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Health Care & Hospital Law

Jan. 26, 2023

$30.9M verdict in elder abuse case against nursing home

The complaint followed the 2018 death of 87-year-old Sam Rios, Jr. Rios was a military veteran and Chicano Studies professor at Sacramento State University for nearly 30 years, known to students as “El Prof.”

A Sacramento jury delivered a $30.9 million verdict in an elder abuse case against a nursing facility.

The complaint followed the 2018 death of Sam Rios Jr, 87, a veteran and Chicano studies professor at Sacramento State University for nearly 30 years, known to students as “El Prof.”

According to the complaint filed by attorney Edward P. Dudensing on behalf of Rios’ family, Rios stayed just two weeks at the Pine...

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