Santa Clara Matriarch’s Death Sparks Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Local Nursing Home

The family of a woman who was allegedly beaten to death by her roommate at Mission Skilled nursing home says staff failed to get her urgent medical care.

The family of a 98-year-old Santa Clara woman is claiming the nursing home where she lived is liable after the woman’s roommate allegedly beat her to death with a cane. Vera Plares was a resident at the for-profit Mission Skilled Nursing & Subacute Center in Santa Clara. In December last year, police say Plares’ roommate, 78-year-old, Connie … Read more