BendFamily Sues After Heat-Related Death at Bend Senior Care Facility

Family Sues After Heat-Related Death at Bend Senior Care Facility

Staff left a heavily dressed woman outside on a blazing August day.

The estate of Celia Lenore Hess, who died after being left out in the sun at a Bend memory care facility on a blazing hot day last August, has filed a wrongful death suit against the facility’s owner, Dallas-based Frontier Senior Living. The Kafoury & McDougal firm filed the lawsuit in Multnomah County Circuit Court on May 27 on behalf of Hess’ representative, Melisa Finch (one of Hess’ two daughters). …

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