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State to pay $750,000 in foster abuse case
The state has settled a Kona Circuit Court lawsuit for $750, 000 with the biological parents of a 3-year-old Hawaii island boy who died eight years ago while under the temporary foster care of Chasity Alcosiba-McKenzie and her husband, Clifton McKenzie, at their Waimea home.
Death Of Foster Child Leads To $750,000 Settlement Pending Approval By Legislature
The state has tentatively agreed to pay $750,000 to settle a lawsuit over the mysterious death of a 3-year-old boy in state foster custody in 2017 on the Big Island.
Fabian Garett-Garcia died on July 25, 2017, and his caregivers told authorities he was injured by accident when he fell on his face from a 3-foot-high bench while wearing virtual reality goggles at the foster home in Waimea.
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A third wrongful death lawsuit has been filed in connection with a COVID-19 outbreak at Yukio Okutsu State Veterans Home in Hilo that has killed 27 residents.
Kona attorney Jeffrey Foster filed the civil suit Wednesday in Hilo Circuit Court on behalf of Tracy Bennedsen, Margaret Robinson and Roberta Plancich, sisters of 73-year-old Stephan Plancich of Ka‘u, who died Sept. 17 of a COVID-19 infection received at the facility.
Defendants in the case include Avalon Health Care Group and several of its subsidiaries; Tina Irwin, Avalon’s regional vice president for Hawaii; and governmental “Doe” entities.
Hawaii family sues maker of electric hydrofoil surfboard over youth surf champion’s injury
A third wrongful death lawsuit has been filed in connection with a COVID-19 outbreak at Yukio Okutsu State Veterans Home in Hilo that has killed 27 residents.
Kona attorney Jeffrey Foster filed the civil suit Wednesday in Hilo Circuit Court on behalf of Tracy Bennedsen, Margaret Robinson and Roberta Plancich, sisters of 73-year-old Stephan Plancich of Ka‘u, who died Sept. 17 of a COVID-19 infection received at the facility.
Defendants in the case include Avalon Health Care Group and several of its subsidiaries; Tina Irwin, Avalon’s regional vice president for Hawaii; and governmental “Doe” entities.
Third suit filed in fatal veterans home COVID-19 outbreak
A third wrongful death lawsuit has been filed in connection with a COVID-19 outbreak at Yukio Okutsu State Veterans Home in Hilo that has killed 27 residents.
Kona attorney Jeffrey Foster filed the civil suit Wednesday in Hilo Circuit Court on behalf of Tracy Bennedsen, Margaret Robinson and Roberta Plancich, sisters of 73-year-old Stephan Plancich of Ka‘u, who died Sept. 17 of a COVID-19 infection received at the facility.
Defendants in the case include Avalon Health Care Group and several of its subsidiaries; Tina Irwin, Avalon’s regional vice president for Hawaii; and governmental “Doe” entities.
Report: Hilo veterans home employee stayed on the job for 3 days after COVID-19 exposure
The coronavirus outbreak at the Yukio Okutsu State Veterans Home in Hilo may have begun with an employee who worked ― despite being linked to a large cluster.
That conclusion was included in a state Health Department report that seeks to understand what contributed to one of the deadliest outbreaks in the state.
The state Office of Health Care Assurance released its findings Friday following a month-long inspection of the home, where 71 residents and 35 employees have tested positive for the virus since August. Twenty-seven of those residents have died.
Utah-based Avalon Healthcare is no longer in charge of the veterans home, but the scope of its damage is severe.
3 more deaths, 87 new cases
HONOLULU — State Department of Health officials Friday reported three additional coronavirus-related deaths on O‘ahu and 87 new infections statewide, bringing the total since the start of the pandemic to 142 deaths and 12,601 cases.
There were no new cases on Kaua‘i.
The three O‘ahu fatalities were a man “who was 80 or older” and two women, both in the 60-to-69-year-old age group. All three had underlying medical conditions and had been in the hospital when they died, according to health officials.
Family seeks answers on a father’s final days battling COVID-19 at veterans home
From gently cradling his first grandchild to being a source of support on special days, family meant everything to Chris Drayer.
Now his sons say they’re honoring that legacy by making it their mission to reveal the circumstances surrounding the 70-year-old’s death.
Dayer was the third veteran to die at the Yukio Okutsu State Veterans Home in Hilo, where a total of 27 residents have now died after contracting COVID-19.
Family Sues Okutsu Veterans Homes Over COVID-19 Death
The family of a decorated Vietnam veteran who was infected with COVID-19 and died at Yukio Okutsu State Veterans Home has sued Utah-based Avalon Health Care, which manages the home.
A total of 27 veterans and their spouses who lived at the home have died after becoming infected with the coronavirus.