IN RE SHARON K.

No. 18992.

387 S.E.2d 804 (1989)

In re SHARON K.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

December 7, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Cooper Fulton, West Virginia Advocates, Charleston, for Sharon K.

Joseph Troisi, Asst. Pros. Atty., Keith White, St. Marys, for appellee.


NEELY, Justice.

Sharon K. is a severely retarded, multiply-handicapped twenty-four-year-old woman. She was admitted to Colin Anderson Center in August 1972, at the age of seven, because her mother could no longer care for her at home. She currently lives in a room on the North Living Area of Colin Anderson Center that houses eleven other residents and is usually staffed by two persons, neither of whom is a registered nurse or licensed practical nurse.

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