Developmentally disabled person died in State residence
Jan 01, 2014OUTCOME: Successful
New York Court of Claims case against a state facility for developmentally disabled adults. While staff were standing by, the deceased choked on a breakfast item, asphyxiated, and sustained injuries f ... rom which she later died. Whereas the State maintained it was the family's responsibility to inform the facility of the deceased's particular risk of choking, staff at the facility failed to follow the patient's dietary plan, as ordered by the facility's own physician.
