MultiCare has settled allegations of negligence and abuse of a vulnerable adult, among other claims, after an Orting man with dementia walked away from an Auburn hospital and wandered overnight for several hours and miles in 2024, court records show.
Gary Lay, who was 74 at the time, was discovered on a wet, rural two-lane road in Kent on a gloomy morning in June 2024, according to King County Sheriff’s Office body-camera footage, which shows Lay gingerly standing with support from a deputy.
The deputy asks Lay, a retired Boeing worker, if he knows where he is. Lay responds, “Yes,” but can’t give a straight answer and appears disoriented, the footage shows…