Category: Abuse and Neglect

Deliberate Indifference

MLive reported that a jury compensated a victim’s family $6.4 million. The victim died in 2018 after being found unresponsive in the Kent County Jail. The family of Wade Jones complain he was not properly treated for alcohol withdrawal and nursing staff failed to treat. The judgment is against Corizon Health, which has since become

DHEC Emergency Actions

South Carolina’s Department of Health and Environmental Services has the duty to monitor and provide oversight to make sure long term facilities comply with safety rules to meet the needs of the residents and maintain vulnerable adults’ health, safety, and well-being. “It is the responsibility of community residential care facilities to operate in compliance with

Sexual Assault Conviction

Criminal Arizona’s 12News reported a sick and twisted case in Flagstaff.  A jury found Jonathan Chesley guilty of sexual assault of a vulnerable adult abuse, aggravated assault and tampering with physical evidence. Chesley was working as a medical technician at The Peaks. He was working in the memory care unit on the morning of January

Assault and Cover-up

New York Attorney General Letitia James announced the indictment of staff at Fulton Commons Care Center, Inc. (Fulton Commons) for covering up the sexual assault of a vulnerable adult. “The charges against Daniel Persaud and Carol Frawley are disturbing and appalling, and that those tasked with the care of our most vulnerable could cause such

The Oaks

State and local authorities are conducting an investigation into abuse at The Oaks at Chanticleer. The facility is part of the profitable chain. So far, the facility terminated the employment of three caregivers following an internal investigation. One for mistreatment. Two for failing to report the mistreatment. The employee who revealed the mistreatment failed to

Exploitation of Vulnerable Adult

Fox Carolina reported the arrest of Tiawana Renee Smith-Browning for financial exploitation of a nursing home resident. The vulnerable adult was under the care and supervision of Magnolia Manor-Spartanburg. The nursing home is owned and operated by the Fundamental family of companies that manage and profit from the operation. South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson

$15 Million Awarded in Highway Collision

$42 Million Given Back for over 8,000 Investors

$1.05 Million Largest Nursing Home Jury Award in Spartanburg History

$2.32 Million in “Unprecedented” Jury Award Against Nuisance Landfill

$2.32 Million in “Unprecedented” Jury Award Against Nuisance Landfill

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