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Philadelphia Care Home Resident Died After Cleaning Wipe Found Lodged In Trachea, Lawsuit Says Philadelphia Care Home Resident Died After Cleaning Wipe Found Lodged In Trachea, Lawsuit Says
Philadelphia Care Home Resident Died After Cleaning Wipe Found Lodged In Trachea, Lawsuit Says The mother of a 50-year-old woman who died days after she was found in a pool of urine with a cleaning wipe was lodged in her trachea, has filed a lawsuit against the Philadelphia home where her daughter lived for most of her life. The lawsuit alleging gross negligence filed by lawyers from Stark & Stark PC, and the Pepper Law Firm, LLC, indicates that a staff member at Merakey-Woodhaven placed the six-inch wipe in Cheryl Yewdall's throat. The oldest of four children, Yewdall Cheryl lived at the Merakey’s Woodhaven site for approximately 40 years. She was severely disabled and requ…

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by Cecilia Levine
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PA Man With Disabilities Loses Testicle After Beating With Metal Rod By Caretakers: AG PA Man With Disabilities Loses Testicle After Beating With Metal Rod By Caretakers: AG
PA Man With Disabilities Loses Testicle After Beating With Metal Rod By Caretakers: AG Two "direct support counselors" beat a man under their care with a metal rod so badly that his testicle needed to be surgically removed, according to a release by Pennsylvania's Attorney General Josh Shapiro's office on Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022.  August Thorne Young of North Versailles and Eric Walker of Pittsburgh were working for Taylor Maleski Home, LLC, an organization that provides supportive home services to individuals with intellectual disabilities in Allegheny, Indiana, and Westmoreland counties, when they assaulted the man with a metal rod on Nov. 2, 2021, according to the…

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by Jillian Pikora