Rogers v. Roseville SH CA3

BACKGROUND

The complaint alleged the following: Claude was born on January 15, 1935. He was admitted to Meadow Oaks of Roseville (Meadow Oaks), a residential care facility for the elderly, on December 30, 2017. Claude suffered multiple falls while at Meadow Oaks because he did not receive adequate interventions to prevent falls and was not adequately supervised. Meadow Oaks staff were also neglectful in other areas of Claude’s care, including hygiene and monitoring his physical, mental and psychosocial wellbeing. On multiple occasions, family members found Claude unattended outside, in

2 his wheelchair. Claude could not push himself in his wheelchair and could not open the facility door to exit or enter the facility by himself. Family members repeatedly instructed Meadow Oaks staff not to leave Claude outside unattended. But on June 30, 2018, Claude was left outside for hours. He suffered severe heatstroke and died on July 14, 2018. Defendants owned, managed, controlled, maintained and/or operated Meadow Oaks. Defendants filed a petition to compel plaintiffs to arbitrate all of their causes of action. Defendants submitted the declaration of defense counsel Mark Ginella in…