A jury ruled for the widow of Rahul Pinto, a San Jose tech entrepreneur, in a negligence suit against Bayside Marin Treatment Center in San Rafael.
A Marin County jury has returned a verdict of nearly $9.1 million against a San Rafael detox center over the death of a client.
“Decedent was drinking a half-pint of vodka per day, and on that day of admission he had consumed four ounces of vodka at 7:00 a.m. and four ounces at 10:00 a.m.,” Bradley Corsiglia, a lawyer for Pinto’s widow, wrote in a wrongful death lawsuit. Within 24 hours of his arrival, Pinto, having gone outside to smoke a cigarette, fell down a set of stairs while returning to his room, the lawsuit said. It noted that the staircase was slippery from rain.
Pinto’s wife, Kimberly Sandoval, sued the detox center; its parent company, Acadia Healthcare; and Dr. Raymond Deutsch, who initially treated Pinto. The lawsuit alleged the detox center was understaffed and that it was negligent for allowing Pinto, shaky and unstable from alcohol withdrawal and medications, to leave his room and use the stairs without supervision.
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