Legal Question in Criminal Law in Virginia
is it negligent homicide or involuntary manslaughter?
a person works for an answering service & fails to do what a client has instructed them to do to contact their after hours oncall personnell. the client is a hospice, and a patient passes away shortly afterward, apparently as a result of this failure. can the person or answering service be charged? & if so, what are the possible outcomes?
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: is it negligent homicide or involuntary manslaughter?
No, I doubt very much that any criminal charges could arise from the scenario described involving a hospice which by definition is a residence for the dying. It could be possible, nontheless, that the hospice and/or its employees might be charged civilly with some form of negligence for failing to act expeditiously in whatever matter is being alleged.
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