These are the questions families ask us most often. Some of them involve legal concepts that may be unfamiliar. We’ve answered each one in plain language. If you don’t see your question here, contact us directly.
- Isn’t an overdose the patient’s own fault? Why treatment centers are still liable
- It’s not your fault: holding a facility responsible even though your loved one used drugs
- Wrongful death vs. survival action in California (heirs vs. estate)
- Who can file a wrongful death lawsuit in California (CCP 377.60)
- Understaffing and corporate negligence: suing the company behind the rehab
- Negligent hiring, training, and retention of rehab staff
- Premises liability and contraband control in treatment facilities
- Punitive damages against a rehab that cut monitoring to boost margins
- Who pays? Insurance coverage and corporate defendants in rehab cases
- How rehab overdose settlements are valued in California (no cap for negligence wrongful death)
- MICRA vs. ordinary negligence: how framing changes the damages cap