AURORA, Ohio (WOIO/Gray News) — The family of a 93-year-old man is suing a nursing home, alleging staff failed to properly supervise him and allowed him to fall three times in five days, with the final fall proving fatal.
According to a lawsuit filed Nov. 12, Roger Andrews died from a blunt impact to his head and neck after falling face-first from his wheelchair at the Avenue at Aurora Care and Rehabilitation Center in January.
An active lifestyle cut short
Andrews was not a typical 93-year-old. His children, Bruce Andrews and Karen Langenderfer, said their father remained adventurous well into his 80s.
“He was a big sports fan,” Bruce Andrews said. “Oh yeah, a die-hard Cleveland fan for years and years.”…