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Benchmarks: Caregiver assumed risk of attack by Alzheimer’s patient 

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    • January 30, 2013

A California home care worker suffered serious stab wounds in 2008 when an 85-year-old Alzheimer’s patient suddenly turned on her.
This week, a state court ruled that the caregiver assumed the risk of her injuries.
“Caretakers generally may look to other sources of available compensation rather than to the victim » Continue […]

Original post by http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2013/01/30/benchmarks-caregiver-assumed-risk-of-attack-by-alzheimers-patient/

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