Choking Death – Confidential settlement in Jefferson County

Rip Andrews and Ben Ford exposed the lack of supervision at a residential group home for those with severe mental and physical disabilities. Our client was unable to feed himself, or cut his own food and had a history of choking. But this group home never did a choking assessment on him or put any precautions in place for his eating. One day, our client was given a peanut butter and jelly sandwich that was not safe for him. He choked, went into cardiac arrest and suffered an irreparable brain injury from the lack of oxygen. He died later at the hospital.