My mother - she was so upset at my death. I think she felt guilty. She put me in that
home. But it wasn’t really her fault. Sam Lazarus had done everything to make the
Jireh Home look like it would work. He had all the "right" certificates on the wall;
he kept the place clean; he even had a nurse (his wife) on staff. They even told her
that they were very capable of handling my violent outbursts. I don’t know why I got
so upset on May 25th of 2002. But I did. And Eberre, who was supposed to care for
me, choked me to death.
Mom met with Todd Kelly about six months later, and told him about me. Todd was
worried at first because he did not know what a case for a mentally retarded autistic
person in a home could possibly be worth - especially in Fort Bend County, Texas.
But he agreed to take the case and to pursue justice in my memory. Even later, after
he learned that there was no insurance, and that the Lazarus family had filed for
bankruptcy, Todd still kept the case. As the trial approached, he encouraged his
friend Ron Estefan to help.
They both knew that, in all probability, they would never be paid. But they are Trial
Lawyers who seek justice.
On Thursday, November 8, 2007, a Fort Bend County jury said that the home was at
fault. Even though their $1.5 million verdict will probably not be paid, the verdict
still told my mother that twelve of her peers thought that it was the Jireh Home’s
fault - not hers, and it told her that my life, and her loss, were worth something after
all. Mom wrote Todd a note saying that he had the demeanor of a hawk, with the
heart of a dove.
If Matthew Vick could talk, this is what he would say about Justice and the men who
sought it. Click here to see what his mother had to say about them.
home. But it wasn’t really her fault. Sam Lazarus had done everything to make the
Jireh Home look like it would work. He had all the "right" certificates on the wall;
he kept the place clean; he even had a nurse (his wife) on staff. They even told her
that they were very capable of handling my violent outbursts. I don’t know why I got
so upset on May 25th of 2002. But I did. And Eberre, who was supposed to care for
me, choked me to death.
Mom met with Todd Kelly about six months later, and told him about me. Todd was
worried at first because he did not know what a case for a mentally retarded autistic
person in a home could possibly be worth - especially in Fort Bend County, Texas.
But he agreed to take the case and to pursue justice in my memory. Even later, after
he learned that there was no insurance, and that the Lazarus family had filed for
bankruptcy, Todd still kept the case. As the trial approached, he encouraged his
friend Ron Estefan to help.
They both knew that, in all probability, they would never be paid. But they are Trial
Lawyers who seek justice.
On Thursday, November 8, 2007, a Fort Bend County jury said that the home was at
fault. Even though their $1.5 million verdict will probably not be paid, the verdict
still told my mother that twelve of her peers thought that it was the Jireh Home’s
fault - not hers, and it told her that my life, and her loss, were worth something after
all. Mom wrote Todd a note saying that he had the demeanor of a hawk, with the
heart of a dove.
If Matthew Vick could talk, this is what he would say about Justice and the men who
sought it. Click here to see what his mother had to say about them.
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| Vick v. Jireh Home, Inc. (Fort Bend County, Texas) |