Estate of Alvera Meuti sues Cleveland nursing home after elderly woman froze to death outside locked exit
CLEVELAND, Ohio – The family of an 84-year-old woman who froze to death outside a Cleveland-area nursing home has filed a wrongful death lawsuit alleging negligence and inadequate supervision, naming both the facility and a nurse now facing criminal charges.
According to a 12-page complaint filed November 26, 2025, in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court, the Estate of Alvera Meuti is suing Progressive Interchange Healthcare LLC, operator of the Avenue at Warrensville Care and Rehabilitation Center, and nurse Amber Henderson in connection with Meuti’s death on December 24, 2024. The case, numbered CV-25-128865, has been assigned to Judge David T. Matia.
The lawsuit states that Meuti was able to leave the facility through an exit door that “closed and locked behind her,” leaving her trapped outside overnight. Her body was discovered the following morning on a patio near the door. The medical examiner determined her cause of death to be hypothermia…