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February 2020: Herschel C. Harden III, a psychotherapist from Cumberland Hospital was arrested and charged over sexual abuse allegations. 2009) (recognizing that a social worker's and doctor's dereliction of the statutory duty to report abuse was ordinary negligence and did not require an affidavit of merit). The treatment center also failed to warn Murray that his ex-girlfriend was known to be or should have been known to be dangerous and violent, and who lacked mental capacity to be responsible for her own violent and dangerous actions, according to Murrays attorneys, Robert and Tracy Eglet. 53, 376 P.3d 167, 172 (2016) (reasoning that a medical expert affidavit was required where the scope of a patient's informed consent was at issue, because medical expert testimony would be necessary to determine the reasonableness of the health care provider's actions). Spring Mountain Rehab - MultiMed Clinic Website OUR LOCATIONS Northwest Location 7730 W Cheyenne Ave cor. January 2018: Parents filed a lawsuit against Kingwood Pines Hospital in Texas alleging the hospital was responsible for their 13-year-old daughters rape at the facility. Estate of French, 333 S.W.3d at 557 (citing Black's Law Dictionary 770 (9th ed. However, the level of abuse recorded, in part, here demand state is evidence that oversight of the industry is poor, if not negligent, and that federal patient and fraud protections are needed with far stronger penalties for abuse and fraud, including CMS program expulsion and criminal accountability in the behavioral hospital industry. We provide a caring and healthy environment that gives individuals a chance to make positive changes. They were forcing my head into the bed so that I couldnt breathe. Deboer, 128 Nev. at 409, 282 P.3d at 730. All Rights Reserved. In March 2014, Parker was found guilty and in April was sentenced to 25 years in prison. Easy, done. 1999) (determining that the statute of repose for medical malpractice applies to plaintiff's claims against the nurse's employer for negligent hiring, retention, supervision, and entrustment because the claims arose out of the nurse's administration of an injection). Kingswood denied the allegations, indicating that they were highly regulated by Federal and state agencies. Gabriel Michael Lima was accused of sexually abusing a 12-year-old girl he met at work at the hospital. Spring Mountain argues that because Szymborski's claims involve employees of a hospital rendering services, the claims must be for medical malpractice and NRS 41A.071's affidavit requirement applies. We will continue to investigate and if need be correct the allegations.. LEE SZYMBORSKI v. SPRING MOUNTAIN TREATMENT CENTER AND DARRYL DUBROCA IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY. Spring Mountain Treatment Center provides acute crisis stabilization and outpatient services. My hope is that the NDA is shut down or significant changes occur, he said. For his negligence per se claim, Szymborski argues that Spring Mountain violated NAC 449.332. Inspectors saw no evidence that nurses gave any care to the 13-year-old after she reported the assault. Due to this ongoing conflict, Sean participated in treatment planning to find housing independent of Szymborski. Success TMS - Depression Treatment Specialists. 2005) (holding that the pre-suit requirements of a medical malpractice claim did not apply to plaintiff's claim for negligent hiring, supervising, and retaining the physician because the claim of sexual misconduct in this case is not a claim arising out of negligent medical treatment); compare with Blackwell v. Goodwin, 513 S.E.2d 542, 545-46 (Ga. Ct. App. As such, Szymborski makes claims for malpractice, negligence, and negligence per se that do not sound in medical malpractice and, therefore, do not require a medical expert affidavit under NRS 41A.071. You have no idea when youll see your family again. The facility billed his mothers insurance company more than $11,000 for the unwanted stay. Spring Mountain Treatment Center is owned and operated by Universal Health Services, which is one of the leading hospital management companies in the United States. Davidow would then place his hands beneath female patients undergarments and sexually abuse them by intentionally touching their intimate parts., The alleged victims ages in 2020 ranged from 10 to 26 and the abuse was alleged to have occurred over a period of at least 12 years. But in 2015, Kingwood Pines was cited for patient safety and patient rights violations. alleged he was sexually and physically assaulted by D.W., another minor patient at River Point. Sean Murray filed the lawsuit on Wednesday. The Orlando Sentinel also reported: The National Deaf Academy, a residential treatment facility that has been hit with civil lawsuits alleging abuse and neglect of clients was closing. This claim only involves allegations of medical duties and would require medical expert testimony to assist the jury in determining the standard of care. Governor Ralph Northam sent a statement to WTVR-CBS 6 saying that took these allegations very seriouslynot only as Governor, but as a pediatrician and father. Dominate search results. As described in the complaint, both the nursing progress note and the acute physician discharge progress note indicated that Sean was reluctant to return to his fathers home. Over 90,000 businesses use Birdeye everyday to get more reviews and manage all customer feedback. The Greenville News reported that workers at Pee Dee alleged that children at the facility have been hurt after altercations with staff, were given inadequate food and programming, and children there have been subjected to verbal abuse by staff. Staph infections, scabies and mold (that can pose health risks) were also found at the facility. 209 0 obj <>/Filter/FlateDecode/ID[<47A41CEDEEEA4446957D90C4E70BF245>]/Index[178 57]/Info 177 0 R/Length 138/Prev 716644/Root 179 0 R/Size 235/Type/XRef/W[1 3 1]>>stream What happened next, captured on video, showed three staff reached for Metcalfs arms and began pulling her away from where she sat, and while she struggled to get away, the staff overpowered her, flipped her over so she was faced downwards, and one leaned the side of his body on her neck and head. February 2020: A staff member at Provo Canyon Behavioral Hospital in Utah was charged on February 6, 2020, with first-degree felony sodomy on a child and second-degree felony enticing a minor. 250 0 obj <>/Filter/FlateDecode/ID[<2D1DE22AEB3F97409E8675691E7FB39C><9187A20B021DF4469B787C3162893F81>]/Index[234 44]/Info 233 0 R/Length 82/Prev 189128/Root 235 0 R/Size 278/Type/XRef/W[1 2 1]>>stream "I am heartbroken over this tragedy and our thoughts and prayers are with the family," Burgess said in a statement. Service Setting. But, Szymborski's claim for professional negligence against Spring Mountain sounds in medical malpractice and was properly dismissed for failure to attach a medical expert affidavit. The DJJ report indicated the teenager received lacerations to her face and ear that looked like it needed stitches., In April 2013, DJJ Secretary Wansley Walters told media, I think there was a culture there that was really being kept secret and being hidden from our department. December 2013: A mother filed a federal lawsuit alleging that Brentwood Behavioral Center in Mississippi failed to protect her 11-year-old son from being sexually abused by nurse Clifford Hough from December 2012 to January 2013. 866-548-1240 Get more reviews from your customers with Birdeye. "We just want some answers.". Rosalind Adams, Lawmakers Slam Violence at UHS Hospital In Alabama, BuzzFeed News, 14 Nov. 2017, https://www.buzzfeed.com/rosalindadams/lawmakers-slam-violence-at-uhs-hospital-in-alabama?utm_term=.qq1k7YgB3D#.lhNl0gVPR1. And thentheres like three people on me. Further, The reason they held Madison is because we have fantastic insurance benefits, and they can bill over $1,000 a day, and they can keep her for up to what, 30 days? Mrs. Hough told WFAA-TV. Since 2001, we have provided acute crisis stabilization and outpatient services to the Las Vegas community and beyond. Administrator for SPRING MOUNTAIN TREATMENT CENTER, located at 7000 W. Spring Mountain Road, Las Vegas, Nevada 89117 6. BILL THEIR INSURER. The Chicago Tribune found: April 2015: A 10-year old was assaulted and suffered a head injury during a period when staffing levels were inadequate at Timberlawn Behavioral Health in Texas. 2d 692, 695 (M.D. The email address cannot be subscribed. Pausing on his crutches, the teen replied that a nurse had told him not to get the cast on his lower leg wet. The crutches fall at Vices side as Doughty spins him around against the wall and then pushes him down to the floor. NDA failed to ensure the rights of its residents and the appropriate use of proper seclusion procedures. Given the subtle distinction, a single set of circumstances may sound in both ordinary negligence and medical malpractice, and an inartful complaint will likely use terms that invoke both causes of action, particularly where, as here, the plaintiff is proceeding pro se in district court. Hough, 49, pleaded guilty to a charge of gratification of lust in 2013 and was jailed for 10 years. February 2020: Media reported that Dr. Davidow from Cumberland Hospital was under investigation for the allegations of patient sexual abuse and had originated a leave of absence from Cumberland at the time. In his complaint, Szymborski asserted four claims against Spring Mountain, its CEO, Daryl Dubroca, and various social workers and MAs (collectively, Spring Mountain): negligence (count I); professional negligence (count II); malpractice, gross negligence, negligence per se (count III); and negligent hiring, supervision, and training (count IV). Copyright 2020 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. at 412, 282 P.3d at 732. Almost all of the children accepted into North Springs residential program are referred from state and county agencies or school systems. The case status is Pending - Other Pending. October 2018: Allegations that a staff member at Palmetto Pee Dee Behavioral Health in South Carolina facility grabbed a child in a headlock and punched him, while other children were repeatedly bitten, promptedthe states regulatory agency to accuse the facility of failing to provide basic protection. Don't miss the big stories. Bending over to retrieve his crutches from the floor, he tried to strike Doughty with them. She bailed out and returned to work at Milton, forcing the DJJ to ask Miltons director to remove her from all access to children. Thus, the mere fact that Szymborski's claims are brought against Spring Mountain, a mental health treatment center rendering services, does not mean the claims sound in medical malpractice. This place does the bare minimum to help your treatment process. A claim is grounded in medical malpractice and must adhere to NRS 41A.071 where the facts underlying the claim involve medical diagnosis, treatment, or judgment and the standards of care pertaining to the medical issue require explanation to the jury from a medical expert at trial. June 2019: The family of a 13-year-old girl was promised a safe environment when she was hospitalized for depression at Gulfport Behavioral Health Hospital in Mississippi. Seeking $127 million in damages, attorneys for the plaintiffs also alleged that Dr. Daniel N. Davidow, the former medical director of Cumberland inappropriately touched young female patients during routine medical exams and that employees and fellow patients physically struck or sexually abused other residents. Because the district court's sole basis for dismissal was Szymborski's failure to attach a medical expert affidavit, the question before us is not the validity, sufficiency, or merit of Szymborski's claims. Co. v. Wharton, 88 Nev. 183, 186, 495 P.2d 359, 361 (1972) (in determining whether an action is for contract or tort, it is the nature of the grievance rather than the form of the pleadings that determines the character of the action); Benz-Elliot v. Barrett Enters., LP, 456 S.W.3d 140, 148-49 (Tenn. 2015) (the gravamen of the claims rather than the gravamen of the complaint determines statute of limitations issues because parties may assert alternative claims and defenses and request alternative relief in a single complaint, regardless of the consistency of the claims and defenses). CLOSED, 2012. June 2017: The mother of an 11-year-old girl filed a lawsuit against Shadow Mountain, alleging negligence, assault and battery and intentional infliction of emotional distress. But on April 2, Brittany ran away again. As such, Szymborski's professional negligence claim against Spring Mountain is grounded in medical malpractice and was properly dismissed for failure to attach a medical expert affidavit pursuant to NRS 41A.071.5, The third claim for relief is titled malpractice, gross negligence, and negligence per se. In this composite claim, Szymborski appears to be asserting a claim for social worker malpractice. Spring Mountain Treatment Center also serves Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders and has Spanish, Services for the deaf and hard of hearing available. endstream endobj startxref Minutes before entering the conference room, Madison had signed an official letter requesting release. v. Sixth Judicial Dist. Szydel v. Markman, 121 Nev. 453, 458-59, 117 P.3d 200, 204 (2005) (determining that an NRS 41A.071 medical expert affidavit is not required when the claim is for one of the res ipsa loquitur circumstances set forth in NRS 41A.100). Assistant State Attorney James Parker described the injuries to the victim as, carpet burns, bruising around the eye and swelling around the face. In March 2013, Abbott was found guilty. And that will be our approach throughout our system. , 3 involved alleged sexual abuse. The law also states patients can be held indefinitely for treatment. "Brittany's always had problems, and we've always done everything we could to get her help," Kish said. "Juvie was a safe place for her to go, and then we could get her back and start over.". hbbd``b`,`; b01df 4 8 H(r #C%#3r?0 xS Spring Mountain argues as an alternative basis for affirmance that it did not owe a duty of care to Szymborski, a nonpatient third party, to protect him from the property damage caused by Sean. , April 2017: Senator Charles Grassley drew attention to serious allegations against Shadow Mountain psychiatric facility in Tulsa, Oklahoma. 0:57. It offers 24-hour mobile assessment and referral services by licensed clinicians to individuals with emotional, psychiatric, behavioral and substance abuse problems. An employee scalded a patient with hot water. Instead, we must determine whether Szymborski's claims involve medical diagnosis, judgment, or treatment or are based on Spring Mountain's performance of nonmedical services.3 See id. hbbd```b``V`v4"RA$cX< 'width' : 300, Phone: 702.873.2400. "We are surveyed regularly, and like many healthcare facilities, address any deficiencies that may be cited. Brittany was not new to the juvenile detention center. 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Last month, Lynette Kish and her fiance, Jim Coppla, found Brittany submerged in a bathtub full of blood. The alleged negligence or breach of duty does not involve medical judgment, treatment, or diagnosis, and would not require medical expert testimony at trial. The case was settled in mediation in September 2014. 2017, https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/rosalindadams/sen-grassley-calls-for-federal-probe-into-troubled-youth, Grassley Continues Inquiry into Psychiatric Hospital Amid Dearth of Details from Accreditor on Response to Reported Problems, Senator Grassley website, 26 May 2017, https://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-releases/grassley-continues-inquiry-psychiatric-hospital-amid-dearth-details-accreditor, Shadow Mountain loses court bid to halt SoonerCare contract termination; Report: Shadow Mountain presented a threat to life during recent inspection, slips in accreditation status: Shadow Mountain was deemed a threat to life during recent inspection, Tulsa World, 30 May 2017, http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/health/report-shadow-mountain-presented-a-threat-to-life-during-recent/article_72f3a7a0-c43e-539d-ad58-417767f1d3a2.html, At least five lawsuits target Tulsa psychiatric facility after allegations draw national attention, The Frontier, 11 Sept. 2017, https://www.readfrontier.org/stories/former-employee-patients-sue-tulsa-psychiatric-facility-allegations-draw-national-attention/, State shuts down youth detention center in Crestview, Daily News, 24 June 2017, http://www.nwfdailynews.com/news/20170624/state-shuts-down-youth-detention-center-in-crestview, Lawsuit: Boy, 12, sexually assaulted at DeKalb hospital, Atlanta Journal Constitution, 11 July 2017, http://www.ajc.com/news/local/lawsuit-boy-sexually-assaulted-dekalb-hospital/18rQCaixRqyqjfJrrKNKwO/, Alex Newman, Sexual Assault Investigation at Now-Shuttered Westwood Psychiatric Hospital: Westwood police are investigating an alleged sexual assault at Westwood Lodge, which state officials permanently closed Friday, The Westwood Patch, 30 Aug. 2017 https://patch.com/massachusetts/westwood/sexual-assault-investigation-now-shuttered-westwood-psychiatric-hospital, Massachusetts psychiatric hospital shut down amid sexual assault investigation, Mass Live, 29 Aug. 2017, http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2017/08/massachusetts_psychiatric_hosp.html, Serious Workplace Hazards at Psychiatric Hospital, Sun News, 14 Aug. 2017, http://web.archive.org/web/20191112063029/https://sunnewsreport.com/serious-workplace-hazards-psychiatric-hospital/, State halts admissions at Lowell psychiatric hospital, The Boston Globe, 12 Sept. 2017, http://198.115.82.77/metro/2017/09/12/state-halts-admissions-lowell-psychiatric-hospital/uI35TIvQkDTN0INlvdIpaK/story.html, Lowell-based mental-health center shutting its doors, The Sun, 8 Feb. 2018, updated 11 July, 2020, https://www.lowellsun.com/2018/02/08/lowell-based-mental-health-center-shutting-its-doors/, Lawsuit: Psychiatric hospital negligence led to teens rape, ABC News, Associated Press, 15 Sept. 2017, http://web.archive.org/web/20170916111956/https://abcnews.go.com/amp/Health/wireStory/lawsuit-claims-psychiatric-hospital-negligent-teens-rape-49873253, Dallas police investigating sexual assault of 13-year-old girl at Timberlawn hospital, Dallas Morning News, 13 Oct. 2017, https://www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/2017/10/12/13-year-old-girl-sexually-assaulted-timberlawn-psychiatric-hospital-dallas, Sue Ambrose, FATHER OF GIRL, 13, SAYS SHE WAS RAPED AT TIMBERLAWN BY TEEN MALE PATIENT, Dallas Morning News, 18 Oct. 2017, https://www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/2017/10/13/father-girl-13-says-raped-timberlawn-teenmale-patient, Sarah Mervosh and Sue Ambrose Raped, fondled, flashed: What female patients say happened to them at Timberlawn psych hospital, Dallas Morning News, 25 Oct. 2017, https://www.dallasnews.com/news/investigations/2017/10/26/timberlawn-history-sexual-assault-reports-13-year-olds-case-surfaced, AFTER LOSING MEDICAID CONTRACT, SHADOW MOUNTAIN HAD FEWER PATIENTS IN ITS CARE, The Frontier, 16 Oct. 2017, https://www.readfrontier.org/stories/losing-medicaid-contract-shadow-mountain-patients-care/, Mark Smith and Brett Shipp, Voluntarily checking into psychiatric hospital, easy. 439, 6, at 2527. Briefly, Vice lifts himself onto his hands and knees, but Doughty grabs him around the middle and, with the help of another worker, hauls Vice into a nearby roomand out of the cameras view. When Vice stumbled out of the room, his face was bloody, and his white shirt soiled with large crimson drops. Six of the girls were victims and another two witnessed his actionswhich included digitally penetrating the girls and touching their breasts and buttocks. An award-winning journalist who has worked forRolling Stone and MTV News, Chris enjoys prog rock, cycling, Marvel movies, IPAs, and roller coasters. . On 07/27/2018 Ronald Satish Emrit filed a Personal Injury - Medical Malpractice lawsuit against Spring Mountain Treatment Center. She said, via sign language, My arm hurts, my arm hurts, and crumples to the ground holding her arm. 7 October 2020: A registered nurse who formerly worked at Cumberland hospital called for the facility to be shut down, after she said she witnessed child abuse at the facility, according to WTVR-CBS 6. My soul will not allow me to continue employment within a facility where children are knowingly abused without appropriate action being taken reads the resignation letter the nurse sent to the hospital's CEO. Parraguirre, J. May 2013: A lawsuit was filed in Orlando, Florida against NDA that claimed patients were involuntarily committed and kept longer than recommended for insurance money. 11 November 2017: BuzzFeed News disclosed continuing allegations of patient assault and abuse at Hill Crest Behavioral Health Services in Alabama. 25 August 2017: The Massachusetts Department of Mental Health closed Westwood Lodge psychiatric hospital due to issues concerning patient safety and quality of care. The closure was amid a sexual assault investigation.Westwoods psychiatric unit for children was earlier ordered shut down following a surprise inspection. Stat., ch. August 2012: In California, UHS paid $4.25 million in 2012 to settle claims that employees at one of its facilities were either inappropriately credentialed or not credentialed at all and that the facility warehouse[d] children while fraudulently billing for the provision of meaningful services. Address: 7000 Spring Mountain Road, Las Vegas, NV 89117. The plaintiffs requested a jury trial. South Carolina State Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) officials cited the facility with 19 violations including abuse and failing to adequately watch over children. Best Center For Hospice Care Norwich Ct Ideas, Oyher Animal Medical Center Plano Gainclone. hs.src = ('//s10.histats.com/js15_as.js'); SPRING MOUNTAIN TREATMENT CENTER; AND DARRYL DUBROCA, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY, Respondents. According to the lawsuit, Palmer had been admitted to the facility on a Legal 2000, which allows a treatment center or a hospital to legally hold people who present a clear and present danger to themselves or others for a minimum of 72 hours. By extension, if the jury can only evaluate the plaintiff's claims after presentation of the standards of care by a medical expert, then it is a medical malpractice claim. CLOSED, 2019. v. Second Judicial Dist. Count III alleges malpractice, gross negligence, and negligence per se, and that defendants, including the LSW, [are] entrusted to provide medical care owed to patients and a duty to provide adequate medical treatment. Count III further alleges that the LSW breached the duty of care by discharging the patient in violation of discharge policies and procedures, pursuant to NAC 449.332. Szymborski also cited NAC 641B.225, which defines the standard of care for professional incompetence in the context of social work. The Judges overseeing this case are Chief Judge Gloria M. Navarro and Magistrate Judge Carl W. Hoffman. . ". f\*( {-S'P93dH#Wv20 b0+X*I%$T Ass'n, 811 A.2d 1266, 1270 (Conn. 2002) (determining that the plaintiff's complaint was for medical malpractice because the alleged negligence [was] substantially related to medical diagnosis and involved the exercise of medical judgment); Gunter v. Lab. Incidents under investigation included: 25 October 2017: The Dallas Morning News headlined its investigative report about Timberlawn: Raped, fondled, flashed: What female patients say happened to them at Timberlawn psych hospital.. At leastfive lawsuits had been filedin district and federal courts. However, whether the district court considered this letter is immaterial because the district court had determined that Szymborski's claims were for medical malpractice and the letter did not satisfy the requirements of NRS 41A.071. CLOSED, 2013. LEE E. SZYMBORSKI, Appellant, v. SPRING MOUNTAIN TREATMENT CENTER; AND DARRYL DUBROCA, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY, Respondents. The plaintiff and his son had a difficult %%EOF Spring Mountain Treatment Center, which provides medical services for behavioral and emotional issues at 7000 W. Spring Mountain Road, did not respond to a request for comment Wednesday. HARDESTY, J., concurring in part and dissenting in part: I concur with the majority's determination that a reviewing court should review allegations in a complaint not only by the words used but by the gravamen of the action. 2:15-cv-00889 in the Nevada District Court. J.A.C. Virginia State Police conducted a criminal investigation and a grand jury indicted Harden on two counts of object sexual penetration by force of a former patient in 2018 and 2019 while Harden worked at the hospital. 20 November 2016: Austin Skidmore, a 19-year-old with autism died during an incident with staff at Laurel Heights in Atlanta. In contrast, NRS 41A.071 provides that [i]f an action for medical malpractice is filed in the district court, the district court shall dismiss the action, without prejudice, if the action is filed without a[] [medical expert] affidavit.2. Here, as discussed above, the underlying facts of this complaint do not involve medical judgment, treatment, or diagnosis. 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