Benalla Health fined $230K after aged care resident’s chair failure
The 93-year-old resident of Morrie Evans Wing Nursing Home fell backwards when the back of her reclining chair detached as a staff member tried to move it.
The 93-year-old resident of Morrie Evans Wing Nursing Home fell backwards when the back of her reclining chair detached as a staff member tried to move it.
Supreme Court Justice Bruno Fiannaca, who made the ruling, said he was satisfied that Suzanne Margaret Lupica “suffers from a mental impairment”, due to dementia, namely Alzheimer’s.
Clare Nowland, a resident of Yallambee Lodge aged care facility in Cooma, fell and suffered a brain injury after being tasered by then Police Officer Kristian White.
The council appealed against the LEC’s decision on grounds of legal error, one of the few pathways available for overturning a ruling within the same court.