Guardian Files East Moline, Illinois Nursing Home Negligence Lawsuit for 82-Year-Old Nursing Home Resident Who Was Sexually Assaulted
In Rock Island County Circuit Court, the guardian of an 82-year-old nursing home resident who was sexually assaulted by Paul D. Hubbard, a former nursing home worker at the Parkview Terrace, is suing the assisted living facility and its former employee for Illinois personal injury.
The East Moline nursing home negligence lawsuit is a result of the sexual assault incident, which occurred on February 1. The complaint accuses Hubbard of committing the sexual crime while charging the Illinois nursing home with negligence.
Per the lawsuit, the plaintiffs, the victim and her guardian, are accusing the East Moline nursing home of neglecting to conduct a background check on Hubbard, failing to check his references, neglecting to properly interview him, and not testing his personality before hiring him. The complaint argues that if only the Illinois assisted living facility had performed these tasks, the nursing home would have realized that Hubbard was potentially dangerous.
The plaintiffs are accusing the Illinois nursing home of failing to supervise Hubbard, failing to train workers to identify risks, providing inadequate security at the facility, and of insufficient staffing.
Hubbard, who pleaded guilty to criminal sexual assault, is serving a four-year sentence for the crime.
While it is the responsibility of all Illinois nursing homes to make sure there is adequate security on the premise to keep robbers and assailants out, they also are responsible for making sure that the people they hire as nursing home workers do not commit sexual crimes or physical assault crimes against nursing home residents or other workers. Nursing home workers must also be properly supervised to make sure that they do their jobs properly and do not engage in any kind of nursing home abuse or neglect.
Nursing home residents, because of their advanced age or weakened physical state or mental illness, are vulnerable to becoming the victims of nursing abuse or neglect. It is important that Illinois nursing homes do everything possible to protect them from such horrible crimes.
Sexual assault victim files suit against nursing home, Quad-City Times, September 14, 2009
Related Web Resources:
Nursing Home Crimes Overlooked..., Wisconsin State Journal, March 4, 2002
Sex offenders living in Illinois nursing homes, Chicago Sun-Times, April 24, 2005
