Drinking on the job and attempting to rape a nursing home resident ended this cook\u2019s career.<\/p>\n
This case is absolutely shocking and the family had a hard time coping with it. It\u2019s no wonder when you hear the details. The jury at trial didn\u2019t like what they heard either and subsequently awarded the plaintiff $12.5 million.<\/p>\n
It evidently all started when Jose Vazquez, the cook at the Oakdale Heights nursing home, started drinking on the job. Whatever possessed him to use his master key (provided to all employees \u2013 although why the cook would need one is a burning question) and go into Sophie Schwartz\u2019s room and try to rape the 92-year-old woman defies rational thought. Vasquez was caught by another staff member as he was trying to penetrate her.<\/p>\n
Needless to say, Schwartz\u2019s guardian ad litem (a family member and their attorney) sued not only Vasquez, but the owner of the nursing home, (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Drinking on the job and attempting to rape a nursing home resident ended this cook\u2019s career. This case is absolutely shocking and the family had a hard time coping with it. It\u2019s no wonder when you hear the details. The…<\/span><\/p>\n