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Jury Awards Family $10 Million After Finding a Connecticut Facility’s Negligence Caused Death of Special Olympian

A jury in Waterbury awarded a Connecticut family $10 million after determining the negligence of Oak Hill’s Watertown facility, which cares for people with disabilities, caused the death of 50-year-old Special Olympics athlete Scott Case.

The six-person jury deliberated for three days and returned with the verdict March 20, according to attorneys John Mills and Maria Cahill of New Haven-based Mills & Cahill Law Firm.

Case, who had multiple mental and physical disabilities, was a resident of Oak Hill for eight months. Due to his moderate obstructive sleep apnea, he had to wear a biPAP, a respiratory breathing machine. He also experienced seizures, which he was more prone to at night, and was supposed to be checked on every 30 minutes to ensure he was breathing and the machine was secure, according to the complaint.

Read the source article at newstimes

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