Hernandez v. Crestwood Behavioral Health, Inc. CA1
Hernandez’s deceased mother, Dora Rodriguez, was a patient of Crestwood Behavioral Health, Inc. (Crestwood), operator of a nursing home in Vallejo, California. Among other things, Hernandez alleged that Crestwood violated the Elder Abuse and Dependent Adult Civil Protection Act (Elder Abuse Act), Welfare & Institutions Code section 15600 et seq., by knowingly withholding from Rodriguez the one-to-one monitoring she needed to stay safe as a high fall risk, which resulted in Rodriguez falling and sustaining a head injury that led to her death. Hernandez appeals from the trial court’s order granting Crestwood’s motion for summary adjudication regarding this part of Hernandez’s elder abuse claim.
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