Suit filed over sun-exposure death: Daughter of multiple sclerosis nursing home patient seeking award
Tuesday, July 12th, 2005.
Toledo, OH - The daughter of a woman who died last month after sunbathing outside in 90-plus-degree heat at Heartland of Waterville has filed a civil lawsuit against the nursing home and its parent company, HCR Manor Care.
Noelle Tillman alleges that the nursing home was negligent in caring for her mother, Patricia Matney, who was a resident of the facility at 8885 Browning Drive for four years.
Ms. Matney, 49, who had multiple sclerosis and could not move on her own, died June 26 after she had been lying outside for several hours on a concrete patio. The Lucas County Coroner’s Office said she died from hyperthermia, and her body temperature was recorded at 109 degrees.
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