Legal Case Study: A Caregiver is Vindicated

Legal Case Study: A Caregiver is Vindicated Synopsis On January 3, 1996, 5-month old baby Matthew Hendrickson died of what appeared to be “shaken baby syndrome.” Donna Gist, a 34-year old home healthcare nurse’s aide, provided overnight care for the baby in the home of Scott and Kathleen Hendrickson. A year after the baby’s death,…