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Two Arizona men were fatally shot in at a Wal-Mart store in 2005 by a mental patient who was supposed to be under the State’s care.
The mental patient was off of his medication at the time of the shooting, since his appointment was canceled by his care provider at ValueOptions and his medication ran out. ValueOptions held the contract for providing care to the state’s mental health patients. The paranoid schizophrenic drove to a local Wal-Mart and fatally shot the men, then drove away. A witness gathered his license plate number and called police.
Since the mental patient was a patient of the State of Arizona’s mental-health system for over 20 years, a jury found the State of Arizona and ValueOptions liable in one of the man’s deaths. The jury awarded $36 million to the family of one of the deceased. A separate lawsuit is pending in the other wrongful death.
Our Toledo, Ohio fatal shooting lawyers handle devastating wrongful death cases like this one all of the time. If you or someone you know needs help dealing with a tragic situation like this one, contact our office to speak with an Ohio tragic accident lawyer immediately. We have also written The Ohio Wrongful Death Book, which can be ordered for FREE by contacting our office.
Posted February 25th 2009 to Murders & Other crimes
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