BATON ROUGE — A former nursing home assistant was indicted on negligent homicide charges after she allegedly dropped a patient from a hydraulic lift, Attorney General Liz Murrill’s office said Monday.
Diamond Johnson, 34, of Zachary, was indicted by a grand jury for negligent homicide on Oct. 2, the AG’s office said.
She was accused of killing a patient at Jefferson Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center on June 14, 2024. According to Murrill’s office, Johnson was moving the patient from a chair to her bed using a hydraulic lift with a sling. The patient slipped out of the sling and landed on the feet of the lift…