Warner v. Regent Assisted Living

¶1 Two elderly adults were allegedly mistreated while residing at Sterling Park, a Regent Asis-ted Living facility. The trial court granted Sterling' Park’s motion for summary judgment on Morrissey Warner’s claim for neglect under the vulnerable adult statute (VAS), chapter 74.34 RCW. The VAS provides an independent cause of action for vulnerable adults who are neglected, as that term is defined in the statute. The standard of proof is different from that required to prove a *129common law medical negligence claim. Under the VAS statutory standard, Warner presented sufficient evidence to create a…