COALITION AGAINST INSTITUTIONALIZED CHILD ABUSE
 HEADLINE NEWS                                                                                                                                                                                                             CAICA EN FRANÇAIS
 

CAICA     HOME   │   NEWS  │  PROGRAM NEWS  │  STORIES │  DEATHS  │   WWASPS   │  PARENTS' CORNER  │  MISSION  │ SITE MAP │  LINKS & RESOURCES
  _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

              AUTISM  │ LITIGATION  │  LEGISLATION  │ JUVENILE JUSTICE  │ MENTAL HEALTH │ LIGHTER SIDE │  EN FRANCAIS  │ COMMENTS  │ LIST SERVE  │  BLOGS  
 

 

Lawsuit says nursing home kicked out rape victim

July 14, 2007
The Associated Press

TEXAS CITY, Texas — The mother of a mentally disabled woman has filed a lawsuit that alleges her daughter was kicked out of a nursing home after accusing a male employee of raping her.

HRA Village nursing home locked out the 28-year-old woman after a rape kit administered at the University of Texas Medical Center in Galveston tested positive for semen, according to the lawsuit.

After the positive test, nursing home officials refused to allow the patient to return, but continued to bill her mother for several months, according to the lawsuit.

The lawsuit alleges nursing home employees tried to cover up abuse. They "created an atmosphere of oppression where residents were frequently yelled at, intimidated and 'punished' by being confined to their rooms and having their phones taken away, among other forms of punishment."

"They absolutely knew that this woman had been abused," said Tony Buzbee, the lawyer representing the patient's mother.

The employee named in the lawsuit was indicted in March on a sexual assault charge, Assistant Galveston County District Attorney Bill Reed said.

HRA Village Executive Director Judy Slocumb-Farrell declined to comment on the lawsuit, saying she had not seen the it. The employee named in the lawsuit has been fired, she said.

The state cited the nursing home last year for failure to report abuse incidents and for failure to prevent seclusion and restraint from being used as punishment, behavior modification or staff convenience.

 

 

 

DISCLAIMER, WARNINGS, AND NOTICE TO READERS: This website does not represent or endorse the accuracy or reliability of any of the information, content collectively, the "Materials") contained on, distributed through, or linked, downloaded or accessed from any of the services contained on this website (the "Service"). None of the contributors, sponsors, administrators or anyone else connected with this website in any way whatsoever can be responsible for the appearance of any inaccurate or libelous information or for your use of the information contained in these web pages. All information provided using this website is only intended to be general summary information to the public.

FAIR USE NOTICE: These pages may contain copyrighted (© ) material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. Such material is made available to advance understanding of ecological, political, human rights, economic, democracy, scientific, moral, ethical, and social justice issues, etc. It is believed that this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior general interest in receiving similar information for research and educational purposes. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml. If you wish to use copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use', you must obtain permission from the copyright owner.

REFERRALS: CAICA is not a referral agency. CAICA does not refer to or promote facilities or transport companies for children or teens. CAICA warns parents that the parent pay / parent choice programs ie. Residential Treatment Centers, Therapeutic Boarding Schools, Behavior Modification Programs, Christian Programs, Positive Peer Culture Programs, etc., are not regulated by the Federal Government and that it is a "Buyer Beware" industry. CAICA provides the following for parents: Message to Parents, Help for Distraught and Desperate Parents, and Questions to Ask and Warning Signs.

© 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008