Legal Opinion
State v. Emeritus Corporation
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided March 26, 2015No. NUMBER 13-13-00529-CVPublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Opinion by
Chief Justice Valdez
Emeritus Corporation (“Emeritus”) operates an assisted living facility called Canterbury Court in Cameron County, Texas. In August 2012, a resident of Canterbury Court, suffering from dementia with a “history of exit[-]seeking behaviors,” was left unsupervised and left the facility through its activity-room courtyard. The resident was found dead shortly thereafter. After an investigation, the State of Texas, acting by and through the Office of the Attorney General (“OAG”), filed suit against Emeritus seeking statutory civil penalties, injunctive relief,…
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