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A family has filed a lawsuit against a California hospital for failing to inform them of their daughter Jessie Peterson‘s death for almost a year. Peterson disappeared after her last conversation with her mother, during which she asked to be picked up from the hospital where she had been admitted following a diabetic episode.
The family got to know about their daughter’s death on April 12, 2024, when a representative from the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office notified them that Peterson had passed away.
Peterson’s family is seeking $25 million in damages, including punitive damages for what they describe as “outrageous and inexcusable negligence” in handling her death.
Peterson admitted after diabetic episode
Jessie Peterson, 31, checked herself into Mercy San Juan Medical Center in Carmichael, California, on April 6, 2023, following a diabetic episode. Diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at the age of 10, Peterson sought medical help at the hospital, located about 14 miles from Sacramento.
Last contact
On April 8, 2023, Peterson called her mother, Ginger Congi, asking to be picked up from the hospital. Just two hours after that call, Peterson tragically passed away. The following day, hospital officials transferred her body to a storage facility, where it remained unnoticed for almost a year.
Family’s desperate search
Days went by without any contact from Peterson, prompting her mother to call the hospital on April 11, 2023, to check on her. Hospital staff informed her that Peterson had discharged herself against medical advice. The concerned family launched a statewide search, reporting her missing to the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office and the California Department of Justice. They distributed flyers, contacted police departments and hospitals, and even spoke to homeless people in the area in hopes of finding her.
Heartbreaking discovery after nearly a year
On April 12, 2024, a representative from the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office finally informed the family that Peterson had died. Her body had been stored in a cold storage facility on a shelf labeled “Red 22 A” for 361 days. The sheriff’s department revealed that a doctor at the hospital had filed a death certificate, but it remained unclear why the family was not notified sooner.
Family’s argument
The family argue that inconsistencies in the medical records fail to clarify the circumstances surrounding Peterson’s death or the delay in notifying them.
Hospital’s response
By the time Peterson’s body was found, it had decomposed to the point where an autopsy was no longer possible, said a spokesperson for Mercy San Juan Medical Center, according to media reports. He also expressed his deepest sympathies to the family but declined to comment further due to the pending litigation.
The family got to know about their daughter’s death on April 12, 2024, when a representative from the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office notified them that Peterson had passed away.
Peterson’s family is seeking $25 million in damages, including punitive damages for what they describe as “outrageous and inexcusable negligence” in handling her death.
Peterson admitted after diabetic episode
Jessie Peterson, 31, checked herself into Mercy San Juan Medical Center in Carmichael, California, on April 6, 2023, following a diabetic episode. Diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at the age of 10, Peterson sought medical help at the hospital, located about 14 miles from Sacramento.
Last contact
On April 8, 2023, Peterson called her mother, Ginger Congi, asking to be picked up from the hospital. Just two hours after that call, Peterson tragically passed away. The following day, hospital officials transferred her body to a storage facility, where it remained unnoticed for almost a year.
Family’s desperate search
Days went by without any contact from Peterson, prompting her mother to call the hospital on April 11, 2023, to check on her. Hospital staff informed her that Peterson had discharged herself against medical advice. The concerned family launched a statewide search, reporting her missing to the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office and the California Department of Justice. They distributed flyers, contacted police departments and hospitals, and even spoke to homeless people in the area in hopes of finding her.
Heartbreaking discovery after nearly a year
On April 12, 2024, a representative from the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office finally informed the family that Peterson had died. Her body had been stored in a cold storage facility on a shelf labeled “Red 22 A” for 361 days. The sheriff’s department revealed that a doctor at the hospital had filed a death certificate, but it remained unclear why the family was not notified sooner.
Family’s argument
The family argue that inconsistencies in the medical records fail to clarify the circumstances surrounding Peterson’s death or the delay in notifying them.
Hospital’s response
By the time Peterson’s body was found, it had decomposed to the point where an autopsy was no longer possible, said a spokesperson for Mercy San Juan Medical Center, according to media reports. He also expressed his deepest sympathies to the family but declined to comment further due to the pending litigation.
