Friday, October 26, 2012

Sacramento County can't be sued in group home death, court rules

A state appeals court has ruled that Sacramento County cannot be sued over the death of an Oak Park group home employee that allegedly resulted from a conservator's placement of a paranoid schizophrenic with a 20-year history of violence into the home.The mental patient, Ofiu Edwards Foto, is accused of smashing Pausta Sibarani over the head with a wooden chair and assaulting her husband, Tumbur Purba, who also worked at the home. Sibarani, 65, died and Purba, now 73, was left with permanent brain injuries.

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Sacramento County can't be sued in group home death, court rules

2 comments:

Betty said...

Of course not, conservators basically have free reign with no accountability.

Kyle said...

I wonder if Foto did both of these crimes at the same time, or if he did one and nothing was done, and so he did another...