Author: len

In California, a death inside a rehab or detox facility is almost always a coroner’s case. California Government Code § 27491 requires the county coroner or medical examiner to inquire into the circumstances, manner, and cause of all sudden or unusual deaths, unattended deaths, deaths where no physician saw the person in the 20 days before death, and deaths known

When a loved one dies at a facility that called itself a “recovery home” or “sober living environment,” families often face an immediate and frustrating question: does that facility have the same legal obligations as a traditional rehab center? The answer depends on what the facility actually is. In the State of California, the line between a licensed treatment facility