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NAILAH K. BYRD
CUYAHOGA COUNTY CLERK OF COURTS
1200 Ontario Street
Cleveland, Ohio 44113
Court of Common Pleas
NOTICE OF
August 24,2023 15:30
By: NATHAN J. PANGRACE 0084191
Confirmation Nbr. 2946294
DANITA MCNAIR CV 22 971846
vs.
Judge: JOAN SYNENBERG
LAKEWOOD SENIOR CAMPUS, LLC
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IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
CUYAHOGA COUNTY, OHIO
DANITA MCNAIR,
Plaintiff,
Case No. CV-22-971846
v.
Judge Joan Synenberg
LAKEWOOD SENIOR CAMPUS, LLC
D/B/A O’NEILL HEALTHCARE
ASSISTED LIVING,
Defendant.
DEFENDANT'S NOTICE OF FILING DEPOSITION TRANSCRIPT
OF SAMANTHA WILLIS
Now comes Defendant, Lakewood Senior Campus, LLC d/b/a O’Neill Healthcare Assisted
Living, by and through undersigned counsel, and hereby submits for filing the deposition transcript
and exhibit of Samantha Willis in support of Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment.
Respectfully submitted,
/s/ Nate J. Pangrace_________
Nate J. Pangrace, Bar No. 0084191
npangrace@littler.com
LITTLER MENDELSON, P.C.
Key Tower
127 Public Square
Suite 1600
Cleveland, OH 44114-9612
Telephone: 216.696.7600
Facsimile: 216.696.2038
Attorneys for Defendant
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
The undersigned hereby certifies that, on this 24th day of August, 2023, the foregoing
Defendant's Notice of Filing Deposition Transcript of Samantha Willis was electronically filed.
Notice of this filing will be sent to all parties by operation of the Court's electronic filing system.
Parties may access this document through the Court's electronic filing system.
/s/ Nate J. Pangrace
Nate J. Pangrace
4872-5052-7611.1 / 113816-1003
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1 IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
CUYAHOGA COUNTY, OHIO
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DANITA McNAIR,
4 Case No. CV-22-971846
Plaintiff,
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Judge Joan Synenberg
6 LAKEWOOD SENIOR
CAMPUS, LLC,
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Defendant.
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DEPOSITION OF SAMANTHA WILLIS
10 Monday, June 26, 2023
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12 The deposition of SAMANTHA WILLIS, a
13 wi tness, cal l ed for exami nati on by the
14 Pl ai nti ff under the Ohi o Rul es of Ci vi l
15 Procedure, taken before me, Di ane M. Stevenson,
16 a Regi stered Di pl omate Reporter, Certi fi ed
17 Real ti me Reporter, and Notary Publ i c i n and for
18 the state of Ohi o, pursuant to noti ce and
19 subpoena, at the offi ces of Spi tz, The
20 Employee's Law Firm; 25825 Science Park Drive,
21 Sui te 200; Beachwood, Ohi o, commenci ng at 9:38
22 a. m. , the day and date above set forth.
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24 Di ane M. Stevenson, RDR, CRR
StevensonReporti ngService@gmail .com
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1 APPEARANCES:
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On behalf of the Plaintiff:
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Taurean Shattuck, Esq.
4 Spitz, The Employee's Law Firm
25825 Science Park Drive, Suite 200
5 Beachwood, Ohio 44122
216.291.4744
6 Taurean.Shattuck@Spi tzLawFi rm. com
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9 On beh al f of t he Defen dant:
10 Nathan Pangrace, Esq.
Li ttl er Men del s on, P. C.
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Cl evel and, Oh i o 441 1 4
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1 EXAMINATION OF SAMANTHA WILLIS
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4 BY MR . PANGRACE 47
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EXHIBITS
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1 SAMANTHA WILLIS
2 A witness, called for examination by the
3 Pl a i n t i f f u n d e r t h e Ru l e s , ha vi n g b e e n fi rst
4 d ul y s wor n, as he re i n af t er ce rt i f i e d, wa s
5 examined and testified as follows:
6 EXAMI N ATI ON
7 BY MR. SHATTUCK:
8 Q. Go o d m o r n i n g, Ms . Wi l l i s .
9 A. Go o d m o r n i n g.
09:38 10 Q. My n am e i s Taure an Sha t t uc k. I am an at t o rn ey
11 f o r Da n i t a McNai r i n h e r c a s e a ga i n s t O' Nei l l
12 He al t hc ar e of Lakewoo d, a l s o kn o wn as La ke wo od
13 Se n i o r Cam pus.
14 Ar e yo u awar e t ha t yo u ar e he re t o pr o v i d e
15 t e s t i mo n y f or t ha t ca s e t o d a y?
16 A. Yes.
17 Q. No w, you a re her e i n r es po n s e to a s ubpoe n a
18 t hat we ha d sent o ut . We re you i n re ce i pt of
19 t hat .
09:39 20 A. I r e c e i ve d i t .
21 (Plaintiff's Exhibit 1 was marked for
22 i d en t i f i c at i o n. )
23 Q. I a m jus t goi n g t o ma rk t h at f or pur po s e s of
24 t o d ay a s Pl ai n t i ff' s Exh i bi t 1 . Is thi s the
25 s ubpo en a t h at you r ec ei ve d i n the mai l ?
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1 A. Yes.
2 Q. Have you ever had your deposition taken before?
3 A. No , thi s i s the fi rst ti me .
4 Q. I want to go over some of the ground rules just
5 s o we a r e o n the same page. As you can see, we
6 h a v e a co u r t reporter here. She i s goi ng to be
7 t a ki n g d o wn a t r a n s cr i p t o f everythi ng that i s
8 sai d duri ng today's deposi ti on. So i t i s goi ng
9 to be all the questions that I ask, all the
09:39 10 answers that you provide, and al l the
11 objections that are to be marked for the
12 record. Okay?
13 A. Okay.
14 Q. So just to make sure that she i s abl e to take
15 an accurate transcri pti on J there are a coupl e
16 of rules we just kind of have to go over . An d
17 the fi rst rul e i s to make sure that you are
18 provi di ng cl ear, conci se, verbal answers to al l
19 of the questi ons that I ask. Okay?
09:40 20 A. Okay.
21 Q. So that means no head nods, head shakes,
22 "mm - hmms , II
" uh- huhs, II
thi ngs l i ke that . Okay?
23 A. Okay.
24 Q. As wel l , we need to make sure that we are not
25 talking over each other. As you can imagine,
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1 it is a little bit di ffi cul t to transcri be an
2 accurate record i f we are kind of talking over
3 each other. So to that end, I woul d ask that
4 you wait until I ask the question fully before
5 you start answeri ng, and then I wi l l also
6 endeavor to do the same to allow you to fully
7 answer your questi on, provi di ng your answer,
8 before I move on to the next questi on. Okay?
9 A. Okay.
09:40 10 Q. If at any time I guess wrong, absol utel y just
11 go a h e a d and feel free to stop me, say, "I am
12 sorry, I wasn't done answeri ng that questi on. "
13 I will give you suffi ci ent ti me to be abl e
14 to provide your full answer. Okay?
15 A. Okay.
16 Q. And then, wi th that, can we both agree that i f
17 you don't stop me and I move on to the next
18 qu e s t i o n that you answered the question that I
19 asked ful l y?
09:41 20 A. Yes.
21 Q. Th e re a l s o m ay be t i m e s wh e r e I may be asking
22 questi ons that are confusi ng, wh e t h e r that i s
23 the way that I ask i t or some other communi caÂ
24 ti on that I mi ght word i t i mproperl y, or
25 whatever .
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1 So to that end, if you are confused by
2 anything that I am asking, please ask me to
3 repeat, ask me to rephrase, or something along
4 th at l i ne. Okay?
5 A. Okay .
6 Q. With that, can we also agree that if I ask a
7 qu e s t i o n a n d you p r o vi d e a n a n s we r wi t h o u t
8 tel l i ng me to rephras e, repeat, anyth i n g of
9 th at natu re, t hat you un derst ood the qu est i on
09:42 10 th at I asked?
11 A. Yes.
12 Q. Now, you are n ot i n a pri s on, or an yt hi n g l i ke
13 th at, we are jus t goi ng to be as ki ng qu est i ons
14 for th e record; so i f at any t i me you need to
15 take a break, wh eth er th at i s to go s tret ch
16 your l egs, grab a dri nk of water, go to t he
17 rest room, anyth i n g l i ke t hat, absol u tel y ju st
18 l et me know. Okay?
19 A. Okay .
09:42 20 Q. The only caveat to that kind of rule is: If I
21 have a qu est i on pend i n g, I woul d ask th at you
22 an swer t he quest i on before we t ake a break.
23 Okay?
24 A. Un derst ood.
25 Q. Ar e yo u under any med i cat i ons or any
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1 prescri pti on drugs, or anythi ng l i ke that, that
2 woul d prohi bi t you from provi di ng your
3 testi mony today?
4 A. No.
5 Q. Is there any other reason why you woul dn't be
6 able to remember anything clearly that happened
7 a year or two ago?
8 A. No .
9 Q. Can you please state and spell your name for
09:43 10 the record.
11 A. Samantha Willis, S A M A N T H A, last name
12 W I L L I S.
13 Q. What is your current address?
14 A. It is 3291 West 100th Street, Cleveland, Ohio
15 44111.
16 Q. How l o ng have you l i ved at that address?
17 A. Like 17 years or so, about.
18 Q. 1 7 years , o ka y .
19 MS. STEVENSON: If you wo u l d keep
09:43 20 your voi ce up, too, so I can hear every word
21 THE WITNESS: I am sorry. I wi l l
22 try to project.
23 Q. An y pl ans of movi ng any ti me soon?
24 A. No.
25 Q. Wh o do you live at that address with?
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1 A. My husband, and I have three children. One i s
2 away at school, but she lives there.
3 Q. Do you own or rent that residence?
4 A. I o wn .
5 Q. An d wh a t i s yo u r d ate of b i r t h?
6 A. 1/20/81.
7 Q. Wh e r e we r e y o u born?
8 A. Cl e v e l a n d .
9 Q. Ar e y o u c u r r e n t l y r epre s e n t ed i n t h i s ma t t e r ,
09:44 10 like for today's deposition? Do you know?
11 A. Ye s .
12 MR. PANGRACE: I am not her l a wy e r .
13 THE WITNESS: Oh.
14 M R. P AN G RAC E: I am s o r r y.
15 A. O ka y . No , I gu e s s not .
16 M R. LE AR: I am here on behal f of
17 t h e c o m p a n y.
18 Q. O ka y . Al l r i gh t . Have you ever s p o ke n wi t h
19 Mr . P a n gr a c e ?
09:44 20 A. No , no .
21 Q. Di d you do a n y t h i n g p a r t i c u l a r l y t o ge t
22 prepared for t o d a y' s depos i t i on?
23 A. No.
24 Q. No , o ka y . It i s my u nderstand i ng that you no
25 l o n ge r wo r k f o r O ' N e i l l H e a l t h c a r e; i s that
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1 correct?
2 A. Correct, yes.
3 Q. What is your current employer?
4 A. The VA, Louis Stokes, main campus.
5 Q. When did you start there?
6 A. No ve m be r of l a s t year .
7 Q. Wh at i s yo u r cu rren t t i t l e?
8 A. I a m a n MDS nu rs e.
9 Q. Di d y o u wo r k a t any posi ti ons pri or to t h e VA
09:45 10 like -- I am sorry. Strike that.
11 Subsequent to leaving O'Neill's, did you
12 wo r k fo r a n y o t h e r e m p l o y e r s b efo re g o i n g to
13 t h e VA?
14 A. No.
15 Q. Wh en di d yo u s t op worki n g a t O' Ne i l ' s ?
16 A. I am s orry. I a m t ryi ng to rem em ber b ecau s e I
17 pu t my n ot i ce i n, a nd they l et me g o e arl y. I
18 t h i nk i t wa s Au g u s t .
19 Q. August of 2022?
09:46 20 A. Yes.
21 Q. Wh en di d yo u s t art worki ng for O' N ei l l ?
22 A. September of 2021.
23 Q. What was your position while you were at
24 O'Neill?
25 A. I was the nursing home administrator.
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1 Q. Generally, what were your duties as the nursing
2 home administrator?
3 A. I oversaw the whole operations of the facility.
4 So the day-to-day functions, you know,
5 communicated with nursi n g , h o u s e ke e p i n g , the
6 admi ss i ons department , communicated with
7 corporate, just making sure that the faci l i ty
8 ran appropri atel y .
9 Th e ove r a l l care and qu a l i t y, mai ntenance
09:47 10 concerns , cus tomer servi ce J resi dents , fami l y
11 issues.
12 Q. Di d you d i r e c t l y s u p e r v i s e any p a r t i c u l ar
13 individuals?
14 A. Yes.
15 Q. Fi rs t , before getti ng into the names of the
16 individuals, general l y J what were the positions
17 that reported d i rectl y to you?
18 A. Th a t wo u l d be the HR, the admi ss i ons
19 department. Bu s i ne s s reported di rect l y to me .
09:48 20 Soci al servi ces reported d i r e c t l y to me .
21 Me d i c a l records reported d i r e c t l y to me .
22 Di et ary reported d i r e c t l y t o m e . Activities
23 reported d i r e c t l y t o m e .
24 I am just trying to r em e mbe r a l l of the
25 department heads . It has been a while.
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1 Q. That is not a problem.
2 A. I had a reception area. The front desk
3 reported directly to me. Staffing reported
4 directly to me. Maintenance reported directly
5 to me . Hous ekeepi ng reported di rectl y to me.
6 Th en I cover, so i f t here was an y gap i n th ose
7 areas , then I wo u l d fi l l i n .
8 Q. Okay.
9 A. Al so oversaw th e as si st ed l i vi ng, s o we h ad a
09:49 10 di rector over t he AL departmen t, sh e report ed
11 di rectl y to me.
12 Q. So break th at d own a l i t tl e bi t for me, jus t
13 speci fi cal l y on th e as si st ed l i vi n g part.
14 Th ere were two separat e areas of O'Nei l l of
15 Lakewood?
16 A. We had multiple. So we had a nursing home. We
17 had as si st ed l i vi ng, and we h ad i nd epen den t
18 living. So the assisted living, there was an
19 as si sted l i vi ng di rect or, sh e managed th e
09:50 20 as si sted l i vi ng an d t he i nd epend en t l i vi n g
21 area, prett y much i nd epen dent l y. An d th en s he
22 woul d, you kn ow, d i s cu ss wi t h me i f s he h ad any
23 major con cerns and she that sh e wasn't abl e to
24 manage.
25 Q. So you sai d th at t here was a d i rector wh o
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1 oversaw both the assisted living and
2 independent l i v i n g?
3 A. Correct .
4 Q. Who was that individual?
5 A. Ta m m y S e i b e r t . Th e n she had a nursi ng
6 co or di n at or, wh i ch wa s co mp ar ab l e to di re ct o r
7 of nursi ng on l i ke the n u rs i n g h o me e n d wh o
8 would manage and direct the nursing staff.
9 Q. Do you know who that wellness coordinator was?
09:51 10 A. Ye s. Gi ve me on e mom en t. Tr ac ey Ca rl i s l e.
11 Q. As far as the nursi ng h om e, ki n d o f wh a t was
12 the h i er arc h y J i f you wou l d, as f ar as d ea l i n g
13 s p ec i fi ca l l y wi t h l i ke re s i de n t s?
14 A. Ri g h t . So I o ve rs aw a lot of the nursing home
15 as pec t. It wa s re al l y l a rg e, ve ry s ki l l e d. So
16 the re g u l a t i o n s we r e a bi t di ff er en t com pa re d
17 to t h e AL s i d e. And then yo u h a ve the di re ct or
18 of nursing, as well, who oversaw the quality of
19 ca re as pe ct.
09:52 20 Bu t , you k n o w, I wa s t h ere m ys el f de al i n g
21 with a lot of the customer service issues, any
22 co n ce rn s of, you kn o w, re s i de n t a bu s e J
23 co mpl ai n t s. You know, t h os e di rec t l y fe l l
24 u n de r m ys el f to di re ct an d re po rt an d to
25 investigate and to follow up.
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1 So we worked very closely together. So it
2 was pretty much myself, as the administrator,
3 who was overall responsible, and the director
4 of nursi ng who, you know, assi sted me.
5 Q. So you said that in cases of resident abuse and
6 compl ai nts you and the di rector of nursi ng, at
7 l east for the nursi ng home si de, woul d be
8 responsi bl e for i nvesti gati ng that?
9 A. Correct, correct. And on the AL side, the
09:53 10 di rector woul d be the fi rst one that they
11 woul d -- she woul d know about i t and she woul d
12 communi cate wi th me. I woul d be responsi bl e to
13 assi st them and report as the admi ni strator who
14 oversaw pretty much the enti re campus i s how
15 the hi erarchy woul d be.
16 Bu t b e c a u s e m y o f f i c e wa s on the nursi ng
17 home end, her offi ce and her responsi bi l i ty was
18 on the AL si de. Does that make sense?
19 Q. It does .
09:53 20 A. Because i t was a real l y bi g campus. We have
21 the bi ggest campus out of al l the O'Nei l l
22 branches.
23 Q. So back up sl i ghtl y . Yo u sai d that you had
24 left O'Neill's in August of 2022. Why did your
25 empl oyment end?
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1 A. I had a different opportunity at the VA. That
2 was kind of just dropped in my lap.
3 Q. So you left O'Neill's for the opportunity at
4 the VA?
5 A. Yes.
6 Q. And was that vol untary?
7 A. It was vol untary, yes. I put i n my noti ce. I
8 gave my 30- day noti ce. But they di d deci de to
9 l et me l eave earl y, but they pai d me out for my
09:55 10 30 days.
11 Q. You sai d they l et you l eave earl y Di d they
12 ask you, " Hey, do you want to l eave now as
13 opposed to 30 days?" Or di d they tel l you to
14 "S t a y h o m e J
bu t we wi l l sti l l pay you"
15 A. I am sorry J what was that?
16 Q. When you said you put in your 30-day notice,
17 but they let you leave your 30-day notice
18 earl y, di d they come to you and ask you, " Hey,
19 wo u l d you l ike to stop working the day-to-day
09:55 20 showi ng up earl y? II
Or di d they tel l you J "Hey,
21 now that you have put i n your noti ce, we are
22 goi ng to have you stay home , b u t we wi l l sti l l
23 pay you"
24 A. They just told me to just, you know, go ahead
25 and go home and spend time with my family.
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1 Q. Okay. Now, regarding your interactions with
2 any particular staff on the assisted living or
3 independent living side, like what would that
4 i nteracti on be l i ke on a day-to-day basis?
5 A. I try to make i t over to t h e AL s i d e probabl y
6 three to four times a week, you know, just to
7 round on them J see how things were going.
8 It is hard to ki nd of catch them because
9 there ' s four fl oors , and so they are ki nd of i n
09:57 10 and out of i t i s l i ke an apartment. Right?
11 So t h e y are i n and out of resi dent' s rooms. So
12 someti mes the best ti me woul d be ki nd of l i ke
13 meal ti me where they are i n the di ni ng room wi th
14 the resi dents.
15 Q. So i t was your practi ce to go over there around
16 meal ti mes to sort of catch more peopl e?
17 A. Ye s , I wo u l d try to catch them duri ng meal s
18 woul d probabl y be my best ti me to try to meet
19 wi t h them .
09:58 20 Q. Now, the meal ti mes, were they hel d i n l i ke a
21 cafeteri a?
22 A. They have a di ni ng room. There' s a di ni ng
23 room.
24 Q. Th a t i s on the fi rst f l oor?
25 A. Mm - h m m .
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1 Q. Approximately how many residents were in the
2 assisted living or independent living?
3 A. Our assisted living we had probably like 41 or
4 so, probably I would call it our average.
5 Q. What about the independent living, is that all
6 g r ou ped t o g e t h er?
7 A. No, i t i s s ep ar at e.
8 Q. Ho w ma n y i n d e pe n d en tl i vi n g wo u l d you h ave?
9 A. I am tryi ng to thi nk o f t h en u m b e r , to be
09:59 10 honest. We stayed pretty full. I am d r awi n g a
11 bl an k, to be h on e s t . I thi nk i t was pr et t y
12 fu l l . Bu t I ju s t d on 't kn o w wh y I c an 't thi nk
13 of t h e n u m be r n ow.
14 Th e y d i d n't r e a l l y co me over. On l y a fe w
15 of t h e m wo u l d c om e ove r an d pi ck u p a mea l .
16 Th e y d i d n't r ea l l y s t ay in the di ni ng ro om
17 ar ea. Th ey ju s t s t a ye d in t h ei r a pa rt me n t s.
18 Q. So y o u sai d t h er e a re fou r f l o o r s of t h i s
19 ap ar t me n t-s t yl e faci l i t y?
09:59 20 A. In the assi sted l i vi ng , yes .
21 Q. Ho w ma n y l i ke r oo ms wo u l d you s ay ar e l i ke on
22 ea ch fl oo r?
23 A. How m a n y r o o m s on eac h fl oor?
24 Q. Mm - hmm .
25 A. I d on 't kn ow. I am guessi ng i t wou l d be t en ,
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1 but I am not going to quote the layout.
2 Q. So outside of the director and the wellness
3 coordinator, approximately how many employees
4 wo r ke d i n the assi sted l i vi n g ?
5 A. I don't have an answer. I don't know how many
6 empl oyees worked i n the assi sted l i vi ng. We
7 onl y had one nurse on day shi ft and eveni ng
8 shi ft. There's no nurse on ni ghts, I can tel l
9 you that number.
10:01 10 And there's like three STNAs or three PCAs
11 on days and eveni ngs, and two on ni ghts. Those
12 are about the staffi ng rati os. We di d have
13 agency that we were worki ng on weani ng out, but
14 we d i d h ave ag e n cy s t a f f for staffi ng concerns .
15 Q. How di d that work? How woul d you get staff
16 from the agency?
17 A. Th ere was staffi ng had l i ke , you k n o w, a system
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NAILAH K. BYRD CUYAHOGA COUNTY CLERK OF COURTS 1200 Ontario Street Cleveland, Ohio 44113 Court of Common Pleas NOTICE OF August 24,2023 15:30 By: NATHAN J. PANGRACE 0084191 Confirmation Nbr. 2946294 DANITA MCNAIR CV 22 971846 vs. Judge: JOAN SYNENBERG LAKEWOOD SENIOR CAMPUS, LLC Pages Filed: 65 Electronically Filed 08/24/2023 15:30 / NOTICE / CV 22 971846 / Confirmation Nbr. 2946294 / BATCH IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CUYAHOGA COUNTY, OHIO DANITA MCNAIR, Plaintiff, Case No. CV-22-971846 v. Judge Joan Synenberg LAKEWOOD SENIOR CAMPUS, LLC D/B/A O’NEILL HEALTHCARE ASSISTED LIVING, Defendant. DEFENDANT'S NOTICE OF FILING DEPOSITION TRANSCRIPT OF SAMANTHA WILLIS Now comes Defendant, Lakewood Senior Campus, LLC d/b/a O’Neill Healthcare Assisted Living, by and through undersigned counsel, and hereby submits for filing the deposition transcript and exhibit of Samantha Willis in support of Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment. Respectfully submitted, /s/ Nate J. Pangrace_________ Nate J. Pangrace, Bar No. 0084191 npangrace@littler.com LITTLER MENDELSON, P.C. Key Tower 127 Public Square Suite 1600 Cleveland, OH 44114-9612 Telephone: 216.696.7600 Facsimile: 216.696.2038 Attorneys for Defendant Electronically Filed 08/24/2023 15:30 / NOTICE / CV 22 971846 / Confirmation Nbr. 2946294 / BATCH CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE The undersigned hereby certifies that, on this 24th day of August, 2023, the foregoing Defendant's Notice of Filing Deposition Transcript of Samantha Willis was electronically filed. Notice of this filing will be sent to all parties by operation of the Court's electronic filing system. Parties may access this document through the Court's electronic filing system. /s/ Nate J. Pangrace Nate J. Pangrace 4872-5052-7611.1 / 113816-1003 Electronically Filed 08/24/2023 15:30 / NOTICE / CV 22 971846 / Confirmation Nbr. 2946294 / BATCH 2 1 1 IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CUYAHOGA COUNTY, OHIO 2 3 DANITA McNAIR, 4 Case No. CV-22-971846 Plaintiff, 5 vs . Judge Joan Synenberg 6 LAKEWOOD SENIOR CAMPUS, LLC, 7 Defendant. 8 9 DEPOSITION OF SAMANTHA WILLIS 10 Monday, June 26, 2023 11 12 The deposition of SAMANTHA WILLIS, a 13 wi tness, cal l ed for exami nati on by the 14 Pl ai nti ff under the Ohi o Rul es of Ci vi l 15 Procedure, taken before me, Di ane M. Stevenson, 16 a Regi stered Di pl omate Reporter, Certi fi ed 17 Real ti me Reporter, and Notary Publ i c i n and for 18 the state of Ohi o, pursuant to noti ce and 19 subpoena, at the offi ces of Spi tz, The 20 Employee's Law Firm; 25825 Science Park Drive, 21 Sui te 200; Beachwood, Ohi o, commenci ng at 9:38 22 a. m. , the day and date above set forth. 23 24 Di ane M. Stevenson, RDR, CRR StevensonReporti ngService@gmail .com 25 440.892.8600 Electronically Filed 08/24/2023 15:30 / NOTICE / CV 22 971846 / Confirmation Nbr. 2946294 / BATCH 2 1 APPEARANCES: 2 On behalf of the Plaintiff: 3 Taurean Shattuck, Esq. 4 Spitz, The Employee's Law Firm 25825 Science Park Drive, Suite 200 5 Beachwood, Ohio 44122 216.291.4744 6 Taurean.Shattuck@Spi tzLawFi rm. com 7 8 9 On beh al f of t he Defen dant: 10 Nathan Pangrace, Esq. Li ttl er Men del s on, P. C. 11 1 27 Pu bl i c Squ are, Su i t e 1 600 Cl evel and, Oh i o 441 1 4 12 216.696.7600 npangrace@li ttler . com 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Electronically Filed 08/24/2023 15:30 / NOTICE / CV 22 971846 / Confirmation Nbr. 2946294 / BATCH Stevenson Reporting Service, Inc. 440.892.8600 3 1 EXAMINATION OF SAMANTHA WILLIS 2 3 BY MR . SHATTUCK 4 4 BY MR . PANGRACE 47 5 BY MR. SHATTUCK 51 6 7 8 9 10 11 EXHIBITS 12 Introduced Page 13 Plaintiff's Exhibit 1 4 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Electronically Filed 08/24/2023 15:30 / NOTICE / CV 22 971846 / Confirmation Nbr. 2946294 / BATCH Stevenson Reporting Service, Inc. 440.892.8600 4 1 SAMANTHA WILLIS 2 A witness, called for examination by the 3 Pl a i n t i f f u n d e r t h e Ru l e s , ha vi n g b e e n fi rst 4 d ul y s wor n, as he re i n af t er ce rt i f i e d, wa s 5 examined and testified as follows: 6 EXAMI N ATI ON 7 BY MR. SHATTUCK: 8 Q. Go o d m o r n i n g, Ms . Wi l l i s . 9 A. Go o d m o r n i n g. 09:38 10 Q. My n am e i s Taure an Sha t t uc k. I am an at t o rn ey 11 f o r Da n i t a McNai r i n h e r c a s e a ga i n s t O' Nei l l 12 He al t hc ar e of Lakewoo d, a l s o kn o wn as La ke wo od 13 Se n i o r Cam pus. 14 Ar e yo u awar e t ha t yo u ar e he re t o pr o v i d e 15 t e s t i mo n y f or t ha t ca s e t o d a y? 16 A. Yes. 17 Q. No w, you a re her e i n r es po n s e to a s ubpoe n a 18 t hat we ha d sent o ut . We re you i n re ce i pt of 19 t hat . 09:39 20 A. I r e c e i ve d i t . 21 (Plaintiff's Exhibit 1 was marked for 22 i d en t i f i c at i o n. ) 23 Q. I a m jus t goi n g t o ma rk t h at f or pur po s e s of 24 t o d ay a s Pl ai n t i ff' s Exh i bi t 1 . Is thi s the 25 s ubpo en a t h at you r ec ei ve d i n the mai l ? Electronically Filed 08/24/2023 15:30 / NOTICE / CV 22 971846 / Confirmation Nbr. 2946294 / BATCH Stevenson Reporting Service, Inc. 440.892.8600 5 1 A. Yes. 2 Q. Have you ever had your deposition taken before? 3 A. No , thi s i s the fi rst ti me . 4 Q. I want to go over some of the ground rules just 5 s o we a r e o n the same page. As you can see, we 6 h a v e a co u r t reporter here. She i s goi ng to be 7 t a ki n g d o wn a t r a n s cr i p t o f everythi ng that i s 8 sai d duri ng today's deposi ti on. So i t i s goi ng 9 to be all the questions that I ask, all the 09:39 10 answers that you provide, and al l the 11 objections that are to be marked for the 12 record. Okay? 13 A. Okay. 14 Q. So just to make sure that she i s abl e to take 15 an accurate transcri pti on J there are a coupl e 16 of rules we just kind of have to go over . An d 17 the fi rst rul e i s to make sure that you are 18 provi di ng cl ear, conci se, verbal answers to al l 19 of the questi ons that I ask. Okay? 09:40 20 A. Okay. 21 Q. So that means no head nods, head shakes, 22 "mm - hmms , II " uh- huhs, II thi ngs l i ke that . Okay? 23 A. Okay. 24 Q. As wel l , we need to make sure that we are not 25 talking over each other. As you can imagine, Electronically Filed 08/24/2023 15:30 / NOTICE / CV 22 971846 / Confirmation Nbr. 2946294 / BATCH Stevenson Reporting Service, Inc. 440.892.8600 6 1 it is a little bit di ffi cul t to transcri be an 2 accurate record i f we are kind of talking over 3 each other. So to that end, I woul d ask that 4 you wait until I ask the question fully before 5 you start answeri ng, and then I wi l l also 6 endeavor to do the same to allow you to fully 7 answer your questi on, provi di ng your answer, 8 before I move on to the next questi on. Okay? 9 A. Okay. 09:40 10 Q. If at any time I guess wrong, absol utel y just 11 go a h e a d and feel free to stop me, say, "I am 12 sorry, I wasn't done answeri ng that questi on. " 13 I will give you suffi ci ent ti me to be abl e 14 to provide your full answer. Okay? 15 A. Okay. 16 Q. And then, wi th that, can we both agree that i f 17 you don't stop me and I move on to the next 18 qu e s t i o n that you answered the question that I 19 asked ful l y? 09:41 20 A. Yes. 21 Q. Th e re a l s o m ay be t i m e s wh e r e I may be asking 22 questi ons that are confusi ng, wh e t h e r that i s 23 the way that I ask i t or some other communi ca 24 ti on that I mi ght word i t i mproperl y, or 25 whatever . Electronically Filed 08/24/2023 15:30 / NOTICE / CV 22 971846 / Confirmation Nbr. 2946294 / BATCH Stevenson Reporting Service, Inc. 440.892.8600 7 1 So to that end, if you are confused by 2 anything that I am asking, please ask me to 3 repeat, ask me to rephrase, or something along 4 th at l i ne. Okay? 5 A. Okay . 6 Q. With that, can we also agree that if I ask a 7 qu e s t i o n a n d you p r o vi d e a n a n s we r wi t h o u t 8 tel l i ng me to rephras e, repeat, anyth i n g of 9 th at natu re, t hat you un derst ood the qu est i on 09:42 10 th at I asked? 11 A. Yes. 12 Q. Now, you are n ot i n a pri s on, or an yt hi n g l i ke 13 th at, we are jus t goi ng to be as ki ng qu est i ons 14 for th e record; so i f at any t i me you need to 15 take a break, wh eth er th at i s to go s tret ch 16 your l egs, grab a dri nk of water, go to t he 17 rest room, anyth i n g l i ke t hat, absol u tel y ju st 18 l et me know. Okay? 19 A. Okay . 09:42 20 Q. The only caveat to that kind of rule is: If I 21 have a qu est i on pend i n g, I woul d ask th at you 22 an swer t he quest i on before we t ake a break. 23 Okay? 24 A. Un derst ood. 25 Q. Ar e yo u under any med i cat i ons or any Filed 08/24/2023 15:30 / NOTICE / CV 22 971846 / Confirmation Nbr. 2946294 / BATCH Stevenson Reporting Service, Inc. 440.892.8600 8 1 prescri pti on drugs, or anythi ng l i ke that, that 2 woul d prohi bi t you from provi di ng your 3 testi mony today? 4 A. No. 5 Q. Is there any other reason why you woul dn't be 6 able to remember anything clearly that happened 7 a year or two ago? 8 A. No . 9 Q. Can you please state and spell your name for 09:43 10 the record. 11 A. Samantha Willis, S A M A N T H A, last name 12 W I L L I S. 13 Q. What is your current address? 14 A. It is 3291 West 100th Street, Cleveland, Ohio 15 44111. 16 Q. How l o ng have you l i ved at that address? 17 A. Like 17 years or so, about. 18 Q. 1 7 years , o ka y . 19 MS. STEVENSON: If you wo u l d keep 09:43 20 your voi ce up, too, so I can hear every word 21 THE WITNESS: I am sorry. I wi l l 22 try to project. 23 Q. An y pl ans of movi ng any ti me soon? 24 A. No. 25 Q. Wh o do you live at that address with? Electronically Filed 08/24/2023 15:30 / NOTICE / CV 22 971846 / Confirmation Nbr. 2946294 / BATCH Stevenson Reporting Service, Inc. 440.892.8600 9 1 A. My husband, and I have three children. One i s 2 away at school, but she lives there. 3 Q. Do you own or rent that residence? 4 A. I o wn . 5 Q. An d wh a t i s yo u r d ate of b i r t h? 6 A. 1/20/81. 7 Q. Wh e r e we r e y o u born? 8 A. Cl e v e l a n d . 9 Q. Ar e y o u c u r r e n t l y r epre s e n t ed i n t h i s ma t t e r , 09:44 10 like for today's deposition? Do you know? 11 A. Ye s . 12 MR. PANGRACE: I am not her l a wy e r . 13 THE WITNESS: Oh. 14 M R. P AN G RAC E: I am s o r r y. 15 A. O ka y . No , I gu e s s not . 16 M R. LE AR: I am here on behal f of 17 t h e c o m p a n y. 18 Q. O ka y . Al l r i gh t . Have you ever s p o ke n wi t h 19 Mr . P a n gr a c e ? 09:44 20 A. No , no . 21 Q. Di d you do a n y t h i n g p a r t i c u l a r l y t o ge t 22 prepared for t o d a y' s depos i t i on? 23 A. No. 24 Q. No , o ka y . It i s my u nderstand i ng that you no 25 l o n ge r wo r k f o r O ' N e i l l H e a l t h c a r e; i s that Electronically Filed 08/24/2023 15:30 / NOTICE / CV 22 971846 / Confirmation Nbr. 2946294 / BATCH Stevenson Reporting Service, Inc. 440.892.8600 10 1 correct? 2 A. Correct, yes. 3 Q. What is your current employer? 4 A. The VA, Louis Stokes, main campus. 5 Q. When did you start there? 6 A. No ve m be r of l a s t year . 7 Q. Wh at i s yo u r cu rren t t i t l e? 8 A. I a m a n MDS nu rs e. 9 Q. Di d y o u wo r k a t any posi ti ons pri or to t h e VA 09:45 10 like -- I am sorry. Strike that. 11 Subsequent to leaving O'Neill's, did you 12 wo r k fo r a n y o t h e r e m p l o y e r s b efo re g o i n g to 13 t h e VA? 14 A. No. 15 Q. Wh en di d yo u s t op worki n g a t O' Ne i l ' s ? 16 A. I am s orry. I a m t ryi ng to rem em ber b ecau s e I 17 pu t my n ot i ce i n, a nd they l et me g o e arl y. I 18 t h i nk i t wa s Au g u s t . 19 Q. August of 2022? 09:46 20 A. Yes. 21 Q. Wh en di d yo u s t art worki ng for O' N ei l l ? 22 A. September of 2021. 23 Q. What was your position while you were at 24 O'Neill? 25 A. I was the nursing home administrator. Electronically Filed 08/24/2023 15:30 / NOTICE / CV 22 971846 / Confirmation Nbr. 2946294 / BATCH Stevenson Reporting Service, Inc. 440.892.8600 11 1 Q. Generally, what were your duties as the nursing 2 home administrator? 3 A. I oversaw the whole operations of the facility. 4 So the day-to-day functions, you know, 5 communicated with nursi n g , h o u s e ke e p i n g , the 6 admi ss i ons department , communicated with 7 corporate, just making sure that the faci l i ty 8 ran appropri atel y . 9 Th e ove r a l l care and qu a l i t y, mai ntenance 09:47 10 concerns , cus tomer servi ce J resi dents , fami l y 11 issues. 12 Q. Di d you d i r e c t l y s u p e r v i s e any p a r t i c u l ar 13 individuals? 14 A. Yes. 15 Q. Fi rs t , before getti ng into the names of the 16 individuals, general l y J what were the positions 17 that reported d i rectl y to you? 18 A. Th a t wo u l d be the HR, the admi ss i ons 19 department. Bu s i ne s s reported di rect l y to me . 09:48 20 Soci al servi ces reported d i r e c t l y to me . 21 Me d i c a l records reported d i r e c t l y to me . 22 Di et ary reported d i r e c t l y t o m e . Activities 23 reported d i r e c t l y t o m e . 24 I am just trying to r em e mbe r a l l of the 25 department heads . It has been a while. Electronically Filed 08/24/2023 15:30 / NOTICE / CV 22 971846 / Confirmation Nbr. 2946294 / BATCH Stevenson Reporting Service, Inc. 440.892.8600 12 1 Q. That is not a problem. 2 A. I had a reception area. The front desk 3 reported directly to me. Staffing reported 4 directly to me. Maintenance reported directly 5 to me . Hous ekeepi ng reported di rectl y to me. 6 Th en I cover, so i f t here was an y gap i n th ose 7 areas , then I wo u l d fi l l i n . 8 Q. Okay. 9 A. Al so oversaw th e as si st ed l i vi ng, s o we h ad a 09:49 10 di rector over t he AL departmen t, sh e report ed 11 di rectl y to me. 12 Q. So break th at d own a l i t tl e bi t for me, jus t 13 speci fi cal l y on th e as si st ed l i vi n g part. 14 Th ere were two separat e areas of O'Nei l l of 15 Lakewood? 16 A. We had multiple. So we had a nursing home. We 17 had as si st ed l i vi ng, and we h ad i nd epen den t 18 living. So the assisted living, there was an 19 as si sted l i vi ng di rect or, sh e managed th e 09:50 20 as si sted l i vi ng an d t he i nd epend en t l i vi n g 21 area, prett y much i nd epen dent l y. An d th en s he 22 woul d, you kn ow, d i s cu ss wi t h me i f s he h ad any 23 major con cerns and she that sh e wasn't abl e to 24 manage. 25 Q. So you sai d th at t here was a d i rector wh o Electronically Filed 08/24/2023 15:30 / NOTICE / CV 22 971846 / Confirmation Nbr. 2946294 / BATCH Stevenson Reporting Service, Inc. 440.892.8600 13 1 oversaw both the assisted living and 2 independent l i v i n g? 3 A. Correct . 4 Q. Who was that individual? 5 A. Ta m m y S e i b e r t . Th e n she had a nursi ng 6 co or di n at or, wh i ch wa s co mp ar ab l e to di re ct o r 7 of nursi ng on l i ke the n u rs i n g h o me e n d wh o 8 would manage and direct the nursing staff. 9 Q. Do you know who that wellness coordinator was? 09:51 10 A. Ye s. Gi ve me on e mom en t. Tr ac ey Ca rl i s l e. 11 Q. As far as the nursi ng h om e, ki n d o f wh a t was 12 the h i er arc h y J i f you wou l d, as f ar as d ea l i n g 13 s p ec i fi ca l l y wi t h l i ke re s i de n t s? 14 A. Ri g h t . So I o ve rs aw a lot of the nursing home 15 as pec t. It wa s re al l y l a rg e, ve ry s ki l l e d. So 16 the re g u l a t i o n s we r e a bi t di ff er en t com pa re d 17 to t h e AL s i d e. And then yo u h a ve the di re ct or 18 of nursing, as well, who oversaw the quality of 19 ca re as pe ct. 09:52 20 Bu t , you k n o w, I wa s t h ere m ys el f de al i n g 21 with a lot of the customer service issues, any 22 co n ce rn s of, you kn o w, re s i de n t a bu s e J 23 co mpl ai n t s. You know, t h os e di rec t l y fe l l 24 u n de r m ys el f to di re ct an d re po rt an d to 25 investigate and to follow up. Electronically Filed 08/24/2023 15:30 / NOTICE / CV 22 971846 / Confirmation Nbr. 2946294 / BATCH Stevenson Reporting Service, Inc. 440.892.8600 14 1 So we worked very closely together. So it 2 was pretty much myself, as the administrator, 3 who was overall responsible, and the director 4 of nursi ng who, you know, assi sted me. 5 Q. So you said that in cases of resident abuse and 6 compl ai nts you and the di rector of nursi ng, at 7 l east for the nursi ng home si de, woul d be 8 responsi bl e for i nvesti gati ng that? 9 A. Correct, correct. And on the AL side, the 09:53 10 di rector woul d be the fi rst one that they 11 woul d -- she woul d know about i t and she woul d 12 communi cate wi th me. I woul d be responsi bl e to 13 assi st them and report as the admi ni strator who 14 oversaw pretty much the enti re campus i s how 15 the hi erarchy woul d be. 16 Bu t b e c a u s e m y o f f i c e wa s on the nursi ng 17 home end, her offi ce and her responsi bi l i ty was 18 on the AL si de. Does that make sense? 19 Q. It does . 09:53 20 A. Because i t was a real l y bi g campus. We have 21 the bi ggest campus out of al l the O'Nei l l 22 branches. 23 Q. So back up sl i ghtl y . Yo u sai d that you had 24 left O'Neill's in August of 2022. Why did your 25 empl oyment end? Electronically Filed 08/24/2023 15:30 / NOTICE / CV 22 971846 / Confirmation Nbr. 2946294 / BATCH Stevenson Reporting Service, Inc. 440.892.8600 15 1 A. I had a different opportunity at the VA. That 2 was kind of just dropped in my lap. 3 Q. So you left O'Neill's for the opportunity at 4 the VA? 5 A. Yes. 6 Q. And was that vol untary? 7 A. It was vol untary, yes. I put i n my noti ce. I 8 gave my 30- day noti ce. But they di d deci de to 9 l et me l eave earl y, but they pai d me out for my 09:55 10 30 days. 11 Q. You sai d they l et you l eave earl y Di d they 12 ask you, " Hey, do you want to l eave now as 13 opposed to 30 days?" Or di d they tel l you to 14 "S t a y h o m e J bu t we wi l l sti l l pay you" 15 A. I am sorry J what was that? 16 Q. When you said you put in your 30-day notice, 17 but they let you leave your 30-day notice 18 earl y, di d they come to you and ask you, " Hey, 19 wo u l d you l ike to stop working the day-to-day 09:55 20 showi ng up earl y? II Or di d they tel l you J "Hey, 21 now that you have put i n your noti ce, we are 22 goi ng to have you stay home , b u t we wi l l sti l l 23 pay you" 24 A. They just told me to just, you know, go ahead 25 and go home and spend time with my family. Electronically Filed 08/24/2023 15:30 / NOTICE / CV 22 971846 / Confirmation Nbr. 2946294 / BATCH Stevenson Reporting Service, Inc. 440.892.8600 16 1 Q. Okay. Now, regarding your interactions with 2 any particular staff on the assisted living or 3 independent living side, like what would that 4 i nteracti on be l i ke on a day-to-day basis? 5 A. I try to make i t over to t h e AL s i d e probabl y 6 three to four times a week, you know, just to 7 round on them J see how things were going. 8 It is hard to ki nd of catch them because 9 there ' s four fl oors , and so they are ki nd of i n 09:57 10 and out of i t i s l i ke an apartment. Right? 11 So t h e y are i n and out of resi dent' s rooms. So 12 someti mes the best ti me woul d be ki nd of l i ke 13 meal ti me where they are i n the di ni ng room wi th 14 the resi dents. 15 Q. So i t was your practi ce to go over there around 16 meal ti mes to sort of catch more peopl e? 17 A. Ye s , I wo u l d try to catch them duri ng meal s 18 woul d probabl y be my best ti me to try to meet 19 wi t h them . 09:58 20 Q. Now, the meal ti mes, were they hel d i n l i ke a 21 cafeteri a? 22 A. They have a di ni ng room. There' s a di ni ng 23 room. 24 Q. Th a t i s on the fi rst f l oor? 25 A. Mm - h m m . Electronically Filed 08/24/2023 15:30 / NOTICE / CV 22 971846 / Confirmation Nbr. 2946294 / BATCH Stevenson Reporting Service, Inc. 440.892.8600 17 1 Q. Approximately how many residents were in the 2 assisted living or independent living? 3 A. Our assisted living we had probably like 41 or 4 so, probably I would call it our average. 5 Q. What about the independent living, is that all 6 g r ou ped t o g e t h er? 7 A. No, i t i s s ep ar at e. 8 Q. Ho w ma n y i n d e pe n d en tl i vi n g wo u l d you h ave? 9 A. I am tryi ng to thi nk o f t h en u m b e r , to be 09:59 10 honest. We stayed pretty full. I am d r awi n g a 11 bl an k, to be h on e s t . I thi nk i t was pr et t y 12 fu l l . Bu t I ju s t d on 't kn o w wh y I c an 't thi nk 13 of t h e n u m be r n ow. 14 Th e y d i d n't r e a l l y co me over. On l y a fe w 15 of t h e m wo u l d c om e ove r an d pi ck u p a mea l . 16 Th e y d i d n't r ea l l y s t ay in the di ni ng ro om 17 ar ea. Th ey ju s t s t a ye d in t h ei r a pa rt me n t s. 18 Q. So y o u sai d t h er e a re fou r f l o o r s of t h i s 19 ap ar t me n t-s t yl e faci l i t y? 09:59 20 A. In the assi sted l i vi ng , yes . 21 Q. Ho w ma n y l i ke r oo ms wo u l d you s ay ar e l i ke on 22 ea ch fl oo r? 23 A. How m a n y r o o m s on eac h fl oor? 24 Q. Mm - hmm . 25 A. I d on 't kn ow. I am guessi ng i t wou l d be t en , Electronically Filed 08/24/2023 15:30 / NOTICE / CV 22 971846 / Confirmation Nbr. 2946294 / BATCH Stevenson Reporting Service, Inc. 440.892.8600 18 1 but I am not going to quote the layout. 2 Q. So outside of the director and the wellness 3 coordinator, approximately how many employees 4 wo r ke d i n the assi sted l i vi n g ? 5 A. I don't have an answer. I don't know how many 6 empl oyees worked i n the assi sted l i vi ng. We 7 onl y had one nurse on day shi ft and eveni ng 8 shi ft. There's no nurse on ni ghts, I can tel l 9 you that number. 10:01 10 And there's like three STNAs or three PCAs 11 on days and eveni ngs, and two on ni ghts. Those 12 are about the staffi ng rati os. We di d have 13 agency that we were worki ng on weani ng out, but 14 we d i d h ave ag e n cy s t a f f for staffi ng concerns . 15 Q. How di d that work? How woul d you get staff 16 from the agency? 17 A. Th ere was staffi ng had l i ke , you k n o w, a system 18