Negligent Hiring Case Study 1 - Aide Murders Quadriplegic Man (1991)
In 1991, only eight out of 200 Massachusetts home‐care agencies screened potential employees for criminal records and Trusted Health Resources Inc, did not check the background of Jesse Rogers when they hired him to care for John W. Ward, a 32‐year‐old quadriplegic with cerebral palsy and his 77‐year‐old grandmother, Alba Pellegrini who resided together on the first floor of John Wards parent’s home in Boston, Massachusetts.
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