Associated Health Systems, Inc. v. Jones

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• holding that nursing home owed duty not to subject resident to unreasonable risk of harm at hands of co-resident with known propensity for violence
• nursing home liable to an inmate who was savagely beaten in his sleep by his roommate with a history of psychotic violence
• nursing home owed duty to prevent one resident from assaulting another
• nursing home owed duty to prevent one resident from assaulting another
• where a nursing home resident assaulted another resident, and the staff knew of the resident's pattern of assaultive behavior, the home could be held liable for negligent supervision

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