The mother of a woman who lived in a Brooklyn Park assisted living home came to a settlement agreement with the facility in July, over a year after the mother filed a lawsuit alleging medical negligence.
The mother filed the lawsuit in June of 2024. It alleged that Empathy Home Care allowed the woman to overdose on fentanyl twice in five days. It also accused Hennepin County of failing to monitor and ensure compliance with the woman’s treatment plan.
The woman died at the facility in November of 2021, leaving behind a 3-year-old daughter…