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Litigation

Feb. 12, 2016

Detox facility cries foul over trial procedure

A for-profit chain of detox facilities is claiming that insufficient jury instructions and prosecutorial misconduct led to its unusual second-degree murder and dependent adult abuse indictment before a Riverside grand jury.

By Amanda Schallert
Daily Journal Staff Writer

A for-profit chain of detox facilities is claiming that insufficient jury instructions and prosecutorial misconduct led to its unusual second-degree murder and dependent adult abuse indictment before a Riverside grand jury.

The case ventures into some newer areas of corporate and medical liability law that might prove challenging for prosecutors at trial, but it's un...

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