PITTSBURGH — A daughter is suing ManorCare Health Services – Monroeville, alleging that the facility did not do enough to keep her mother safe.
Deborah Reitz filed a complaint in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas against the defendants alleging that they failed to ensure her mother's environment remained free of accident hazards.
According to the complaint, the plaintiff alleges that, between Sept. 19, 2016, and Oct. 4, 2016, her mother, Marjorie M. Crosson, was admitted to ManorCare for physical therapy, strengthening, gait training, and neuromuscular re-education.
A day after she was admitted to the facility she fell and fractured her left femur, according to court documents. She underwent surgical repair but declined and ultimately passed away on Oct. 4, 2016, according to court documents.
The suit says "the death certificate lists the cause of death as blunt force trauma of left hip d/t fall.” The plaintiff holds ManorCare Health Services, doing business as ManorCare Health Services – Monroeville and ManorCare PA, doing business as ManorCare Health Services-Monroeville responsible.
The defendants allegedly had no reasonable preventive interventions to reduce the risk of falls, according to the complaint, including but not limited to, landing mats on either side of the bed, placing the bed in a low position at all times, and perimeter/scoop mattress on bed. This was despite knowledge that on the day of her admission, she was identified as a fall risk, according to court documents.
The plaintiff requests a trial by jury and seeks demands judgment in her favor and against the defendants in an amount in excess of the jurisdictional limits of arbitration, plus costs. She is represented by Anthony C. Mengine, and Britanni R. Hassen of Kontos Mengine Law Group in Pittsburgh