Salomon v. OAKS OF CAROLINA

STEPHENS, Judge.

Factual and Procedural History

Plaintiff Marie Salomon worked for Defendant-employer The Oaks of Carolina (a nursing home) as a certified nurse’s assistant (“CNA”) caring for elderly residents. On 8 March 2009, Plaintiff discovered one partially-paralyzed resident who had soiled himself and needed changing. Plaintiff testified that the normal procedure for moving or changing a resident would be to get assistance from another CNA or nurse, but that understaffing at the nursing home sometimes made this impossible. Plaintiff asked several other staff members to help her change the…