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May 3, 2006

Defendant's illness delays nurse's trial

A Superior Court judge has delayed the trial of a nursing home worker who allegedly neglected a patient in her care, because the defendant has been hospitalized.

"The defendant is ill at this time and the court has verified that she has a legitimate illness that requires treatment before she can return to court," Superior Court Judge Daniel A. Procaccini told the jurors this morning.

Nurse Gloria A. Baillargeon fell ill yesterday after leaving Superior Court, where she spent the better part of two hours testifying on her own behalf.

Baillargeon is accused of ignoring repeated warnings from other workers at the facility that her patient, 93-year-old Emma Morel, was suffering from a respiratory attack that ultimately killed the elderly woman that morning in July 2004.

Procaccini said he expects the trial to resume either Friday or next Tuesday and said it may wrap up within a day. The state rested its case yesterday morning and Baillargeon took the stand yesterday afternoon.

Prosecutor Cindy Soccio was expected to continue cross examining Baillargeon this morning.

-- Journal staff writer Cynthia Needham

Posted by Steve Peoples  at 12:55 PM | Permalink

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