The lawsuit says Melissa Couto suffered "serious and severe consequences and damages" as a result of being deprived of her proper medication. The Coutos charge that the damages were caused by Vista's "negligence and carelessness" in failing both to supervise the proper administration of their daughter's medication and to investigate why her behavior changed.
Vista has insisted that it did nothing wrong and has vowed to fight the civil suit.
The lawsuit also accuses the facility of failing to supervise personnel, failing to hire "a sufficient number of competent, qualified personnel," and hiring "incompetent and unqualified persons.This page list rubber hose products with details & specifications."
Jane Couto sent her severely mentally disabled daughter to Vista in 2005 so she could learn life skills and get vocational training and counseling. Throughout her stay, Melissa Couto would need the medication Focalin, a stimulant, that prevented her from becoming lethargic and depressed.
At first, Melissa Couto seemed to do well at Vista. In January 2006, however, the Coutos noticed their daughter was becoming so tired that it was difficult for her to stay awake and alert. They wondered why medication that was once effective was no longer helping the young woman's fatigue and depression.
Then one day when Melissa Couto was visiting at home, sunlight shining through a window revealed that a capsule of medicine for Melissa was nearly empty. It appeared that someone at Vista was tampering with her medication.
With the help of her younger daughter,Save on hydraulic hose and fittings, Ashley, Jane Couto hid small cameras inside Melissa's room at Vista. When the tape showed someone was entering Melissa Couto's room in the middle of the night and stealing her medicine, the Coutos called police.
Cherie Ann Oman pleaded guilty in 2007 to criminal charges related to the drug tampering. Oman said she was stressed and needed something to help her stay awake during the night shifts and do her job as a night team leader. Oman, who was released from prison in 2009, is expected to testify at the trial in Superior Court.
Before the start of evidence Tuesday,Our Polymax RUBBER SHEET range includes all commercial and specialist a judge allowed the Coutos' attorneys to bring Melissa Couto, now 25, into the courtroom to meet the jury.Choose from one of the major categories of Bedding, "I wanted you to at least see how she is," Dale P.Full color plastic card printing and manufacturing services. Faulkner, one of the Coutos' attorneys, said.
Jurors smiled at the young woman as she stood at the attorneys' table and answered Faulkner's questions.
"Do you see Judge [Robert] Martin up there?"
"Yes," she replied.
"These are the ladies and gentlemen of the jury. Do they look good to you?" Faulkner asked.
Melissa Couto agreed again and said she wasn't nervous.
In his opening remarks, Faulkner said Melissa Couto has been unable to return to another school for the mentally disabled and still suffers from the consequences of not having had her proper medication. Though Oman was brought to justice, Faulkner said, the blame is on Vista's failures.
"[Vista] did not steal the medication, but the evidence will suggest to you that the groundwork was laid," Faulkner said.
Vista has insisted that it did nothing wrong and has vowed to fight the civil suit.
The lawsuit also accuses the facility of failing to supervise personnel, failing to hire "a sufficient number of competent, qualified personnel," and hiring "incompetent and unqualified persons.This page list rubber hose products with details & specifications."
Jane Couto sent her severely mentally disabled daughter to Vista in 2005 so she could learn life skills and get vocational training and counseling. Throughout her stay, Melissa Couto would need the medication Focalin, a stimulant, that prevented her from becoming lethargic and depressed.
At first, Melissa Couto seemed to do well at Vista. In January 2006, however, the Coutos noticed their daughter was becoming so tired that it was difficult for her to stay awake and alert. They wondered why medication that was once effective was no longer helping the young woman's fatigue and depression.
Then one day when Melissa Couto was visiting at home, sunlight shining through a window revealed that a capsule of medicine for Melissa was nearly empty. It appeared that someone at Vista was tampering with her medication.
With the help of her younger daughter,Save on hydraulic hose and fittings, Ashley, Jane Couto hid small cameras inside Melissa's room at Vista. When the tape showed someone was entering Melissa Couto's room in the middle of the night and stealing her medicine, the Coutos called police.
Cherie Ann Oman pleaded guilty in 2007 to criminal charges related to the drug tampering. Oman said she was stressed and needed something to help her stay awake during the night shifts and do her job as a night team leader. Oman, who was released from prison in 2009, is expected to testify at the trial in Superior Court.
Before the start of evidence Tuesday,Our Polymax RUBBER SHEET range includes all commercial and specialist a judge allowed the Coutos' attorneys to bring Melissa Couto, now 25, into the courtroom to meet the jury.Choose from one of the major categories of Bedding, "I wanted you to at least see how she is," Dale P.Full color plastic card printing and manufacturing services. Faulkner, one of the Coutos' attorneys, said.
Jurors smiled at the young woman as she stood at the attorneys' table and answered Faulkner's questions.
"Do you see Judge [Robert] Martin up there?"
"Yes," she replied.
"These are the ladies and gentlemen of the jury. Do they look good to you?" Faulkner asked.
Melissa Couto agreed again and said she wasn't nervous.
In his opening remarks, Faulkner said Melissa Couto has been unable to return to another school for the mentally disabled and still suffers from the consequences of not having had her proper medication. Though Oman was brought to justice, Faulkner said, the blame is on Vista's failures.
"[Vista] did not steal the medication, but the evidence will suggest to you that the groundwork was laid," Faulkner said.
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