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A nursing home resident, Verna Kelley, suffered from dementia and other medical issues including incontinence. She required special care and was living at Edgewood Convalescent Home.<\/a> While a nurse\u2019s aide was taking care of her and while the nursing aide placed a pad underneath Kelley, the aide went around to the other side of the bed, where the bed rails were left opened. The aide grabbed the pad, which had become stuck, and this caused Kelley to roll out of bed.<\/p>\n

Kelley suffered a broken right femur and underwent surgery.\u00a0 She then suffered a stroke, which led to her death just two weeks later. She was survived by her six adult children.<\/p>\n

The Kelley family sued the nursing home, alleging negligent hiring of the aide, who, the Kelley family claimed, had been fired from a previous job for performing an unsafe Hoyer lift.<\/p>\n

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