Wrongful death lawsuit filed after grandmother murdered at senior care facility in Santa Clara

Wrongful death lawsuit filed after grandmother murdered at senior care facility in Santa Clara 
PR Newswire, Santa Clara, CA; by Peacock & Bartlett, a.p.c.; 7/29/24 
The family of Vera Plares, a 98-year-old woman murdered at the Mission Skilled Nursing & Subacute Center in Santa Clara, CA filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the facility alleging Mission knowingly placed a patient with a violent past in the same room as their cherished grandmother. According to the complaint, Connie Delucca had a history of being violent at Mission and had a history of prior 5150 holds (a mental illness designation that someone poses a danger to themselves or others.) When Mission negligently placed Vera Plares in the same room as Ms. Delucca, little did Vera or her family know of Ms. Delucca's propensity for violence, or that Mission's decision would prove deadly.