Jessie Peterson died in April 2023.
Hospital officials in Northern California told the family of a 31-year-old patient that they examined her at her request, when in fact the woman was dead. Her body sat in the morgue for a year. Now the deceased’s relatives are suing. They are seeking $25 million in damages for negligence.
When it became clear that she was 31 years old Jesse Peterson She never returned home, and her relatives went to the county sheriff’s office and filed a missing person report, The Guardian reported. As part of their search, they also put up posters around town and even asked random homeless people about the 31-year-old. Unfortunately, no one has seen Peterson.
The family was searching for a 31-year-old woman. The woman died in hospital.
The family searched for the woman until… April 12, 2024when the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office reported a 31-year-old woman dead at the hospital. Mercy San Juan, California.
– The woman’s body was in such a state of decomposition that it was not possible to hold a funeral in an open coffin – we read in the lawsuit filed in court this week.
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Moreover, the distribution was also advancedIt is impossible to conclude from an autopsy whether death was the result of medical error or some other cause.
The relatives of the deceased are demanding huge compensation.
Eventually, Jessie’s family was able to determine that she died on April 8, 2023, even though the death certificate was not signed until April 4, 2024. For nearly all of this time, 31-year-old Jessie’s body was kept in an outdoor cold storage room.
The family of the deceased woman demands $25 million compensation Due to the negligence committed in the hospital, while the representatives of the facility have remained silent so far.
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Mercy San Juan Hospital announces in the media that its facilities care for all people. They are treated with “dignity and respect.”“There was no dignity or respect in this case,” said the Peterson family’s angry lawyer.
According to the attorney, the hospital failed in its basic duty to notify the family of Jessie’s death. Instead, it chose to keep her body and declare it decomposed. At the time, her family lived in complete uncertainty.
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