Jury awards $110M in death of 100-year-old at Sacramento assisted living facility

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A jury has awarded the family of Mildred Hernandez $110 million after finding an assisted living facility in Sacramento responsible for her death.

Jurors determined that Greenhaven Estates in Sacramento was responsible for the death of Hernandez, who was 100 years old and living at the facility with Alzheimer’s disease. She was known to be at risk of wandering.

In February 2019, Hernandez left the facility during the early morning hours and was later found unresponsive outside in about 38-degree weather. She died from hypothermia…

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