FIERS v. LA CROSSE COUNTY

No. 15-cv-88-jdp.

132 F.Supp.3d 1111 (2015)

Joanne FIERS, Special Administrator for the Estate of Richard Bendel, Plaintiff, and Wisconsin Department of Health Services, c/o HMS Wisconsin Casualty Recovery, Involuntary Plaintiff, v. LA CROSSE COUNTY, d/b/a Lakeview Health Center; Mississippi Valley Health Services Commission, d/b/a Lakeview Health Center; Wanda Plachecki; West Bend Mutual Insurance Company; Jeremy Holm; Lilli Lein; and Janet Loy-Minor, Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. Wisconsin.

Filed September 18, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joel E. Smith, Mark R. Kosieradzki, Andrew D. Gross, Kosieradzki Smith Law Firm, Plymouth, MN, Terry A. Davis, Rice, Heitman & Davis, S.C., Sparta, WI, for Plaintiff.

Jesus Gabriel Garza, State of Wisconsin Department of Health Services, Madison, WI, for Involuntary Plaintiff.

Stephen Oliver Plunkett, Steven P. Aggergaard, Bassford Remele, Minneapolis, MN, for Defendants.


OPINION & ORDER

Richard Bendel resided at Lakeview Health Center, a skilled nursing facility operated by defendants La Crosse County and the Mississippi Valley Health Services Commission. Mr. Bendel suffered from severe dementia and he was a known elopement risk. In February, 2014, he wandered off...

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