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Holding
Rehab Facilities
Accountable
Fighting for families who have lost a loved one
because of rehab facility negligence.
You trusted them to
keep your loved one safe.
You were told
they'd be supervised.
Then,
you got the call.
We hold California rehabilitation facilities accountable for the deaths of people who were supposed to be in their care.
They were trying to get help. You were trying to save their life.
You were promised someone would watching over them around the clock.
Overdose deaths at California rehab centers are rarely accidents. They are often the result of facilities that cut corners on staffing, ignored their own supervision protocols, or made promises of 24/7 care they had no intention of keeping.
You don’t have to figure out what happened on your own.
When someone enters a licensed residential rehab center in California, the facility assumes a duty of care.
California regulations require staff to conduct face-to-face checks on patients at regular intervals.
The facility doesn’t just have a legal obligation; in most cases they’ve explicitly marketed themselves as providing 24/7 supervision.
Negligent supervision is what happens when that promise breaks down.
If the facility had a duty, they breached it, and that breach caused the death, they may be held liable.
Problems include:
There are different types of treatment facilities. In some cases, California law requires face-to-face physical checks, and/or supervision is promised. Many don’t do this and/or falsify logs afterward.
Inadequate contraband searches or untrained staff may allow fentanyl or other drugs into facilities where patients have little to no tolerance.
California facilities are required to have naloxone on hand and staff trained to use it. When they don’t, a survivable overdose becomes fatal.
Get a free case review by visiting our free case review page. If you have a case and we are retained we go to work for you.
We obtain supervision logs, staffing records, video footage, DHCS complaint history and find out what really happened.
If the facility failed your loved one, we build the case and pursue every dollar of accountability and justice for them.
In California, a wrongful death claim can be filed by the person’s spouse or domestic partner and their children. If they weren’t married and had no kids, their parents can usually file. Anyone who depended on the person financially could also have a claim. If you’re not sure, contact us for a free consultation.
In California, liability waivers often don’t hold up. A facility can’t use a waiver to excuse gross negligence, and courts regularly throw out waivers for health and treatment services because keeping vulnerable people safe is exactly what the facility was paid to do. If the facility missed required supervision checks or operated without a license, a waiver will probably not protect it.
We handle wrongful death cases on a contingency fee, which means we only get paid if we win money for your family. There are no hourly bills and there is no retainer fee. We cover the costs of investigating and building the case. Our fee comes out of the settlement or verdict at the end; if we don’t recover anything, you owe us nothing. The initial consultation and case evaluation is free also.
Attorney Martin Gasparian offers a free, confidential consultation to families who lost a loved one at a California rehab facility.
Call us today or fill out a free case review form.
