The Minneapolis Star Tribune recently quoted Mark Kosieradzki in its follow up article regarding a 76-year-old man, Zheng Diao, who died after he was tasered in a local nursing home.
Zheng Diao was a patient at the Park Health and Rehab facility in St. Louis Park, MN. During his time at the facility, he had experienced some erratic behaviors and on July 14th, 2013, Zehng was wielding a knife and scissors when the St. Louis Park police department received a call for help. Zehng did not speak English, so the officers gestured for him to put down the knife and scissors. Zehng then moved the knife toward his throat and that is when the police used the taser on him in hopes to prevent him from harming himself, when he fell and seriously injured his face.
As Zehng was being treated for his injuries he died on July 29, 2013 at the Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis. Mark has reviewed thousands of nursing home abuse and neglect cases and he has never seen anything like this case. The Park Health and Rehab facility is owned and operated by Extendicare.
Mark and the Kosieradzki • Smith Law Firm represent clients in cases involving catastrophic injury caused by nursing homes and other care facilities that fail to provide proper care. If you believe you or your loved one has suffered medication errors because the nursing home failed to do its job, take action and contact the Kosieradzki • Smith Law Firm online or call us toll-free at (877) 552-2873 to set up a no-cost, no-obligation consultation.
