility for Failure to Supervise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kathleen Menard, 97, was a resident in an assisted living facility. While she was in an outside courtyard at her assisted living facility on an extremely hot day, she fell off her motorized scooter and landed behind some trees.<\/p>\n<p>She was found unconscious about four hours later and transferred to a hospital for treatment of heat-related illness, including a third-degree sunburn. Menard died within two months. She was survived by her adult son and daughter.<\/p>\n<p>Menard\u2019s children, on behalf of her estate, sued the assisted living facility and its owner alleging that it chose not to ensure her safety by, among other things, checking on her while she was outside, installing security cameras in the courtyard and trimming the trees in the courtyard to ensure staff members had a full view of residents who were outside of the facility.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/nursing-home-lawyer\/6-million-jury-verdict-in-wrongful-death-of-resident-of-assisted-living-facility-for-failure-to-supervise\/#more-1122\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kathleen Menard, 97, was a resident in an assisted living facility. While she was in an outside courtyard at her assisted living facility on an extremely hot day, she fell off her motorized scooter and landed behind some trees. 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