A household has filed a lawsuit in opposition to a California hospital for failing to tell them of their daughter Jessie Peterson‘s demise for nearly a 12 months. Peterson disappeared after her final dialog together with her mom, throughout which she requested to be picked up from the hospital the place she had been admitted following a diabetic episode.
The household bought to find out about their daughter’s demise on April 12, 2024, when a consultant from the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Workplace notified them that Peterson had handed away.
Peterson’s household is in search of $25 million in damages, together with punitive damages for what they describe as “outrageous and inexcusable negligence” in dealing with her demise.
Peterson admitted after diabetic episode
Jessie Peterson, 31, checked herself into Mercy San Juan Medical Heart in Carmichael, California, on April 6, 2023, following a diabetic episode. Identified with Kind 1 diabetes on the age of 10, Peterson sought medical assist on the hospital, situated about 14 miles from Sacramento.
Final contact
On April 8, 2023, Peterson known as her mom, Ginger Congi, asking to be picked up from the hospital. Simply two hours after that decision, Peterson tragically handed away. The next day, hospital officers transferred her physique to a storage facility, the place it remained unnoticed for nearly a 12 months.
Household’s determined search
Days glided by with none contact from Peterson, prompting her mom to name the hospital on April 11, 2023, to examine on her. Hospital workers knowledgeable her that Peterson had discharged herself in opposition to medical recommendation. The involved household launched a statewide search, reporting her lacking to the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Workplace and the California Division of Justice. They distributed flyers, contacted police departments and hospitals, and even spoke to homeless individuals within the space in hopes of discovering her.
Heartbreaking discovery after practically a 12 months
On April 12, 2024, a consultant from the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Workplace lastly knowledgeable the household that Peterson had died. Her physique had been saved in a chilly storage facility on a shelf labeled “Purple 22 A” for 361 days. The sheriff’s division revealed that a physician on the hospital had filed a demise certificates, nevertheless it remained unclear why the household was not notified sooner.
Household’s argument
The household argue that inconsistencies within the medical data fail to make clear the circumstances surrounding Peterson’s demise or the delay in notifying them.
Hospital’s response
By the point Peterson’s physique was discovered, it had decomposed to the purpose the place an post-mortem was now not potential, mentioned a spokesperson for Mercy San Juan Medical Heart, based on media reviews. He additionally expressed his deepest sympathies to the household however declined to remark additional because of the pending litigation.
The household bought to find out about their daughter’s demise on April 12, 2024, when a consultant from the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Workplace notified them that Peterson had handed away.
Peterson’s household is in search of $25 million in damages, together with punitive damages for what they describe as “outrageous and inexcusable negligence” in dealing with her demise.
Peterson admitted after diabetic episode
Jessie Peterson, 31, checked herself into Mercy San Juan Medical Heart in Carmichael, California, on April 6, 2023, following a diabetic episode. Identified with Kind 1 diabetes on the age of 10, Peterson sought medical assist on the hospital, situated about 14 miles from Sacramento.
Final contact
On April 8, 2023, Peterson known as her mom, Ginger Congi, asking to be picked up from the hospital. Simply two hours after that decision, Peterson tragically handed away. The next day, hospital officers transferred her physique to a storage facility, the place it remained unnoticed for nearly a 12 months.
Household’s determined search
Days glided by with none contact from Peterson, prompting her mom to name the hospital on April 11, 2023, to examine on her. Hospital workers knowledgeable her that Peterson had discharged herself in opposition to medical recommendation. The involved household launched a statewide search, reporting her lacking to the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Workplace and the California Division of Justice. They distributed flyers, contacted police departments and hospitals, and even spoke to homeless individuals within the space in hopes of discovering her.
Heartbreaking discovery after practically a 12 months
On April 12, 2024, a consultant from the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Workplace lastly knowledgeable the household that Peterson had died. Her physique had been saved in a chilly storage facility on a shelf labeled “Purple 22 A” for 361 days. The sheriff’s division revealed that a physician on the hospital had filed a demise certificates, nevertheless it remained unclear why the household was not notified sooner.
Household’s argument
The household argue that inconsistencies within the medical data fail to make clear the circumstances surrounding Peterson’s demise or the delay in notifying them.
Hospital’s response
By the point Peterson’s physique was discovered, it had decomposed to the purpose the place an post-mortem was now not potential, mentioned a spokesperson for Mercy San Juan Medical Heart, based on media reviews. He additionally expressed his deepest sympathies to the household however declined to remark additional because of the pending litigation.
