Bryant v. Oakpointe Villa Nursing Centre, Inc

In this case, plaintiff, Denise Bryant, personal representative of the estate of her deceased aunt, Catherine Hunt, alleges that defendant Oakpointe Villa Nursing Centre, Inc. (Oakpointe), is liable for the death of her aunt, who died from positional asphyxiation while in defendant’s care. Plaintiff has alleged that defendant was negligent in four distinct ways: (1) by failing to provide “an accident-free environment” for her aunt; (2) by failing to train its Certified Evaluated Nursing Assistants (CENAs) to recognize and counter the risk of positional asphyxiation posed by bed rails; (3) by…