Barbara Doyle was missing for nearly two weeks after she wandered out of an Arkansas assisted-living facility on the same day she was admitted. The 74-year-old was found dead 13 days later. On Thursday, a judge approved a $2 million settlement in the case.
Though an employee saw that she’d left the building, they did not try to stop her or properly notify anyone about her exit, Doyle’s husband, Jack, alleged in a wrongful-death lawsuit. The complaint, filed in August in Benton County, Ark., named the facility, Brookfield Assisted Living, and its parent company, the Brookfield at Highland Crossing, as defendants.
Attorneys for Brookfield Assisted Living and the Brookfield at Highland Crossing did not respond to requests for comment. She opened a door that led outside, setting off an alarm, the complaint states. An employee saw Doyle, according to the lawsuit, but they did not stop, question or redirect her.About a half-hour later, Jack Doyle came to the building to drop off luggage for his wife.
They called emergency personnel about an hour later, at 4:45 p.m., the complaint states, and then notified Doyle’s family that she was missing.
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