Our attorneys secured this recovery on behalf of the five children of a 44-year-old woman who struggled with mental illness. Knowingly suicidal, she was admitted to a local hospital where she was placed in observation, requiring care providers to check on her every 15 minutes. Two days after her admission, this young mother was found dead in her room as a result of suicide. An investigation by our firm revealed video evidence confirming that care providers had not checked on her in the several hours prior to her death, a direct violation of the admission orders. Our investigation further uncovered falsified medical records claiming, contrary to the video evidence, that observation took place as ordered.
